I understand that Ryan Church wants to be with his teammates, with his friends, as they move through the season. But Church is still coming back from migraines and a concussion.
He's taking unnecessary plane flights around the country and the Mets don't seem ready to have him start his rehab assignment any time soon. He's been diagnosed with migraines and cleared to start playing baseball again, but so far he's only taken batting practice and done some throwing.
Two scenarios could be in place here: In one, the Mets are feeding the media bad information on Church, who might not actually be ready to play. Could be just a ploy to keep fans waiting and not screaming for a trade or promotion in his absence. The other could be that they just don't want anything to backfire and they're taking this time around extra careful.
For the sake of the organization, I hope it's the latter, but every time he travels with the team and isn't heading to Port St. Lucie to work out and rehab, I get a little bit more suspicious.
Church was supposed to stay in Florida after the Marlins series, go to the Mets facilities and begin working out on his path back to the Mets. Those plans were scrapped and he traveled to Houston with the team.
After Houston, I figured he would go back to Florida and start. Now Church is coming all the way back to New York. Why? I don't know.
The Mets need Church to get right, and if they keep dragging him all across the country and blocking him from starting his rehab assignment, I don't know what they're thinking.
