With the signing of Jose Reyes, it was known that Wilmer Flores‘ time in the starting lineup would diminish. Flores though is doing everything he can to prove he deserves to continue to be an everyday player for this team.
For the second time in a span of four days, Flores had himself a two-homer game, helping his team take the rubber game against the Marlins by a score of 4-2. Flores knows that he is not in the most envious of positions with Reyes taking over third base duties but continues to show the team player he is.
Flores has been crushing it of late, and he’s not showing any signs of letting up. Over his last seven games he has hit to a .321/.333/.750 slash line with four homers, seven RBI and seven runs scored. Manager, Terry Collins did not expect Flores to go down without a fight.
“These guys are very proud. They don’t go down without a fight,” Collins said. “Flores came in here at the start of the season and was not playing very well in the backup role and having a tough time adjusting to it. David goes down, he’s playing third, he was doing OK. But all of a sudden we signed Jose, and he got hot.”
There is no guarantee going forward as to how much playing time Flores may see with Reyes said to be getting as many opportunities as possible to show what he can do. However he has made the most of the opportunity provided to him, yet again coming through when his job seemed to be in peril.
