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2011
Brewers More Likely To Sign Reyes Than Fielder
An article by Hojo's Mojo
Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun would love to see Jose Reyes sign with the Brewers this offseason and went as far as to say that his team is more likely to land Jose Reyes in free agency than re-sign Prince Fielder, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post.
Braun is a huge fan of Reyes and admits that when the Mets are on, he watches the games just to watch Jose Reyes play.
“Reyes is dynamic, man — he is one of the most exciting players in the game. He plays with a lot of energy and a lot of emotion and I enjoy watching him play. He’s one of my favorite players to watch. Whenever their games are on, I love watching him, man. He always plays the game the right way. He always plays hard. He runs everything out.”
With the odds very high that Prince Fielder will be wearing another uniform in 2012, Reyes going to the Brewers really isn’t that far-fetched. The Brewers could have an opening at shortstop because Yuniesky Betancourt’s contract expires after the season, and the team must decide whether to exercise a club option on him for next season. Plus as Braun pointed out, Reyes will come a lot cheaper that Fielder – $30-50 million dollars cheaper.
What’s interesting to note is how Ryan Braun gushes over Reyes and it’s quite obvious that his respect for Jose Reyes is very genuine. Reyes edged out Braun for the batting title this season after taking himself out of the game after one at-bat, causing many Mets fans to turn on him – and yet Braun himself is pushing for Reyes to join him on the Brewers and encouraging his team to sign him.
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Well duh. This is like saying “Teams would rather have a better shortshop than an overly expensive guy who doesn’t want to play for them”. The SS the Brewers have isn’t as good and Reyes just won the batting title. Most teams would want that.
BTW, MOST SS AREN’T AS GOOD AS WHO WE TAKE FOR GRANTED…
I want the Mets to steal Braun, How about that lol. If we lose Reyes to Boston or someone like that then what can you do but to lose out to the freakin Brewers would suk. Didn’t they use to be in line with the Pirates. Now they are in the NLCS what has sappened Mets nation? When did this team truely become a third or fourth place team. I remember the history of this team and the struggles we have had but good grief this is a NY team and we should not be worrying about losing our best SS ever to the freaking Brewers.
We have a new front office who wants us to wait for the farm to produce, but then when the farm finally produces an all star like Reyes they will let him go to free agency, so what’s the use? Who cares how good Harvey and Familia will be, as you see with Reyes, when they hit their prime and free agent years, they will be let go for more draft picks. That’s the philosophy now, store up draft picks, stock the farm, hope for a couple of star players and then let them go when it’s time to pay the piper. That Alderson is a genius!
I hope that this is a temporary situation but It still doesn’t make sense. Some times you have to invest to get a return. The Wilpons should understand that. Keeping Reyes is an investment for next year. Maybe I overestimate the fan base but I would think that losing him will put a big dent in the attendance for next year. The thing is Reyes is a stud and cannot be replaced I just don’t get it. If someone offers him a 200 mil contract and then oh well but at a fair market value I can’t see how the Mets can let him go.
It’s not really up to the Mets. Like you said, if someone offers him 200 million, what can you do? Sure, the Mets will offer him fair market value. Probably five years, somewhere in between $75-$100 million. That’s fair, but if Boston or even the Brewers offers him $150 million, then you better get used to Ruben Tejada.
I know what you are saying but it is hard as a fan to digest losing a player like Reyes cause someone else values him higher than the Mets do. I see a fair offer to be higher than that but that is really ignoring the injury bugs. I am glad I don’t hae to make the decision on his value.
If a current playoff squad grabs Reyes of the 8 I think it will be Detroit. Although heads could roll in Philly so I could see them trying to sign Reyes to make everybody feel better but he clearly doesn’t fit that clubhouse.
I don’t see Milwaukee as a landing spot because frankly, where is Prince going? For the $ Prince is more worth it than Reyes in my opinion, just because he is consistent and drives in runs and what is the market for a 1B?
Take a look at Detroit’s stadium if you get a good chance, including how it plays. It’s a lovely place to go to hit triples.
So I think it’s Detroit, and then random teams like Washington or Seattle. If he’s not a Met it is because he gets a ridiculous offer in my view.
A wildcard team for Reyes is Florida. With Ozzie Guillen, and their new makeover, new park etc. signing a star like Reyes could be huge. There are things you can do with Hanley defensively, including putting him at 3B if need be.
Well I see Reyes’ value to the Brewers is real. With Braun and Hart they have power but haven’t had much luck with leadoff guys. I am also wondering about Reyes’ power. What I mean by that is that i think Reyes has more HR power than he showed this year. I believe that the focus on getting on base kept him from swinging for the downs. That being said I see Reyes as an upgrade for every team in the ML so I won’t try to guess who is going to offer him what but I hope he signs with the Mets before the five day window expires.
Philly so I could see them trying to sign Reyes to make everybody feel better but he clearly doesn’t fit that clubhouse. ”
JesseP, can you explain to us how so? i mean, are you in the phillies clubhouse? do you know reyes personally? let us in on the scoop you fool!!!!
Are you in the Mets front office? You seem to know every move they will or will not make, so what’s the difference?
based on our GM having 7 straight losing season, depodesta’s draft picks, is not that hard NOT to know what’s in line for us… F’ing stalker…
Clueless, as usual…….
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TALK ABOUT THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRASY. ALMOST A LUDICROUS AS THOSE ADAM RUBIN CREATIONS CREATING A POTENTIAL RECONCILIATION BET K-ROD & WILPONS WITH BORAS AS “BEST” MAN.