Carlos Beltran News

Is New York Mets Star Carlos Beltran Planning an Early May Return?
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March 19
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"The New York Mets are really hoping to surprise some people this season after the dismal, injury-riddled 2009, but a portion of that expectation is resting on the rehab from surgery on the right knee of Carlos Beltran. According to the New York Daily News, Beltran is likely going to be back in the lineup before early May. "Every day I'm improving," Beltran told the paper. "I don't feel the same way I did last year. At the same time, it's hard for me to say when I'm going to be ready. Doing this is no problem, but the big test will be when I start doing baseball activities every day, when I start running, catching fly balls and standing out there on my feet for a full day. I'm looking ..."
Carlos Beltran makes progress with knee rehab, may return to New York Mets' lineup by early May
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March 19
New York Daily News
 
"Most of the Mets had just started their workday when Carlos Beltran emerged from the clubhouse gym, unhooking a heart-rate monitor from around his midsection. Beltran, his shirt drenched with sweat, had just finished a grueling two-hour, 40-minute workout, part of his rehab from surgery on his right knee. While his teammates were outside taking batting practice before a bus trip to Jupiter for Thursday night's game against the Marlins, Beltran stood by his locker talking about the progress his knee has made - enough to make him smile several times during the conversation. The knee was wrapped after the workout, but the "pinch" he felt there is gone after his winter operation and his leg ..."
NY Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran happy with rehab progress
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March 13
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"At first, Carlos Beltran worked out for an hour at a time. Then two hours. Now three. "My days are longer now," he said. These days, he tracks balls. He lifts weights. He sits in a chair and waits for a machine inside the Mets complex here to fire baseballs at him. He can catch them. He can throw them. He just can't move to corral them. This is progress. Beltran underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee back in January. A bone bruise cost him two months of last season. He will open the 2010 campaign on the disabled list. "It's not how you drew it up," third baseman David Wright said. "But you've got to overcome injuries. You've got to play the cards that you're dealt." Beltran ..."
Carlos Beltran feels for Jose Reyes
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March 13
Bergen Record
 
"While much of the Mets' roster and staff were navigating their way back and forth across the state for six hours to get to a game that was rained out when they arrived, Carlos Beltran sat alone at his locker, having finished one round of his workout and preparing for the next phase. He was happy though, pleased with the progress of his surgically-repaired right knee and content to be working. Able to work, he was a step ahead of his teammate, Jose Reyes. While Beltran worked to keep himself in shape until he can play baseball again, Reyes was home, forced to sit idle until his hyperthyroid condition returns to normal. While he waits with enforced complete rest, Reyes could be sidelined ..."
New York Mets' early-season lineup won't be overly imposing without Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran
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March 13
New York Daily News
 
"Jerry Manuel planned to bat Jose Reyes third in Carlos Beltran's absence, trying to "lengthen" the Mets' lineup, to use the manager's word. Now what? It's clear the Mets' early-season lineup won't be overly imposing. The potential order: Angel Pagan, Luis Castillo, David Wright, Jason Bay, Daniel Murphy, Jeff Francoeur, Rod Barajas and Ruben Tejada. Last season, with Carlos Delgado, Beltran and Reyes missing from the Mets' so-called "core" for prolonged periods, the Amazin's finished 25th in the majors in runs per game at 4.14. "It's going to be challenging, obviously, without two of arguably the best players at their positions not only in the National League, but in the game," Wright ..."
Beltran Remains Confident in Mets Despite Loss of Key Players
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March 13
New York Times
 
