Mets 3B David Wright, who was re-examined Monday by Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles, can not participate in baseball activities for eight weeks due to persistent shoulder and lower back issues, the team said Tuesday.
Wright will remain in LA for the duration of Spring Training, meet the Mets in New York, and is hopeful he'll be able to begin his Spring Training in May, he told reporters on Wednesday.
"I knew that things weren't going as well as I had hoped," Wright said. "It seemed like the more that we tried to put on my plate, the worse that my body was responding.