According to Will Carroll - Baseball Prospectus - Under The Knife, Carlos Beltran will more than likely be needing microfracture surgery to his injured knee. If this is the case, there is a likelihood that Beltran will miss all of the 2010 season.
Microfracture surgery is a procedure where tiny fractures are created by the doctor in the underlying bone. This causes new cartilage to develop from a "super clot."*
The surgery lasts approximately 30 minutes, but results have been mixed. The question is, would Beltran be able to play CF if he has such a procedure?
We hope Will Carroll's prediction is wrong, but it is something the Mets will certainly need to look at with today's trading deadline ending at 4:00 PM.
Sources: Metsblog, * Microfracture Surgery - Wikipedia
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