"Carlos Beltran planned to call Jose Reyes on Friday to offer support and encouragement as Reyes sat in New York waiting for his overactive thyroid gland to return to normal. Beltran offered similar hope and encouragement for a team that appears as if it will start the 2010 season with the same shortcomings that derailed its 2009 campaign. By late last June, Reyes (hamstring) and Beltran (knee) were out with injuries, and the Mets, hampered by other injuries as well, did not recover. Little, it seems, has changed. "I'm not thinking that way and I don't know if anyone is thinking that way," Beltran said Friday before going through rehabilitation on his surgically repaired knee. "You don't ..."
Three weeks after surgery, Carlos Beltran was back in his batting cage in Puerto Rico
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March 7
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"When Carlos Beltran underwent knee surgery in January, doctors told him it would be 12 weeks before he could resume baseball activities. But no one told him he couldn't pick up a bat in the meantime. So, after three weeks rehabbing in Colorado, Beltran returned home to Puerto Rico and did what he normally does. He stepped into the batting cage. Every day he was home, Beltran said he would go to the cage he had built into his house and track balls off a machine. Sitting in a chair the whole time, Beltran would hold a bat and swing through 200 balls -- 100 from the left side of the plate, 100 from the right. "I'd just throw my hands like that," Beltran said Friday, demonstrating from a stool ..."
Mets' Beltran talks in 'HGH' doc probe
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March 3
New York Post
 
"The Mets might struggle in the RBI department, but they've sure got the FBI category covered. Carlos Beltran yesterday became the second Mets player in three days to admit he was interviewed by federal investigators last week as part of an ongoing probe into the activities of Canadian physician Dr. Tony Galea, who is tied to illegal drugs, including human growth hormone. Last week, Jose Reyes met with investigators to answer similar questions. Beltran said he got treatment from Galea last summer in Toronto for a bone bruise in his right knee, but never received an HGH injection. Reyes, who received treatment on his hamstring from Galea, also denied receiving HGH. "Of course not," Beltran ..."
With controversial doctors like Tony Galea, sports agents seem to walk away without fault
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March 3
New York Daily News
 columnist Mike Lupica
"There is no end to it in sports, there is always just a new doctor saying he can do things that nobody else can, trust him. So now the feds in this country and Canada have Dr. Tony Galea of Canada, known as the "Miracle Man," as a person of interest. Our feds have now talked to Carlos Beltran about him and Jose Reyes and very much want to talk to Alex Rodriguez, who hasn't yet said, at least in public, whether he was treated by Galea or not. The feds are going to ask him about that. Once they do, investigators from Major League Baseball will be on their way to Florida. It won't be to take in some sun. And, who knows, maybe after that, somebody will get around to talking to the player ..."
Beltran Says He Referred Reyes to Galea for Treatment
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March 3
New York Times
 
"The federal investigation of the Canadian-based doctor Anthony Galea continued to take on a distinct New York tone on Tuesday as the third Met or Yankee in three days acknowledged that he had been contacted or interviewed by the authorities in connection with Galea's activities. Dr. Anthony Galea at his Toronto clinic. He is under investigation as a possible supplier of performance-enhancing drugs to pro athletes. Carlos Beltran, the Mets' injured center fielder, told reporters at the team's spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla., that he had met with federal agents in recent days to discuss his interactions with Galea during the 2009 season, when Beltran was sidelined for ..."
Carlos Beltran says he was questioned by FBI but did not receive HGH from doctor under investigation
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March 3
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran said Tuesday he was questioned by the FBI last week about his association with a Canadian doctor under investigation for distributing performance-enhancing drugs. Just as teammate Jose Reyes did Sunday, though, Beltran said he did not receive human growth hormone or any other illegal substance from the doctor, Anthony Galea. The relationship between Beltran and Galea was not publicly known before Tuesday, but Beltran said he was treated by Galea for about a month last summer while he was sidelined by a bone bruise in his right knee. "All my treatments were related to my knee," Beltran said. "He didn't inject anything with HGH or anything like that. It's ..."
Feds also want to talk to Mets OF Carlos Beltran about relationship with tainted doc Tony Galea
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March 2
New York Daily News
 
"The list just keeps growing. The federal agents who interviewed Jose Reyes last week about a Canadian doctor under investigation for alleged drug violations also want to speak to his Mets teammate, Carlos Beltran, a source close to the investigation told the Daily News. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators have expressed interest in questioning the Mets outfielder about his relationship with Toronto sports medicine doctor Tony Galea, who has been linked to illegal drugs and blood doping. Â The Daily News reported earlier this week that FBI agents involved in the expanding investigation want to quiz Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez and golfer Tiger Woods about ..."
Beltran arrives at Mets' camp
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February 23
The Journal News
 
