The Mets Report

Over the last few seasons we’ve seen what could be considered missteps by the Mets trainers and medical staff. Two years ago, they flew Ryan Church around the country with a concussion. Last year they flew Carlos Delgado to San Francisco with a hip injury only to return home the next day. The Mets have a recent history of giving the appearance of not taking precautions with players that are injured.

Although everyone seems to agree that Jose Reyes thyroid problems isn’t serious, it’s the right call to keep him in New York until the course of treatment is settled. As a matter of fact, the situation may only be temporary and not require treatment at all.

Read more here…

This video is the fourth installment in a series of season previews that I did with Kerel Cooper of On The Black and Joe Janish of Mets Today. You can see our offseason grades, review of the catchers/Luis Castillo/Daniel Murphy, and discussion about Jose Reyes and David Wright.

In this video we get into the outfield situation with Carlos Beltran being out until May and how that impacts the team. We get into the topic of Angel Pagan and Gary Matthews, Jr. filling in for Beltran until May. Of course, we talk about our thoughts on the big offseason acquisition, Jason Bay.

You may also notice that Joe fruits his beer.

Related articles by Zemanta

• New York Mets’ Carlos Beltran out 12 weeks after knee surgery (sports.espn.go.com)