Lets state the obvious I know but hey its what now less then 9 days before the season starts and Beltran has someone running for him in a minor league game? Beltran is not going to be ready for the season and for whatever reason the Mets wants to inject that he will be ready.
Carlos received a cortisone shot a couple of days ago for his good knee and it has seem to work . He feels less pain and that bodes well for the Mets new right fielder. Condition wise ready for playing full games? No chance. There is some chatter,which you can read over at Newsday that maybe he will miss the first series down in Florida against the Marlins. Not sure how 3-4 days is going to make a difference after he has played only 1 game in spring.
Spring started on Sunday and here in NY you wouldnt know it weather wise. We might get snow later today into tonight and the temps during the day are in the 40's and the nites 20 or 30's. Not the best weather for people that have knee issues if you ask me.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets keep Beltran down in Florida until later in the Month and place him in on 15 day DL to start the season. This way he could maybe miss the first 2 weeks of the season and the weather might be a little bit better for him and his balky knees.
The Mets have a 3 game road trip in Hotlanta starting April 15th and then return home. Maybe Beltran will have played a bit and will be ready to go then. Opening day chatter seems ridiculous but hey we are talking about the Mets.
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