The two talked in early July, when the Mets were on the West Coast to play the Dodgers and Wright joined the team at Dodger Stadium. At the time, Wright was working toward baseball activities by rehabbing at the clinic of Dr. Robert Watkins, a noted back specialist. Neither Wright nor Mattingly were prescribed surgery.
"I talked to David, but I don't know exactly everything that's wrong with him," Mattingly said this weekend. "We talked about routines and how you got back into those routines and how to figure that out -- 'How much batting practice can I take?