"Carlos Beltran arrived at spring training Monday, though there's still no timetable for when the All-Star center fielder will be able to play for the Mets. Beltran is still recovering from having surgery on his right knee on Jan. 13. At the time, doctors said it would be 12 weeks — about mid-April — before he could resume baseball activities. Beltran spent the first phrase of his rehabilitation in Puerto Rico, where he mainly focused on mobilization and range of motion. He will now work with Mets trainers to strengthen the muscles around the knee. "When I straighten the leg, I don't feel pain. When I bend the knee I don't feel pain," he said. "So far, I am responding well, so I am happy ..."
Rehabbing Carlos no longer angry at Mets
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February 23
New York Post
 
"Carlos Beltran's anger toward the Mets is gone. That, at least, was the message Beltran tried to convey yesterday upon reporting to Tradition Field for the continuation of rehab on his right knee. Did Beltran have unauthorized surgery last month or were the Mets guilty of botching another medical issue? Whatever the answer to that question, Beltran isn't interested in opening old wounds. He referred yesterday to a statement he issued following the arthroscopic surgery performed by Dr. Richard Steadman on Jan. 13, in which Beltran said general manager Omar Minaya gave the green light for the procedure. The Mets have maintained they never implicitly approved the surgery. Beltran felt as if ..."
Jose Reyes may be the New York Mets' third man in the lineup while Carlos Beltran is sidelined
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February 20
New York Daily News
 
"Looking to make the Mets lineup deeper in Carlos Beltran's absence - and perhaps beyond - Jerry Manuel once again is considering moving Jose Reyes from the leadoff spot to No.3 in the order. Reyes didn't appear enamored with that concept last spring training, but this time the shortstop expressed a willingness to do whatever Manuel thinks is best for the team. Regardless, the manager said Friday, he won't force the move on Reyes if the shortstop feels uncomfortable with it. "I would love to see him as a third hitter assuming the other parts fit," Manuel said. Manuel would have Angel Pagan or possibly Luis Castillo leading off with Daniel Murphy batting second. Once Beltran returns from ..."
Beltran expected in camp
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February 11
New York Post
 
"It will not be surprising if this changes, but the Mets believe Carlos Beltran will head to spring training when position players report, even though the star center fielder will not be physically ready and is under no obligation to report that early. Beltran underwent controversial knee surgery last month and is going to miss the start of the season. He's rehabbing from the operation in Puerto Rico. Mets position players report to Port St. Lucie on Feb. 23. "He doesn't have to report [then], but I think he was planning on coming in right around when the other position players did," assistant GM John Ricco said yesterday. "He was not just going to stay at home and rehab with the physical ..."
Mets, Scott Boras still bickering about Carlos Beltran's surgery
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January 18
New York Daily News
 
"No one seems willing to put aside the flap between the Mets and Carlos Beltran following the center fielder's arthroscopic surgery last week. Perhaps the air is not so clear after all between the two sides, and bruised feelings linger. Two days ago, GM Omar Minaya said the Mets have a "good relationship" with Beltran and weren't unhappy with him, but with "the process" that led to the operation and not getting a chance to get an additional opinion on the diagnosis made by Beltran's personal physician. Yesterday, Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, said he wanted to "define the process." "This is an internal issue (for the Mets)," Boras said. "Carlos Beltran was not at fault. He followed the ..."
Omar Minaya defends Mets' version
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January 16
Bergen Record
 
"One day after the Mets came out firing in defense of their position in the Carlos Beltran surgery fiasco, Omar Minaya emerged Friday to offer a conciliatory message. Still, while the general manager insisted that there is no problem between Beltran and the Mets, he offered a different take than Beltran on what transpired between the two sides leading up to Beltran's decision to have surgery on his right knee Wednesday. Beltran issued a statement Thursday evening through The Boras Corporation claiming, in part, "I also spoke to Omar Minaya about the surgery on Tuesday. He did not ask me to wait, or to get another doctor's opinion. He just wished me well." But Minaya differed in his ..."
New York Mets GM Omar Minaya says 'no problem' between team and Carlos Beltran over knee surgery
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January 16
New York Daily News
 
