Team health will be a major factor if the Mets hope to bounce back in 2010. If early returns are any indication, the maligned Mets' medical staff is up to the task.
Case in point: Frankie Rodriguez has returned to pitching after seemingly having the worst case of pink eye in recorded history. Ray Ramirez & Co. helped him recover in just three weeks without missing a single meaningful game. And K-Rod was better than ever in his spring debut as he retired all three Cardinals he faced. Last year, the star closer likely would have been out for 2-3 months with the same injury.
I realize that several other important players are out for a while, but the Mets' medical staff cannot be blamed for that. Carlos Beltran had unnecessary surgery, Jose Reyes has a non-baseball related condition, and Kelvim Escobar should have stayed in better shape while he was sitting out for almost two years.
With K-Rod, the improved Mets' medical staff had a chance to make an immediate impact and they did just that. They handled his pink eye better than any middle school nurse and even prevented other players from catching it. All Mets' players can now trust that, should they stub a toe or scrape a knee, they are in good hands.
Clearly the team's new credo of "Prevention and Recovery" is already paying dividends.
3 weeks for Pink Eye, thats great. I'm glad the medical staff jumped on that. You never know when a pink eye outbreak can occur (outside of 2nd grade).
ReplyDeleteWe won't see Carlos play in a Met's uniform again.. Jose Reyes is out until July..
Some guy at my work had pink eye recently.
ReplyDeleteDrew, I threw the word "credo" in there just for you.
ReplyDeleteGreat your blog already has a Yankee troll....
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