Duda, expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks with a stress fracture in his back, has been limited to riding the bike and hopes to begin baseball activities on the early side of proscribed absence period, ESPN New York reports.

EDGE Analysis

Duda won't be able to begin baseball activities until the back is healed. For right now, it's a waiting game. David Wright needed two full months to recover from a similar injury, putting Duda's potential return date at mid-to-late July. For now, James Loney is manning first base for the Mets.