NEW YORK -- The Mets could get David Wright back next month. General manager Sandy Alderson said this afternoon that he believes there is a "realistic possibility" Wright returns at the All-Star break.

Wright has been out since April, first with a hamstring injury but is now dealing with lumbar spinal stenosis. He and the Mets have said he'd return at some point but wouldn't put a timeline or date on it until now.

"What I try to is look at the next benchmarks," Alderson said during an appearance at the VA Hospital in Brooklyn. "What are the benchmarks? One of them is, say, the first of July. We're in the middle of June right now. Another benchmark might be the first of July. Might be the All-Star break. The trade deadline is July 31. The month of August. So there are these benchmarks.

"Realistically I'm looking at probably the All-Star break as a realistic possibility."

Alderson specified it would be of a return to the Mets not a rehab assignment.

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