"The fence-mending has begun for the Mets - Omar Minaya said he had a "good conversation" with Carlos Beltran Friday and the GM stressed that there is "no problem between the New York Mets and Carlos Beltran" in the wake of the flap over Beltran's knee surgery. "We have a good relationship," Minaya told the Daily News. "I wanted to see how he was doing, and he's coming along very well. We're excited he's feeling good and looking forward to him coming back as our center fielder. The relationship between Carlos and the Mets, the organization, ownership, is good." Asked if either side had to offer an apology for a drama that started on Wednesday, Minaya replied: "There's no apology. The issue ..."
Beltran, Minaya clear air about surgery
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January 16
New York Post
 
"The Mets attempted to perform arthroscopic surgery yesterday on a strained relationship with Carlos Beltran. With questions flying about who knew what and when, general manager Omar Minaya said he spoke with the center fielder and made it clear Beltran isn't the target of the organization's frustration. This after the Mets claimed they never gave approval for Beltran to undergo arthroscopic surgery Wednesday on his right knee. "Everything is good with us and Carlos Beltran," Minaya said. "I just let him know the issue is more with the process, not from Beltran's side, but from other people's side." Other than the player and team, the only party involved is Beltran's agent Scott Boras, who ..."
Suddenly, Omar Minaya isn't face of the New York Mets' operation after this Carlos Beltran mess
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January 15
New York Daily News
 
"After all of the sound and fury generated by Carlos Beltran's controversial knee surgery, it's hard to find a winner in this mess. Beltran is now officially a 33-year-old center fielder with an arthritic knee, which sounds like something of an oxymoron, while the Mets are making veiled threats about challenging the contract of a player they desperately need in 2010. Identifying the most obvious loser here, on the other hand, seems fairly easy. Omar Minaya's absence from Thursday's conference call certainly was another sign that ownership no longer trusts him to be their front man, that he's a lame-duck GM whose powers have been significantly reduced. As such it adds to the widespread ..."
Carlos Beltran said New York Mets GM Omar Minaya knew about knee surgery in advance
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January 15
New York Daily News
 
"Welcome to the Mets' latest injury fiasco and PR disaster. With assistant GM John Ricco standing in as front man for the organization, the Mets put the onus squarely on Carlos Beltran and agent Scott Boras for ignoring protocol and a direct request from the team to wait for additional medical opinions before the star center fielder underwent arthroscopic surgery Wednesday on his problematic right knee. Filling in on a conference call because, the team said, GM Omar Minaya and owner Jeff Wilpon were traveling back from the owners' meetings in Arizona, Ricco contended that the Mets didn't find out that the procedure had taken place until after it was performed by Dr. Richard Steadman in ..."
Wright wonders aloud about Beltran's surgery
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January 15
New York Post
 
"David Wright today asked the question everyone around the Mets wants to know about Carlos Beltran's surprise knee surgery: "Why now?" "Obviously, it's frustrating. Teammates, along with fans, I am sure ownership -- it's a frustrating process to have to go through these injuries, but hopefully we can hear some more details about exactly what happened, why now?" Wright told SNY, addressing the procedure that will keep Beltran out of the Opening Day lineup -- and likely longer. "You obviously want to keep the team in the loop with whatever you are doing, but give Carlos a chance to tell his side of the story, the Mets side of the story, the doctor's side of the story then kind of make a ..."
Differing stories emerge around Beltran surgery
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January 15
New York Post
 
