Reyes & Murphy to Start Season on DL

Call them Club Meds.

The injuries continue to stack up for the Mets like reeking garbage in the corner of someones house.

The latest: Jose Reyes, who is trying to return from a hyperactive thyroid gland, will begin the season on the DL as a precautionary measure since he has missed the last three weeks of camp. Reyes is playing baseball, and went 1-for-5 in a minor league game on Wednesday.

As for Murphy, the Mets starting first baseman underwent an MRI on his knee, revealing a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. He will sit out 2-6 weeks to rest the knee and rehabilitate.

Murphy was struggling this spring hitting .196.

Mike Jacobs, whom the Mets picked up late this winter will take over for Murphy. Jacobs, who was the Mets first baseman late in 2005, before being dealt to Florida for Carlos Delgado, is a homerun machine. He hit 11 homers in his first 100 at bats with the Mets in 2005, and hit 32 homers in 2008 with the Marlins.

Jacobs is a streaky hitter, so if he has any plans of holding onto the first base job, he better start swinging when the season opens Monday.