"Jose Reyes wished David Wright good luck as the injured third baseman is headed down to Port St. Lucie for rehab.

Of course that had as much to do with keeping him entertained as it did with Wright's rehab.

"There's nothing to do there," Reyes said he told him. "But get well soon because we need you here."

Wright, who was diagnosed with a lower-back stress fracture more than a month ago, was cleared yesterday to start doing what GM Sandy Alderson termed "fuller baseball activity."

A day after learning Ike Davis is three weeks from even running and could be facing season-ending ankle surgery, this was welcome news for the Mets. It snapped a recent string of bad injury news and puts the team in position to have Wright back in approximately three weeks."