"On one side yesterday Mets assistant general manager John Ricco claimed Carlos Beltran underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday without the team's consent. On the other side Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, told The Post the Mets were in agreement with the surgery that will keep the center fielder sidelined from baseball activities for at least the first month of the season. Thus, a disturbing conflict that locks the Mets against arguably their best player and inarguably the most powerful agent in the game waged into a second day. Neither side was backing down from its account, and if that continues the Mets could make a formal protest, possibly attempting to be reimbursed ..."
Scott Boras says Carlos Beltran did not need NY Mets' permission to have surgery
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January 14
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Agent Scott Boras, who represents Carlos Beltran, told the Associated Press that Beltran did not need the Mets' consent to have surgery Wednesday, based on the terms of his contract. Beltran's decision to undergo arthroscopic surgery with his doctor in Colorado appeared to catch the Mets off guard. The New York Post, citing an unnamed source, reported that "the Mets are threatening to take some form of action." But Boras said Beltran's contract only requires him to receive advance written permission for elective procedures."
Mets' Beltran sidelined by knee surgery
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January 14
The Journal News
 
"After a handful of published reports, the Mets confirmed on Wednesday that center fielder Carlos Beltran has undergone knee surgery and is not expected to begin baseball activities for another 12 weeks. Beltran missed 2ÿ months because of a knee injury last season, playing in only half of the Mets' games. The Mets said that Beltran was healthy when the season ended, but that symptoms returned this winter, leading to the surgery. Missing 12 weeks at this point of the offseason would leave Beltran sidelined throughout spring training, making Opening Day unlikely for the 32-year-old. Losing Beltran is a blow to a Mets team that just last week announced the signing of free-agent left fielder ..."
Another Amazin' miscommunication on injury front
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January 14
New York Post
 columnist Joel Sherman
"Well, the good vibrations associated with the signing of Jason Bay lasted about a week for the Mets. Because it might be a new year, but an old problem has revisited the Mets; the problem that both paralyzed and humiliated them in 2009. They have a player who is more injured than they initially reported, and how he was being cared for by the team is in question. And not by media or the fans. But by Carlos Beltran. And so now the Mets are looking at beginning their 2010 campaign without their center fielder and third-place hitter. Just as important, they are at a contentious moment with Beltran with the possibility of doing irreparable harm to the relationship. For the Mets clearly did not ..."
Surgery for Beltran Means He's Likely Out Until May
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January 14
New York Times
 
"The 2010 spring training is only a month away, but for the Mets it still seems like their injury-ravaged 2009. The team announced Wednesday night that center fielder Carlos Beltran, who missed 10 weeks last season with an ailing right knee, had arthroscopic surgery, making him unlikely to play in April. The announcement was contained in a five-sentence statement issued hours after several players attended a charity event at Citi Field, where no hint of the Beltran issue was disclosed. But within the statement was significant phrasing that indicated that the Mets were trying to distance themselves from the operation. The Mets knew of Beltran's worsening condition but had not recommended ..."
Carlos goes under knife against Mets' wishes, may miss opener
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January 14
New York Post
 
"Happy New Year, the Mets already are hurting. The euphoria of 2009's disappearance lasted exactly 12 days in Flushing, with the Mets last night announcing that Carlos Beltran underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee yesterday and will not be ready for Opening Day on April 5 versus the Marlins. Two sources told The Post, however, that Beltran elected to have the surgery without the Mets' blessing. The statement released by the Mets indicated Beltran had a worsening of the osteoarthritis in his right knee. The surgery was performed in Colorado by Beltran's personal physician Dr. Richard Steadman, but Beltran consulted with team physician Dr. David Altchek beforehand. Beltran is ..."
Beltran: Bring back Delgado
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November 12
New York Post
 
"Carlos Beltran knows who he would like to see play first base for the Mets next season, and his name isn't Daniel Murphy. The All-Star center fielder, appearing at a charity event yesterday in Harlem, put in a strong plug for Puerto Rican countryman Carlos Delgado to be brought back. "Honestly, I would love to," Beltran said when asked if he would like to see the Mets re-sign the 37-year-old slugger. "That's up to the team, but Delgado is a guy who, when healthy, you're going to get a lot of contributions from him." Delgado, who filed for free agency last week, missed all but 26 games last season due to hip surgery and a strained oblique. But he told Beltran recently that he plans to play ..."
Beltran sees healthy New York Mets as World Series contenders
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November 12
New York Daily News
 
