Mets SS Reyes told to rest 2-to-8 weeks
March 11, 2010
NEW YORK (AP)—All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes has been told to rest and refrainfrom athletic activity for 2-to-8 weeks until his thyroid levels normalize,another blow to the New York Mets before opening day.
Center fielder Carlos Beltran(notes) already is expected to miss the first month ofthe season following right knee surgery Jan. 13. Reyes appears likely to alsostart the season on the disabled list.
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“It doesn’t look good right now.” Mets general manager Omar Minaya saidThursday. “We will have to prepare for that.”
Reyes has been diagnosed with an overactive thyroid, and his levels wereelevated after he exercised Monday and Tuesday. While he initially thought hemight be able to return after a few days, he will have to stop working out andwill remain at home.
“Jose is obviously a little bit disappointed that it’s going to be a matterof weeks as opposed to days, but it’s a completely, treatable, curablesituation,” said his agent, Peter Greenberg. “I think we all view it as goodnews.”
Doctors detected an abnormality during his physical, and Reyes was taken outof the lineup March 4 for additional medical tests. Reyes was told not to raisehis heart rate and to refrain from eating seafood, which has iodine. He will betested weekly.
Minaya and Greenberg said the thyroid should return to normal with rest anddiet.
“There is no medication for this,” Minaya said.
The cause of the elevated thyroid wasn’t clear.
“We heard it could be something that could have been dietary or it couldhave been a virus,” Minaya said.
Reyes, Beltran and first baseman Carlos Delgado(notes) missed long stretches lastyear as the Mets slumped to a 70-92 record and fourth place in the NL East.Delgado became a free agent and had hip surgery again last month.
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