Reyes to start year on DL

The New York Mets have awful luck. Call it karma for dancing around and acting like fools on the playing field or call it catching bad break after bad break. According to the team and his agent, Mets SS Jose Reyes will start the season on the DL.

“He was very disappointed because the initial results said that he could possibly be back in a matter of days,” agent Peter Greenberg said. “… We’re guilty of speaking a little bit too soon, unfortunately.”

“He’s just going to have to rest,” Minaya said. “There’s not a specific time frame when it will get back to normal, but our doctors will be testing that on a regular basis.”

Recent tests revealed that Reyes’ thyroid is hyperactive. He did some controlled physical activity on Monday and Tuesday and that caused his levels to spike. He can’t have any physical activity now until those are under control. That could take anywhere from two weeks to two months. This is not what the Mets were hoping for.

“Jose obviously is a little bit disappointed that it’s going to be a matter of weeks as opposed to days,” Greenberg said. “But it’s a completely curable, treatable situation. I think we all view it as good news. He’s supposed to rest and watch his diet. He’s not supposed to do anything that is going to raise the heart level so that the irritation can go down. … That’s why he’s staying at home—to just rest and relax and spend time with his family and watch a lot of movies. … He’ll be tested on a weekly basis and hopefully the levels will start down. The doctors told us this was the best possible diagnosis and that there is no intervention or medication necessary.”

With Carlos Beltran out for a couple months, it seems like the Mets are just picking up where they left off in 2009.