Mets Morning News: Santana Cleared For Rehab, Beltran Trade Update,Brydak Trivia

Johan Santana has been cleared to begin a minor league rehab assignment with single-A St. Lucie. He will only be allowed to throw 45 pitches in his start for St. Lucie on Thursday.

There were reports yesterday that Carlos Beltran refused a deal with the Indians. According to Mike Puma of the NY Post, however, Beltran stated that wasn't true, and the Mets never approached him about going to Cleveland.

"[The Mets] haven't come to me," he said. "When they come to me, we'll talk about it."

Here's a fun piece of trivia for you, Tim Byrdak's first save as a Met last night, was his fourth career save with his fourth organization.