The pattern that seems to be emerging is that the Mets doctors prefer to take a wait-and-see attitude, hoping that things will get better through rest, rather than opting for surgery which might offer a more lasting solution but would also lead to more lost time. While you certainly don't want to rush everybody into surgery for every injury, the Mets may have leaned too heavily on the wait-and-see side. It certainly appears that Beltran thought so.