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2011
Nine Teams Interested In Jose Reyes
An article by Craig Lerner
SI.com’s Jon Heyman expanded on some statements he made earlier this week regarding Jose Reyes and his upcoming free agency.
Heyman believes that Reyes’ two DL stints will not hurt his chances at a $100M+ payday and says interest is still very strong for the All Star shortstop.
Rival executives identified no less than nine teams that could be a fit for Reyes both in terms of finances and the playing field. Those teams are the Giants, Cardinals, Tigers, Angels, Nationals, Braves, Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees in addition to the incumbent Mets, who already have made clear they will make a play for the popular homegrown star who still leads the National League in batting average (.336), runs (80) and triple (16), even after missing significant time.
It’s no secret that Jose Reyes wants to remain with the Mets as he himself, as well as his teammates and even his friends have all spoke about Jose’s desire to remain in New York where he and his wife enjoy living.
Original Post 8/8
Entering last night’s game, Jose Reyes is tied for the major league lead with 49 multi-hit games and 16 triples. He leads the NL with a .339 batting average, a .347 mark vs. right-handers and 79 runs scored, despite losing time to a stint on the DL. Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases and a .350 batting average at home and is tied for fourth in the NL with 215 total bases.
His next triple will be the 100th of his major league career. According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 55 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old).
Yesterday, SI.com’s Jon Heyman wrote that Jose Reyes wants to remain with the Mets, but that the team’s plan all along seems to have been to offer a five-year deal, perhaps stretching it to a six-year deal. The problem with that is that many believe other teams will make seven-year offers to pry Reyes away from the Mets.
Andy Martino of the Daily News says it remains highly unlikely that the Mets are able to retain their 28-year old All Star shortstop.
“Despite the decision not to trade Jose Reyes, the Mets remain highly unlikely to offer their superstar shortstop the “Carl Crawford money” that many in baseball believe he will command, sources say. The team is still wary of a contract resembling the seven-year, $142 million deal that Boston awarded Crawford.”
With Beltran gone and the Mets slipping further away from contention, Jose Reyes is and will continue to be the top Mets story from now until he finally agrees to a deal – whenever that is.
About the Author: Craig Lerner
I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.
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“Other teams”? Like which ones? Big spending teams who might need a SS: Angels, Red Sox, and Cards (especially if they don’t sign Pujols)— and possibly the Phillies (if they don’t sign Rollins) and Brewers (if they don’t sign Fielder).
I agree with those teams, but I would argue that Reyes is still young enough to be a core player and I see more than just big market teams looking to add him. Even small market teanms have one big ticket player, Reyes is so much better than any other shortstop on the market that he will draw plenty of attention.
Could be a team like Washington will go for another Werth-type contract for Reyes. I hope not though!
The biggest risk IMO is SF. They have a HUGE need at SS, let Uribe and Renteria go this past off season and signed stop gap Miguel Tejada.
Boston has Scutero a FA this year, Lowrie who’s always hurt and Iglesias (AAA) and Tejada (AA) don’t look like their ever going to hit but they do need pitching, that’s expensive but bundling a SS prospect with Lowrie and someone else could bring in some help on the mound and I’m sure a lineup of Reyes, Crawford, Gonzo, Youkliss, Ellsbury, Pedroia, Reddick, Salty and a DH would be pretty enticing especially with Drew, Ortiz, Scutero and Varitec’s money coming off.
The LAA really screwed themselves with Wells 24 M per year deal and Abreu’s 9 M for 2012 just vested. Weaver has to be resigned and that’s going to be expensive. That would be about 64 M in just 3 players.
I doubt Milw offered Prince 20 M which is about what it’ll take to sign Reyes but if they did…….. Doubt he would go there though.
St.L. if Pujols leaves? Maybe doubt it though.
Philly? Nightmare scenario. Makes a lot of sense but with so much already in on Howard, Halliday and Lee and Hamels and Ruiz coming up I could see the Phils resigning Rollins for 3 years or being a landing spot for Iglesias if Boston goes after Jose.
Braves have Pastornicky looking real good in AAA. Another year of Gonzalez or a stop gap is probably their best bet although with so many young cost controlled guys and Lowe, Hudson and chipper’s deals coming off the books soon….
Nationals SS picture is looking like their only weal spot going forward. Desmond at 25 took a big step backward this year and their best prospect at SS is Hauge in A+ who while hitting well is a big question mark with the glove. Potentially an IF of Rendon, Espinosa, Reyes, Zimmerman with Ramos, Flores and Storen at catcher, Harper in RF would be some line up and with Strassburg, Zimmerman and Purke a pretty damn good star to a roster.
Tigers Peralta is the least of their worries but with Ordonez being up this year who knows.
