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From Surfing the Mets

Castillo, 2b
Tejada, ss
Wright, 3b
Jacobs, 1b
Bay, lf
Martinez, cf
Francoeur, rf
Barajas, c
Nieve, rhp

Also scheduled to pitch: Jon Niese, Pat Misch, Sean Green, Tobi Stoner, Elmer Dessens

Thanks to Metsblog for the link: Recap: Thyroid Specialist about Reyes on WFAN

“In her opinion, based on what she has read and heard, “It sounds like he has thyroiditis, which does get better by itself,” but, “the beginning part, could be as short as a few weeks, but it could be longer and take two months.”

“In her opinion, she has never heard of HGH causing thyroiditis.”

“Dr. Resta said, in most people, it takes three to four weeks before they see better blood levels.”

OK well for some reason I feel better after reading this.

Great article from Seven Train to Shea:

Mets Will Be Fine Without Reyes, Think Positive

I know it’s hard right now to get over this crushing blow but we are Mets fans and that’s what we do.

Thanks to Metsblog for the link.

Another link that I posted last night:

Just One More Thing To Overcome

by Rational (sometimes) Mets Musings

Red Sox:

Marco Scutaro, ss
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
Victor Martinez, c
David Ortiz, dh
J.D. Drew, rf
Mike Cameron, cf
Jeremy Hermida, lf
Jed Lowrie, 3b
Lars Anderson, 1b
John Lackey, rhp

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Mets:

Pagan, cf
Castillo, 2b
Wright, 3b
Jacobs, 1b
Bay, lf
Catalanotto, dh
Francoeur, rf
Cora, ss
Coste, c

Pelfrey, rhp

According to Mike Puma:  Lefty reliever Joe Beimel is still on the Mets’ radar, according to an industry source. The Mets are offering Beimel a major league contract, but at an amount significantly lower than the $2 million he earned last season. Ron Mahay is another lefty option the Mets might pursue.

So as it stands we could see  the following Mets pen:

Rodriguez

Feliciano

Calero

Beimel

Igarashi

Escobar (eventually)

Nieve/Parnell/Misch/Green/Fogg

Anyone following Twitter this morning knows there is a panic over Reyes being a late scratch from today’s lineup.  Finally more updates are coming.  They don’t answer the question why but at least we know what.

This from Mike Puma: Reyes scratched from Mets lineup for doctor’s appointment

“Reyes said Thursday after a second round of blood work that he feels fine and it’s not related to the torn hamstring that sidelined him most of last season.”

“They do the tests because they want to make sure everything is fine,” Reyes said.

As I stated this answers the what.  Blood work as part of a routine physical.  The why is yet to be determined.