You have to love these e-scouts who think because they watch a game of baseball they know what they’re talking about..SMH

I want to hear these fundamental mistakes he makes. When you spot one, try to talk about them. I want to see why you think Jose Reyes isn’t intelligent enough for your standards..LOL

As for his defense, range and arm, he is worth the money and then some. Your opinion is worthless, my man…Unless you’re a scout and you’re not.

As for Wright, I don’t see why you’re defending him. This is not the topic at hand. I said Wright is a media tool and a marketing gimmick. He’s a good player, but nowhere near the player the Mets/MLB make him out to be. Nobody here is tricked by Wright. He’s not a superstar and he should be expendable if the team is thinking about getting rid of high priced players who are average defensively. Now THERE is a guy who has a weak defensive game. If you’re critical of Jose Reyes, I would LOVE to hear your analysis of Wright..LOL

Reyes signing doesn’t prohibit anything. That’s another FALSEHOOD perpetrated by those who want to defend Alderson when the team starts cutting payroll. The money required to fill in the role Reyes fills won’t be worth it. Love my man Tejada but he isn’t replacing Reyes neither on the field nor at the plate. We are WEAKENED greatly by his offense at the top of the order. We then need to spend the money to replace the leadoff spot. And the numbers Reyes produces CANNOT be replaced by many LEADOFF hitters. That’s another FALSEHOOD.

According to Reyes’ numbers, he is the closest thing we have to Superman. And when he leaves, which I hope is when he’s closer to 40, you are going to REGRET it. The lack of appreciation dumber Met fans show is startling. Very depressing, actually.

But here is the question that needs to be answered in the case of reyes…

Can you get AS MUCH in two roster spots as reyes gives you with one?
And if Reyes gives you X amount with the one roster spot does that not make it easier to get that much more someplace else?

It’s the old is a bird in the hand worth two n the bush?

For one signing and roster spot you get everything Reyes can give you. That leaves 7 other positions left that are far easier to improve since they are not filled by the BEST PLAYER at that position the way Reyes is…

But to think you lose what Reyes gives you in that singular roster spot not only do you have to make up what you lost but you need to use TWO roster spots just to break even. As I keep noting here, MONEY SPENT is not limited….There is no rule about how much you can spend, but the LIMITING fator to team building is the number of Roster spots you can have.

So the key to EFFICIENT team building is to get the MOST out of each roster spot not the most for your money and with Reyes giving you the most production available at the SS position it is far easier to IMPROVE the other 4 Roster Spots and become a champion.

Yeah OmarFan, maybe you should leave it alone since Baseball America does a survey with MLB Managers and they voted Tulo the #1 fielding SS in 2010 and 2011?

That was probably the media’s fault also.

What are you basing his elite defensive skill on? Are you looking at what other SS’s are doing or are you just looking at the times he makes good plays?

If the Mets lowball and start off under 10 mil then Reyes should walk.

If Reyes walks in there expecting 17+mil and 6+ guaranteed, then the Mets should let him walk

You don’t pay a player anything he wants when he’s won nothing, and has spend almost the majority of the time sitting on the bench over the course of 3 years.

You want to make Jose Reyes who has spent almost half as much time in 3 years on the bench/DL as he has on the field the 6th highest paid player in the sport! (I’m including an eventual Pujols contract)

Give me a break. Jose Reyes has done NOTHING to deserve $23 million a year.

Jose Reyes and his agent walk into a room with Alex68 the GM of the Mets.

What does Reyes have to demand for you to tell him to go test the free agent market?

How much $ is too much to give Jose Reyes if you’re running things?

The point of mentioning JJ Hardy is he makes the AVERAGE $ amount of what I’d say are MLB’s Top 10 SS’s this year. Thus creating what some would say “the market is” for a Top 10 SS. Paying Jose Reyes DOUBLE what JJ Hardy makes (as I suggested) for 5 years is MORE than fair based on Reyes’ ability+time on the field.

If you’re asking me would I rather have Jose Reyes at $20mil for 6 years or JJ Hardy for 5-7mil for 2-3 years. I’ll take Hardy. I’m sorry if that hurts your feelings, but his contract would be a better VALUE than Reyes’ if it were 20mil.

I don’t WANT J.J. Hardy, I want Jose Reyes to get a reasonable contract, but if he walks into negotiations demanding 16+mil for 6 or more years, then the Mets need to start looking elsewhere IN MY OPINION.

Jose Reyes is going to determine where he ends up. If he wants to be a Met he’ll look for a fair contract. If he wants to just get paid, then let him go to Washington and add $ to their DL List rather than ours

LMAO @ you playing psychologist. When did you get your degree in Psychology, Jessep? You’re breaking Reyes down via his disappointment when he doesn’t hit? Give me a break. Reyes isn’t a robot. He’s an emotional player. That’s to be enjoyed and not nitpicked when he doesn’t hit. Quit looking for reasons to cap on Jose. The bottom line is he’s the straw that stirs this drink and is IRREPLACEABLE. LMAO @ 3-4 AVERAGE non-stars replacing a LEGIT star. You can’t make it up. That’s the dumbest logic I’ve ever heard of.