"It was frustrating enough for Carlos Beltran this past season, after a bone bruise in his right knee kept him on the disabled list most of the summer. Then the center fielder had to watch the crosstown Yankees celebrate another World Series title after beating the Mets' division rival Phillies. "I turned the TV off," Beltran joked Wednesday, when asked about the Game 6 aftermath. "No, I watched it. It has to be one of the best feelings you can probably feel. I bet for (Derek) Jeter - he's been in the World Series before - I bet it felt amazing being able to win. That has to be a dream come true. I just hope before I retire, I can get that opportunity." For Beltran to win his first ring, ..."
Beltran sits due to slick field
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September 12
New York Post
 
"The Mets are serious about treating Carlos Beltran and his bruised right knee with kid gloves. That was obvious last night, when manager Jerry Manuel sat the All-Star center fielder because day-long rains slickened the outfield at Citizens Bank Park. "I didn't want to chance him in this type of weather and conditions," Manuel said before the Mets' 4-2 loss to the Phillies in the opener of a four-game set. Beltran, who earlier this week capped an impressive and unlikely comeback from the knee injury, has played in two games since his return while batting .250 (2-for-8) with a double and a run scored. Beltran is expected to start today's matchup if the playing conditions are better, but ..."
Carlos Beltran goes 1-for-4 in return from DL as NY Mets lose, 4-2, to Florida Marlins
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September 9
The Times of Trenton
 
"The mere sight of his name in the lineup served as a reminder of what could have been. The last time Carlos Beltran played for the Mets, he was having an all-star-caliber season, and they were still in the thick of the NL East race, despite all the injuries they had endured. The team that took the field for Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Marlins hardly resembled the one Beltran played with on June 21. And Beltran, coming off an extended stint on the DL, was not quite in midseason form. But he looked about as good as could be expected. Beltran went 1 for 4 with a double and had no trouble patrolling center field at a lifeless and sparsely filled Citi Field. "I felt like a kid in the playground," ..."
Beltran makes return, but Mets fall to Marlins
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September 9
New York Daily News
 
"Carlos Beltran nearly produced dramatics in his return from a bone bruise in his right knee. Seventy-nine days after he last appeared in a major-league game, the center fielder came within a few feet of a grand slam in the seventh inning Tuesday night. Instead, Cody Ross settled under the shot at the base of the right-field wall and Beltran stranded the bases loaded. He finished 1-for-4 in his first game since June21 as the Mets lost to the Marlins, 4-2, Tuesday night. "Unfortunately, I just got under that one," Beltran said. A half-inning after Beltran's inning-ending flyout, the center fielder made a sliding catch on a sinking liner by Jorge Cantu. And his comeback appeared largely ..."
Beltran's Back
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September 9
New York Post
 
"To Carlos Beltran, yesterday's return to the Mets seemed like euphoria. "Today I felt like a kid in the playground," Beltran said after coming off the disabled list at Citi Field, "because I feel good to be here." Beltran finally got off the DL after nearly a three-month stay, feeling and looking good in his comeback. Beltran, who was out with a right knee bone bruise, was nearly the hero in a 4-2 loss to the Marlins, going 1-for-4 with a double, making a nice sliding catch and just missing a go-ahead grand slam when his seventh-inning drive was caught at the right-field wall. Though the Mets' season is in shambles, getting their All-Star center fielder back was a welcome sight. On ..."
Carlos Beltran comes off DL, returns to NY Mets starting lineup against Florida Marlins
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September 8
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Carlos Beltran is back, just in time to play out the string with the Mets. Beltran will start in center field and bat fourth Tuesday night against the Marlins at Citi Field. It will be his first major-league game since June 21, the day before he went on the disabled list with a bone bruise in his right knee. Before he went on the DL, Beltran was hitting .336 with eight homers and 40 RBI."
Beltran set for return after rehab stint
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September 8
New York Daily News
 
