Finally someone has come to the defense of the Mets doctors and it’s probably the last person you would expect.

A month after blasting the Mets medical staff for mistreating a bone spur in his elbow, J.J. Putz defended them today in an interview with WFAN. Putz was asked whether Dr. David Altchek and the Mets staff could have handled the injury any better.

“No, I don’t think so,” Putz said.

That comes in stark contrast to Putz’s previous comments when he said being with the Mets “was a mess from the beginning.” The first area of Putz’s concern in the late January interview with CSN Chicago was that the Mets did not give him a physical before going through with a trade that brought him from Seattle to New York last offseason.

“At the time (it was surprising) yeah, but knowing what I know now it’s not a big deal,” said Putz, adding that he felt great at the time of the trade.

Putz struggled as Francisco Rodriguez’ setup man going 1-4 with a 5.22 ERA in 29 appearances. Putz said last month that it was frustrating not be able to disclose his injury while pitching so poorly, because the team asked him to keep it a secret. But Putz also changed course on that claim today.

“It wasn’t actually how it sounds,” Putz said. “Until we were able to obtain the correct information, find out exactly what was going on, we didn’t want alert anybody about anything. We didn’t even know what the injury was yet, so they couldn’t (tell me to keep it quiet).”

And Putz, who signed with the White Sox after the Mets declined his option, is even letting the Amazin’s off the hook for not insisting he have surgery in May when he started to feel pain in his elbow.

“Ultimately, I am the one that decided to get the injection, opposed to getting the surgery right away in May,” Putz said. “They can’t really make you get surgery. If anything, I should have decided to get the surgery, instead of trying to prolong it. With the way everything was going, we had so many injuries, I was trying to do anything to keep pitching.”

Putz’s injury was just one on a long list for the Mets last season. The team mishandled Jose Reyes’ hamstring tear and what was thought to be a small problem turned out to be a season-ending injury. Carlos Beltran and the Mets got into a war of words this offseason after the center fielder had knee surgery done by his personal doctor that will keep him out at the start of the season. The Mets wanted Beltran to wait to get another opinion from team doctors.

Putz was asked if situations like his, Reyes’ and Beltran’s discouraged free agents from joining the Mets this offseason.

“As far as discouraging free agents to come, I don’t think that would play into it,” Putz said. “I don’t really have anything bad to say about anybody there. I feel like I was treated fairly. This whole interview thing that happened, I think was taken out of context. I wasn’t trying to throw anybody under the bus or anything.

“The guy asked me a question if I was shocked if I got a physical after the trade and I answered the question. Do I wish things would have gone differently there? Absolutely. I have a lot of faith in Dr. Altcheck, he gave me the right information.”