BOSTON -- Carlos Beltran expects to spend his All-Star break playing in a few Minor League games at the Yankees' complex in Tampa, Fla., and is aiming to rejoin the big league lineup when the team returns to action on July 17 against the Mariners in New York.
Beltran is on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 1, with a left oblique strain. He traveled with the Yankees to Fenway Park, where he took indoor batting practice, played catch and got some work in the outfield. Beltran said that he has not experienced any issues for about four or five days.