"David Wright said he doesn't know when he's going to be back with the Mets, but he's confident that when he does return, the stress fracture in his lower back won't be a lingering issue.

"If they allowed me to do what I want to do, which is play right now, then it would affect me," Wright said before the rest of the team left for Milwaukee, where they begin a 10-game road trip tonight. "But once it heals properly, it shouldn't hurt me. I think it will be behind me."

That's likely going to be the nagging question until Wright proves otherwise, especially after the Mets learned last week it would be another three weeks until the third baseman can resume baseball activity.

"That's why they're saying three more weeks, so that I'm fully-recovered," said Wright, who doesn't figure on getting back until July. "Obviously, it could impact you long-term if you come back too soon, and they said it's something I could I hurt more by playing through it. And then you're not out weeks, but months or maybe a year -- especially if you have to get surgery. They're being as cautious as they should be."

Although Wright is confident he won't be bothered by the injury long-term, he admitted he will have to alter his workout routine, at least mildly.

"Once I get back, I'm going to keep doing the core [exercise] program I'm doing now, even after I'm healthy," said Wright, who played with the injury until finally being put on the disabled list on May 18."