Collins said he spoke with Wright on Saturday.
“He’s going through his rehab stuff with the lower back, and I just told him be careful [Monday],” Collins said. “Make sure that we cut the activities back so that we don’t overdo it, so that Tuesday you can push forward instead of backing down a step.”
The news is encouraging for a Mets team that is 22-16 and in first place in the NL East without any appreciable contribution from its captain, although Wright’s nagging history of injuries continues to be a concern, the Daily News noted:
Wright shut himself down May 8 after experiencing lower back pain in his rehabilitation from a right hamstring injury. He had an MRI exam on his lower back earlier this month that indicated no structural damage, significant because he suffered a stress fracture in his back in 2011.
