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2011
Collins Says Reyes Isn’t Moving Anywhere
An article by Hojo's Mojo
I piqued your curiosity didn’t I?
Collins actually did say that, but he wasn’t referring to the trade deadline – he was responding to a question about moving Jose Reyes from the leadoff spot to batting third in the lineup.
As ESPN pointed out last night, there are plenty of reasons why some people look at Terry Collins as the anti-Jerry Manuel.
Collins provided yet another reason to support that theory on Saturday night.
Despite Jose Reyes being the team’s top run producer, Collins said he would never — never — move Reyes to another spot in the lineup.
“He’s going to stay right where he is,” Collins said.
Who can forget when Jerry Manuel put Reyes in the No. 3 hole last season in what ended up being a disastrous move for the shortstop and for the Mets. Reyes hit just .207 while batting third and looked like a fish out of water. For nearly a month, Reyes struggled and was visibly agitated batting third - his entire game was turned upside down by Manuel. It even affected Reyes’ performance on the bases as he failed to get one stolen base but was caught three times.
During his first day back in the leadoff spot, Reyes responded with a big day at the plate and his signature smile, which hadn’t been seen in weeks, was back too.
Reyes was also asked about shifting to third in the lineup after last night’s game.
“Come on man, you know what happened last year,” Reyes said, laughing off the question. “That didn’t work out too good. I’m comfortable in the leadoff.”
Collins was quick to squash the notion of taking Jose Reyes away from the leadoff spot and never hesitated. It’s just another reason among many others, to like the new Mets skipper.
By the way, according to Elias, Reyes is the fastest player to 10 triples since Curtis Granderson got to 10 in the Tigers’ 58th game. All of Reyes’ triples have come at Citi Field – the house that Reyes built?
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The problem when Manuel moved Reyes to 3 are 1) Reyes was still recovering from his health issues. He wasn’t going to hit well no matter where he was and 2) no one seems to have explained to Reyes that he was there to just do what he always did. He got back to that damn uppercut swing. If he has stayed as the line drive gap hitter we all know and love and was recovered, he would have done well in the 3 spot.
That said, Reyes is the best hitter, so he belongs at the top of the order.
collins is right about this. who would take anyone out of his routine when he’s having his best season ever ?
too bad he only has about 40 more games to answer questions about reyes.
Collins is right in more than one Jose Reyes will be the lead off hitter for the NY Mets for at least 4 more years. I meets will sign him to a contract extension of at least 4 years. The only way they will trade him is to get a whole lot of players at least one major league player and about 5 top prospects with a couple of them major league ready. He will just put more body’s in seats at Citi Field as the Mets get there act together and WIN Games. and stop finding ways to loss them late in the game what is that about 10 so far this year.
For most Mets fans, the worst player moves in the history of this franchise were the banishing Tom Seaver to Cincinnati and the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi fiasco.
Unless the Mets were to obtain a first rate starting pitcher under the age of 30 and two very good prospects (AA or higher) I can’t see them trading Jose Reyes. When he is healthy and he sure is at the present time….Jose is this generations Ricky Henderson. Trading him for less would further indicate that there is just no money available to resign him despite the new $$$$ partner, David Einhorn.
Once again, we have a load of injuries to deal with so we will be fighting to play .500 ball until the injured are better. It is a tribute to Terry Collins and the staff that the guys are playing hard especially with all the rumors surrounding this team at all times. It is not always fun to watch and at times they are brutal as in the early to mid 90′s but they remain “Amazin”