Reyes is WAY too smart to try to replace Jeter especially with two years left on his deal.
Mariners could be a big player though if Figgins hasn’t soured them.
Odds on going right to the wire on Reyes. Mets, SF 1-1, Boston, Philly 2-1, Seattle 5-1, everyone else 10-1.
My belief is that when the Mets decided to trade Beltran rather than Reyes, they committed themselves to signing Reyes in the off-season. Reyes clearly wants to stay with the Mets and his value to the organization goes beyond his play on the field.
Indeed, David Wright’s resurgence makes it even more likely that Reyes will be retained, as both represent the face of the franchise. As long as both are performing at an Allstar caliber, you can expect both to remain in NY Mets uniforms.
There’s something to be said about having two potential Hall of Famers making their mark on the same team playing side-by-side. I think the Mets brass is not so far removed from the Scott Kazmir debacle, to understand the damage that can be done in abandoning one of its own. Conversely, as our farm system regenerates, there is still plenty of time for these ballplayers to play on a NY Met championship caliber team within their prime years.
Sandy won’t drop the ball on Jose Reyes.
Really hope your right Tommy.
The problem with all this is we have no idea what Reyes is looking for. And we have no idea how the FO will respond.
We also have no idea what some FO for some other team will do.
So, why don’t we just relax and enjoy Reyes until the time to worry comes.
Jose Reyes will not get a Crawford type deal from another team, I hope. Hopefully, Jose takes a solid deal worth around 18 million per for 5 or 6 years. 20 million per..whew. The Jason Werth deal is the one that stings. He isn’t half the player Jose is. Jose will ask for more than Werth without a doubt.
The Mets made a decision not to trade Reyes. It’s too late to turn back and say “eh… I’m just not feeling it.” They could have gotten a big haul in return for Reyes, but they didn’t trade him. Losing him would be awful for the fans and the future of the organization. I could understand them just not being ABLE to give him a big contract, but now it’s coming down to what they’re WILLING to pay. Give him what he wants… he’s the face of the franchise, to me at least. Sorry David.
I read something yesterday that said they still might have dealt him if he had not gotten hurt and the offer was irresistible. I think in their heart of hearts they feel he will ask for too much. They will be in the running but i think they have given themselves a hard cap to negotiate up to.
The main question becomes how much are the Wilpons able to shell out even with Einhorn’s money. Until they know more about how much money they can afford to spend, Reyes has probably played his last season in a Met uniform (unfortunately).
There’s always one team that will give a crazy insane contract thats why I say the Mets lose Reyes. Its hard to stomach these hamstring injuries.
Fortunately, it looks like there will be plenty of other guys who will be crazy owner bait with Pujols, Fielder, CJ Wilson and maybe CC Sabathia all headed to free agency
he’s a goner imo…
injuries aside,would people rather have tajada as our everyday ss,i sure as hell don’t.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY TIMES WHEN JOH HAYMAN IS A BASEBALL NOSTRADAMUS; BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN HE’S MORE HACK. EXAMINING HIS LIST OF TEAMS;
“Those teams are the Giants, Cardinals, Tigers, Angels, Nationals, Braves, Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees in addition to the incumbent Mets…”
REVEALS A FEW HOLES LIKE YANKS & STL, FROM A PR POINT OF VIEW THE NYY ARE UNLIKELY TO KICK THE CAPTAIN IN THE NUTS SO PUBLICLY & ADMIT THEIR “LESSER” NEIGHBOR HAD THE BETTER SS ALL ALONG. STL IS VERY DOUBTFUL AFTER PLUNGING IN WITH HOLIDAY’S COMMITMENT & ARE UNLIKELY TO ADD TWO HIGHER COST COMMITMENTS FOR REYES & PUJOLS FOR THOSE TEAMS NEEDING SS QUALITY THERE ARE A NUMBER TO CHOOSE FROM WITHOUT REACHING FOR THE TOP SHELF:
Shortstops
Yuniesky Betancourt MIL *
Ronny Cedeno PIT
Adam Everett CLE
Rafael Furcal STL
Alex Gonzalez ATL
J.J. Hardy BAL
Cesar Izturis BAL
John McDonald TOR
Augie Ojeda ARI
Jose Reyes NYM
Nick Punto STL
Edgar Renteria CIN
Jose Reyes NYM
Jimmy Rollins PHI
Ramon Santiago DET
Marco Scutaro BOS *
Jack Wilson SEA
* – player whose current contract includes 2012 option
ALDERSON REVEALED HIS GAMEPLAN ON 7/31 WITHY BOTH PATIES DESIREROUS OF THE SAME OUTCOME, I DOUBT AN ACCEPTABLE ARRAINGEMENT WON’T BE ACCOMODATED BY BOTH