"The Mets are expecting good news Tuesday. It may be too late to change their ultimate fate, but the return of Carlos Beltran is plenty welcome for a club that's suffered one misfortune after another. "It'll be a lift, and something positive is always welcome around here," David Wright said. "You have to feel good that he's doing well enough and feeling healthy enough. Now he has a chance to feel good about himself at the end of this year and heading into spring training." Beltran last played for the Mets on June 21 before a bone bruise below his right knee forced him onto the disabled list. He'd toughed it out for nearly a month after a May 26 cortisone injection to treat the injury, but ..."
Beltran back in Citi tonight
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September 8
New York Post
 
"As far as the Mets and injuries are concerned, there are no sure things except more woes around the corner. But Carlos Beltran's long road back appears to be complete, and after missing 2½ months with a bone bruise in his right knee, the center fielder is expected to return tonight against the Marlins at Citi Field. After playing his second straight nine-inning rehab game for Single-A Brooklyn on Sunday, Beltran proclaimed himself ready to go. And both manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya agreed they expected Beltran to be available tonight. "I've been working to come back, so that's my ultimate goal," Beltran said in a team release after Sunday's fifth and final rehab ..."
Beltran: I'm ready to go
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September 7
New York Post
 
"Carlos Beltran believes his rehab is over. Beltran played last night for A-ball Brooklyn, going nine innings for the second consecutive day. He went 1-for-5, striking out three times. Afterward, the All-Star center fielder declared he thinks he's set to return to the Mets tomorrow. "I feel good. I played nine [innings] back to back and everything feels good. I feel like I'm ready to go," Beltran said in comments provided by the Mets. "I haven't spoken to Omar [Minaya] or the trainers yet about coming back Tuesday, but I feel like I can come back and play then. I am ready." Beltran has been on the disabled list since June 22 with a right knee bone bruise, so he has missed approximately ..."
Carlos Beltran not fully ready to return to Mets lineup, but is game to play
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September 3
New York Daily News
 
"One of the first things Carlos Beltran said before beginning his minor-league rehab assignment in Brooklyn Wednesday night was that he's "not 100% (healthy), for sure." But considering the absurd glut of injuries that has torpedoed the Mets this season, why is the All-Star center fielder still trying to get back to active duty and not shutting down his bruised right knee until spring training? "I'm driving myself crazy every day, and that's why I'm pushing myself to get back," Beltran said before going 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI as the Cyclones' designated hitter in a 4-2 loss to Hudson Valley. "A lot of people (ask) me 'Why don't you sit back for the rest of the season?' I don't ..."
For Mets, Major Leaguer in the Minors Is a Good Sign
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September 3
New York Times
 
"From the depths of the Mets' daunting and depressing disabled list, Carlos Beltran emerged on Wednesday night to actually play in a game. Not for the Mets, of course, but Beltran was in the lineup for the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones as the designated hitter. It was the first time since June that he or Jose Reyes or Carlos Delgado had played in an official game, even in the minors. Beltran went on the disabled list on June 22 with a bone bruise on his knee. By then Reyes had been on the D.L. for a month and Delgado for nearly six weeks. Countless other Mets joined them, as the season deteriorated into one unending injury update. And even the heartening sight of Beltran playing in a game was ..."
Beltran cleared for rehab assignment
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September 1
MLB.com
 
"The injury-ravaged Mets got some good news from the trainer's table on Monday, as the club cleared center fielder Carlos Beltran to begin a rehab assignment without his knee brace. Beltran, out since June 21 with a bone bruise in his right knee, was examined by the Mets' medical director, Dr. David Altchek, in Manhattan on Monday morning. He is now scheduled to play for Class A Brooklyn on Wednesday night."
Beltran could be nearing return from disabled list for NY Mets
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August 30
Newark Star-Ledger
 
