Jed Lowrie will open up the season exactly where he’s invested most of his time with Mets: on the hurt checklist.

The group announced the go Monday, calling the personal injury “left knee pain.”

He will see group medical doctor David Altcheck this 7 days to “find out the next step,’’ in accordance to manager Luis Rojas.

When pressed, Rojas did not rule out the possibility of medical procedures: “I just can’t say. That is a thing we’ll reassess when we hear from the medical doctor.”

Lowrie, who arrived right before final year on a two-yr contract really worth $20 million, appeared in just 9 game titles in 2019 because of assorted injuries. He has been wearing a significant left leg brace in camp, but has declined to specify the mother nature of his damage.

So much, surgical procedures has not been on the table for the 36-year-old.

“Our tactic has been rehab,’’ Rojas reported just before the Mets performed an intrasquad match at Citi Industry. “He’s worked seriously tricky. I just cannot say that more than enough. He’s labored hard to engage in in game titles and blend in with the team. That is all I have witnessed below.”

He won’t be witnessing Lowrie executing a lot of anything else for the in close proximity to long term.

Considerably less than two months back, normal supervisor Brodie Van Wagenen and Rojas were being encouraged by some of what Lowrie was ready to do, specifically at the plate. And Rojas even hinted at the possibility of Lowrie enjoying 3rd foundation at some stage during the 60-sport schedule.

Lowrie has been constrained in what he can do managing the bases and in the field, which is no shock given the bulky brace that has turn into his trademark given that coming to Queens.

“From a aggressive standpoint, it’s just not exactly where we want it,’’ Rojas explained of Lowrie’s knee. “We noticed his bat and his potential. Just the running component and parts of his protection and range to make some plays, that was the part we could not translate into a vision of him enjoying in online games.”

Maybe the stop by to Altcheck will give some clarity, but Rojas reported it was a challenging procedure for Lowrie.

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“It can be tough, primarily for an individual regarded a gamer, an individual who performs the recreation genuinely tricky,’’ Rojas mentioned. “Guys like that are gonna go at times by means of some accidents like this. It is unlucky.”

And what, exactly, are the Mets hoping to find out?

“We want to know and we want to see what arrives out of it,’’ Rojas said. “He just came to camp to be section of this team. This is a portion of the development — going into a video game, the changeover with his brace. There [are] some matters we didn’t assume were gonna be match-velocity from a competitive standpoint. We want him to be observed [by the doctor]. Then we’ll know what the next action is.”

Earlier this month, Lowrie called the circumstance “frustrating.”

“Obviously, it has not long gone as anticipated,” Lowrie stated at the time. “But listen, I’m likely to aim on whatsoever I can do and what ever they can talk to me to do, because we have this 60-recreation dash. … My hope is that as I carry on to do these strengthening routines, I can enhance that workload. But we’ll variety of have to participate in that working day by working day, see how it reacts, see how the procedure is helping.”

It’s unclear what position Lowrie would perform even if balanced, with Jeff McNeil at 3rd and Robinson Cano at 2nd. Serving as an occasional DH could be an selection, but the Mets want to rotate players at that position, and there’s no telling how often Yoenis Cespedes will be ready to play the outfield soon after undergoing numerous foot surgeries.