injury report

Omar Minaya just joined Gary Cohen and Ron Darling in the booth at Dodger stadium, and gave an update on the DL:

Moises Alou will be back next week. Given that the Mets batting slump coincided with his injury, I'm hoping his return will have the opposite effect. Endy Chavez, on the other hand, had a second-degree tear in his hamstring, and is still three to four weeks away from returning to the team. I thought it was especially sad that he missed playing in the game on his bobblehead night last week.

When asked about Pedro Martinez, Minaya hedged: late August at the earliest, he's on doctor-recommended rest in the DR right now but it's part of the rehab program, etc., but with Pedro we're really looking forward to 2008. This is a contrast from earlier in the season, when Pedro himself was saying he wanted to be back by the beginning of August and Minaya was expressing nothing but confidence, but of course you never know anything until a guy starts pitching again.

though I was looking forward to seeing him pitch this year, I can wait until next year if it means he's Pedro Martinez again.