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by Adam Rubin

August 31, 2009 5:33 PM By Adam Rubin

Thole is Colorado-bound, Beltran closer

Double-A catcher Josh Thole will be with the Mets on Tuesday in Colorado, the Mets have confirmed.

Thole, a 13th-round draft pick in 2005, hit .328 with one homer, 46 RBI and eight steals in 384 at-bats with Double-A Binghamton. The 22-year-old Thole, who caught in high school, had played only 28 games behind the plate during his first three professional seasons. But when first-string catcher Sean McCraw was struggling as a hitter at St. Lucie last season, Thole assumed the primary catching responsibilities and took off.

Thole threw out 26 of 86 attempted base stealers to challenge him this season (30.2%).

Meanwhile:

Carlos Beltran has been cleared to begin a rehab assignment Wednesday with the Brooklyn Cyclones wearing a knee brace.

Johan Santana and Oliver Perez will undergo their surgeries Tuesday.

And outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis and infielder Zach Lutz have joined the B-Mets from St. Lucie.

(5) Comments

5 Comments

numbed out

August 31, 2009 6:33 PM

Since when does a bone bruise require a brace? Think the team doctors mis-diagnosed?

Tony E

August 31, 2009 7:12 PM

Let's see how long it will take Jerry to play young Thole.

bobjinpa

August 31, 2009 9:07 PM

Is this equal to or worse than the Donald Grant regime.
One wants to believe, but maybe one doesn't gotta these days.

Wake Up Omar

September 1, 2009 12:07 AM

The team doctors are fine. The Colorado specialist even confirmed the team doctors' original diagnosis on Beltran.

Will Caroll predicted microfracture surgery for Beltran. Maybe he and Avredlund should get together and share stock market tips!

I think this also puts to rest this idea that Beltran is mad at the Mets. If he were, he wouldn't be trying to come back when there will be less than a month left in a lost season.

JOE8

September 1, 2009 8:37 AM

This is twice now, in his Mets career, that Beltran has come back late in a season when his team was virtually out of it. He obviously isn't as soft as he's made out to be by some of you so called "fans".

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Adam Rubin has covered the Mets for the Daily News since 2003. He's a graduate of Mepham High School in Bellmore, Long Island, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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