Here’s a newsflash, Jessep. Jose Reyes has been the leader on this squad since 2005. In 2006, he was the guy that the VETERANS (Pedro, Beltran, Valentin, Delgado) all took the lead from. The only guy who didn’t like Reyes was LoDuca and he was eliminated within 2 years. Just because the media doesn’t recognize it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. In 2007, you found out who was leader of this team was. When Randolph tried to usurp authority from Jose, Jose was undaunted. The team sided with Jose. At the end of the season, when Willie tried to will his team, they shut him out. The team didn’t fight for their manager. In 2008, Willie was toast. The team rejected him. Randolph never recovered the dugout. Why? He attacked the team’s leader. Delgado got the brunt of it, because he turned back on Willie and supported Reyes, the OBVIOUS leader of the Met squad. Wright was too busy chewing his fingernails and getting drunk with LoDuca to get involved.

Why haven’t any of you bothered to notice it? The media didn’t make it obvious by telling everyone Reyes was the leader. Not the DN, NYP, SNY, 11. No one bothered recognizing what was so evident. What’s been evident for years. What’s going to be evident if Jose isn’t resigned.

Secondly, I didn’t deny he was one of the best leadoff men when he plays. I specifically agreed with the caveat that he is when he’s healthy. He’s not the best of anything right now, is he? And it’s not an isolated incident. He’s just not a healthy player.

And I did say he’s not an elite SS because he’s not. Do you watch the games? Don’t let his elite throwing arm fool you. He’s pretty good at best fielding. He was an elite player 3-5 years ago. He’s just not an elite player anymore.

You’re right about one thing, though. I do have a problem with Reyes. It’s called frustration. It’s the same problem I had with Moises Alou and the same problem I’ll probably have with Reese Havens. So much talent wasted on injury-prone players that can’t stay on the field. Reyes is injury prone, don’t pretend he’s not. Not counting 2003 when he was a mid-season callup, this is his eighth ML season and he’s played in more than 135 games only four times, the last time was three years ago. Seven full seasons times 162 games, plus the 127 games so far this season adds up to 1,261 team games for the Mets since the start of the 2004 seasons. Reyes has played in 953 of them. That’s almost two full seasons of missed games. The last three seasons? He’s missed almost half of the team’s games. That’s not a leader. A leader’s on the field more than 75% of the time.

You really need to stop reading about baseball and start watching baseball. The media can feed whoever they want, and gullible people like you swallow it up. You think people who watch baseball don’t realize what each individual player means to the team? If Nick Evans gets a magazine cover and starts his own foundation, are you gonna blow a gasket over what the media says about him? Wright’s there to bring in the casual fan because he’s handsome, well spoken and doesn’t get into trouble. And because he’s a really good player, and I know you know that. But don’t think for one second his value to the team is dependent on how many t-shirts his face is on, and the same goes for anyone who’s face is NOT on a t-shirt. Their value is understood by the people who know the game, and you seem to have more of an issue with the t-shirts then with the talent. Get over Wright. He is what he is.

The first area for you to overcome is to understand what Reyes means to this team. He’s a really good player with health issues. He plays a position that a plethora of teams have won with half of his talent, the Mets being one of them. Ordonez was a far better defensive player than Reyes who couldn’t his his weight and the Mets won with him. The Mets will get better defense from SS paying Ruben Tejada for the next five years than they will Reyes,and Tejada will hit better than Ordonez. And where or where will the Mets recover the .291,13,66 Reyes has averaged over his career? Those numbers aren’t hard to come by. Having the offense and defense all in one package is real nice, but not for nine figures until he’s 34 when he can’t even stay on the field at 28.

Just because Reyes came up with the Mets doesn’t mean he’s Superman. He can’t play SS, 2B, LF, CF,catch and pitch all at the same time. You yourself named all the holes the team has, and you want to sign yet another bad, expensive contract that prohibits filling those holes. Terrific.

What world do you live in where Jose Reyes is some amazing defensive SS? Do you even watch other SS’s? He’s an elite fielding SS within the Mets, I agree. But in MLB he is not. He has one of the best arms at SS, totally agree. But his fielding ability is not elite, nor is it one of the best in baseball at his position. Cabrera, Gonzalez, A. Ramirez, probably Betancourt, Tulo are better in the field at SS than Reyes off the top of my head.

So your argument to me is that Jose Reyes is as valuable of a player as ARod, Texiera, Mauer, Miggy, and Ryan Howard? You wanna talk about lunacy. Jose Reyes for $20mil is a joke. An absolute joke. You want to pay a guy $20mil when he has been on the field 267 times in 3 years? $20mil for what? For half a season?

The point you are failing to grasp is if you take that $ and get 3-4 players who give you a FULL season, it’s more valuable than half a season from Reyes.

That if you give Reyes that contract, Ike Davis is going to want close to $30 million a year when its his turn if he picks up where he left off?

and who has the option on that 6th year?