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2010
Beltran Still Not Close To A Return
An article by Hojo's Mojo
At the end of spring training, Carlos Beltran said he wanted to begin running exercises in Port St. Lucie on April 10, and rejoin the Mets by at least early May, but after three weeks of Beltran’s self-imposed deadline he is still not close to returning.
According to the New York Daily News Beltran was fitted for a custom knee brace last week in which he hoped would help accelerate his rehabilitation. That occurred during an April 20 visit to the Steadman-Hawkins clinic in Vail, Colorado where the center fielder underwent knee surgery in January.
The Vail visit was more significant for what Beltran did not get: his medical clearance to begin running. In fact, the Mets have said many times as of late they did not know when Beltran would take that important next step. While April 10 was never a hard deadline, April 29 and counting is surely a disappointment for the team that seems to be having success without him.
Beltran’s stubborn agent, Scott Boras, has not responded to multiple requests for comment about the outfielder’s status. Boras negotiated a seven-year, $119 million contract for Beltran in January of 2005 and the deal expires after next season.
It’s pretty much a crapshoot to try and pinpoint a possible return for Beltran, however a June return now seems likely as opposed to May. It is still not clear whether Beltran is considering further surgery that could threaten his season.
Obviously, Beltran’s return is still paramount to the offense despite the recent success without him. But for now, expect more games from Angel Pagan and hopefully few if any from GMJ.
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Until he actually puts pressure on his leg, there is no date. No one can guess at anything until he starts running and that date is indeterminate. He should be doing this now. We have to figure 6 weeks from when he startz running. But no one can know when that date will be until he does it successfully. Estimates are pipedreams.
He may not come back at all.
This Beltran thing is really starting to worry me. It reminds me of last year when we kept pushing back his return date. In another post, TomTerrific suggested it’s time to start looking for another CF and let Pagan go back to being a 4th OF. It’s time to start thinking like that.
Joe, I said before that I didn’t believe that Beltran will be back on the Mets by the All-Star. With the recent update, I don’t believe he’ll be back at all. It’s just gonna be like the issue with Jose Reyes last year. They say that Beltran will be back by this date and then a setback occurs. I don’t wanna go through this crap again this year with Beltran. I say that the Mets should wash their hands with Beltran. I agree with TomTerrific. The Mets should buy out the remaining years of his contract and persue another Center fielder. I’m thinking whether Adam Jones of the O’s, Grady Sizemore of the Tribe (despite getting off to a crappy start), or my personal pick, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies.
Start the F-Mart countdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!