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Minaya ‘pleased’ with Beltran’s progress

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Following week after week of extended workouts on his own, Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran put in a “short day” of training on Sunday — but it was enough to leave general manager Omar Minaya impressed.

Beltran worked out in front of Minaya and members of the club’s Major League training staff at Digital Domain Park, displaying the kind of hitting and baserunning that left Minaya convinced the outfielder is ready to make the next step in rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee, although no start date has been determined just yet.

“I had not been here for a while, and we had been getting reports, but watching him, the leg seems to be getting stronger,” Minaya said. “I can tell you that I’m pleased. Talking to the staff, watching him run and watching him run the bases, he was getting after it. Understanding that he is still coming off an injury, I think the progress and the work these guys have done here has been outstanding.”

(via mets.com)