Jose Reyes will be in Philadelphia with the Mets tomorrow, but he doesn’t know when he’s going to return to the field — or where it will be.
The shortstop said yesterday that he might need some rehab games before coming back from his most recent left hamstring strain.
“We haven’t discussed that yet, but I think I’m gonna play rehab games,” Reyes said before the Mets’ 11-9 loss to the Brewers yesterday at Citi Field.
He has been out since leaving a game on Aug. 7 with a stiff hamstring — the second time in a month he suffered a similar injury.
Reyes ran on the field for the first time since the injury yesterday and depending how he feels today, will run the bases both today and tomorrow, ratcheting up the intensity each day.
“[Today] is not gonna be a lot,” Reyes said. “I’ll just get used to the bases and see what happens. I’m not gonna go full speed because I ran a lot today. Everything was very positive. If I run the bases with no problem, we’ll decide what to do after that playing-wise.”
Yesterday was a good step, according to Terry Collins, who hadn’t seen Reyes run since the injury.
“He looked terrific,” Collins said.
Reyes plans on continuing his baseball activity in Philadelphia.
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Jason Bay returned to the starting lineup after sitting two straight games while in the middle of an 0-for-20 slump. He snapped out of it with an RBI single in the first inning and finished 1-for-5.
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Angel Pagan (3-for-5) has multiple hits in five of his last six games and is hitting .377 (26-for-69) with 11 runs this month.
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There was a construction trailer fire across the street behind Citi Field yesterday, which sent billowing black smoke that hovered beyond the center-field stands.
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Ruben Tejada had two hits and is hitting .375 (15-for-40) since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Aug. 8. . . . Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand watched batting practice yesterday. LeGrand was paralyzed from the neck down after making a tackle against Army on Oct. 16 last year. He was honored by the Mets and Rutgers athletics started a fund to support LeGrand and his family at http://www.scarletknights.com/believe.