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Mets' Clay Holmes making strides toward return from leg fracture. Is an extension in his future?

"Obviously, priority one is to kind of get healthy," Clay Holmes told Newsday after his bullpen session on Friday at Citi Field.

Clay Holmes (fibula) goes 2 1/3 innings in rehab

Clay Holmes yielded two runs in 2 1/3 innings Thursday in his rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse. Holmes’ velocity was pretty close to normal in his first start back from a fractured fibula, but he walked two and gave up five hard-hit balls to Yankees prospects while throwing 51 pitches and getting seven outs.