It is very good advice to monitor my son's progress, should he have to have surgery at some point, and make certain that he's truly ready to resume catching when the dr. 'clears' him... I am a firm believer in going on one's own level of comfort/discomfort as a measure of actual 'readiness'!
It is also very good for me to read that my son may not have a problem with any meniscal tears... I do question what will actually turn up, on the MRI, as he has played, and played hard, since last March or April, and still functions well... We found that anti-inflammatories and compression braces, on game days, as well as icing after games, was very effective... I just hope that the dr. will know something, conclusive, and be able to guide us in the right direction!