Should the Mets pass on Jose Reyes?
The big question this offseason has been whether or not to re-sign Jose Reyes. Many Mets fans have made many legitimate arguments about why the Mets should sign him:
-Jose Reyes brings fans
-Jose Reyes brings ratings
-Jose Reyes is a catalyst
But even though Jose Reyes might help the team economically or on the field, I’m one of the ones that thinks we should let him go.
Why such blasphemy!
Jose Reyes is injury prone. I don’t know whether the fact that he won the NL batting title is a statement about the rest of the National League or that it’s a statement about what kind of player he is. His hamstring issues have become a problem over the last three seasons and Carl Crawford money is a lot of money to waste on someone who might miss 30 or more games for the next four years.
Sure, he won the NL batting title, but he did it the cheap way. If you really respected your fans, you would play the whole game knowing that it might be your last game in a Mets uniform. You didn’t see Ted Williams sit out when he got to the last day of the regular season with a .400 batting average; he played both games of a double header and raised that number to .406.
We have a guy named Ruben Tejada who also happens to play shortstop! Shocker! Sure, Tejada has to work on his hitting, but defensively, I love watching him play. You can tell Tejada wants to be out there every day. Give the kid a chance.
Signing Jose Reyes might help the Mets economically, but it also might help the Mets if he doesn’t re-sign. If he signs with a top 15 team (i.e. Phillies, Yankees), we get their first round pick plus a pick plus a pick from the compensation round, that lovely round in the draft that gave us David Wright. Of course, I’m assuming Jose Reyes will be classified as a Type A free agent.
Plus, the Mets could really use the money to pay Bobby Bonilla for 24 more years.
Pass on Jose Reyes, let Ruben Tejada play, and for god’s sake…sign a pitcher instead!
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