David Wright remains uncleared to begin baseball activity, general manager Sandy Alderson told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York on Monday.
“No change,” Alderson indicated via email when asked if Wright’s status had changed as a result of his weekly Monday examination with back specialist Robert Watkins in Los Angeles.
Two weeks ago, manager Terry Collins said Wright was making significant progress from the back pain stemming from his spinal stenosis condition.
“I talked to David today, he’s really on the upswing and hopefully he gets back soon and it’s going to be real exciting in the second half to watch us play,” said Collins.
“He’s hoping that he can start some other more aggressive things on the field here pretty soon,” said Collins.
Wright has been out since April 14 with was initially a hamstring injury but was then diagnosed with spinal stenosis after dealing with some back pain.
Whenever Wright is cleared, GM Sandy Alderson said you could add a month from that point until he’s ready to appear in major league games again.
For now, a best case scenario for the Mets captain is a late August return.
July 13
There has been “no change” in David Wright’s health status, Sandy Alderson told the New York Post’s Mike Puma on Monday evening.
Wright remains in California receiving treatment for his spinal stenosis and will have to wait another week until he learns if he can begin baseball activities.
That takes us to mid to late August at minimum, given Alderson’s one month timeline AFTER he’s cleared.
Mets manager Terry Collins said on Sunday that Wright was making progress from his back pain stemming from his spinal stenosis condition.
“I talked to David today, he’s really on the upswing and hopefully he gets back soon and it’s going to be real exciting in the second half to watch us play,” said Collins.
Wright has been out since April 14 with a hamstring injury and then was diagnosed with spinal stenosis after suffering with back pain.
The Mets captain is hoping that today is the day he gets cleared by Dr. Watkins in California to begin regular baseball activities.
“He’s hoping that he can start some other more aggressive things on the field here pretty soon,” said Collins
Just to hear that Wright is making some significant progress would definitely be encouraging news and hopefully there’s no setbacks to it.
It’s important to note that if and when Wright does get cleared, it could still take another month to get back into game shape as Sandy Alderson and others have pointed out.