"Carlos Beltran's season may not be over yet. The Mets center fielder took a key step in his recovery from a right knee injury when he ran the bases Friday and Saturday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Beltran will likely get another MRI this week to see if the bone bruises that have kept him on the DL since June 22 have subsided. If the MRI looks good and Beltran remains pain-free, he could be back for the last few weeks of the regular season. Beltran was batting .336 with eight homers and 40 RBI when he went on the DL. He has no reason to rush back if there are any lingering concerns about his knee. But if healthy, Beltran is adamant that he wants to play again this season, even though the Mets ..."
Carlos Beltran may be close to returning to the Mets' lineup
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August 16
New York Daily News
 
"Finally, there may be reason to cheer in Queens. In a season of mounting losses, numerous injuries and scandal - not to mention a third straight year looming without playoff baseball - comes this glimmer of good news: Carlos Beltran may be close to returning. "May" being the key word, because anything concerning the Mets and injuries this season has been far from certain. But Beltran pronounced himself on the fast track for a return to the lineup Saturday after a second straight day of working out in the outfield. "(Saturday) was a very good day for me," said Beltran, who went on the disabled list with a bone bruise to his right knee on June 22. "I didn't feel anything in everything that ..."
Beltran Kneeds to Run Bases
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August 16
New York Post
 
"Carlos Beltran is ready to hit the ground running. The injured Mets center fielder yesterday completed his second set of outfield drills in as many days and later said he only needs to prove he can run the bases before beginning a rehab assignment that would allow him to return this season. "Today was a very good day for me," Beltran said before the Mets' 5-4 loss to the Giants in 10 innings at Citi Field. The big question is why would a Mets team that is going nowhere want Beltran back in the lineup instead of resting his right knee? "For me, it would be not to have to answer that question in spring training," manager Jerry Manuel said. That is, Manuel would like to arrive in Port St. ..."
Optimism For Beltran's Return
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August 15
New York Post
 
"Manager Jerry Manuel used some words yesterday that have been as foreign as Sanskrit around the Mets this season. "That was good news for us," he said. "Very good news." The very good news concerned Carlos Beltran who, before the Mets' 3-0 victory over the Giants last night, shagged fly balls without problems in the outfield for about 20 minutes, a routine he intends to repeat today. And if there are no complications from the right knee bone bruise that landed him on the disabled list and out of the picture since June 22, then the Mets can start gauging when he will return. So yeah, catching some flies off the bat of a coach is a big deal. A "bone bruise" once led to microfracture surgery ..."
Livan Tries to Hang On; Mets Waiting on Beltran
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August 14
New York Post
 
"Wallowing in your own stench is done best from the comfort of home. There is no use in the Mets even fantasizing about a pennant race as an 11-game homestand against postseason hopefuls San Francisco, Atlanta and Philadelphia kicks off tonight at Citi Field. The playoff talk is finished. The only question is will the Mets reach the finish line in seven weeks having died with dignity or as the biggest collection of flops in franchise history? The course could partly be set today, when an announcement is expected on whether it's possible Carlos Beltran can play again this season and if struggling Livan Hernandez will remain in the starting rotation."
Carlos Delgado
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August 4
New York Daily News
 
"Carlos Delgado finally was back in the batter's box launching home runs. And Carlos Beltran finally was back in center field tracking fly balls Monday at Citi Field. Mind you, this was before -- and not during - Monday night's series finale against Arizona. But these were the latest positive steps, nonetheless, for the two injured Mets, who continue to target mid-August returns to the lineup. "In my mind, that's my plan. That's my target and I'm doing everything possible to accomplish that," said Beltran, who has been out since June 22 with a bone bruise behind his right knee. "Today was a good day for me, honestly ... because I was able to go out and move around and that gave me ..."
Beltran Guns For 2 Weeks
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July 30
New York Post
 
"Carlos Beltran isn't gunning for 100 percent with his right knee, just enough spring in his step for a return to the Mets' lineup. The injured center fielder said yesterday he's on track for a return from the disabled list within the next 2-to-2½ weeks, as he continues to deal with a bone bruise. "That's what I have in mind and that's my goal," Beltran said before last night's rainout at Citi Field. Beltran has been taking batting practice, but has not begun running. He said running in the outfield will tell him when he's ready to play."