Beltran Knee Surgery, Will Miss at Least 12 Weeks

News has come out that Carlos Beltran has had minor knee surgery and New York Post’s Joel Sherman heard it was a “standard scope”. Sherman adds that Beltran had worsening osteoarthritis in his right knee and that led to the arthroscopic cleanup. The Mets say it will be 12 weeks until Beltran can resume baseball activities.

News has also come out that Beltran had the surgery without the Mets permission. 

The following is an official statement from the Mets PR department:

“Carlos Beltran had worsening of osteoarthritis of the right knee during the offseason. He had not been experiencing pain following the conclusion of the season and into his early offseason conditioning. The symptoms returned to the point where pre-spring training conditioning became too painful. Beltran elected to undergo arthroscopic clean out of the arthritic area of his knee by his personal physician Dr. Richard Steadman today in Colorado. He is anticipated to return to baseball activities in 12 weeks.”