For Some Reason The Mets Really Love Jose Reyes

For those of us that forget, the New York Mets really had no interest in re-signing Jose Reyes after the 2011 season.  When he signed with the Marlins in the offseason, there was a war of words between the two camps with Reyes saying he never received an offer, and Sandy Alderson saying Reyes’ agent was aware of the framework of the type of deal the Mets might be willing to do.

Since leaving the Mets, Reyes was roundly booed as a member of the Marlins, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, and finally had an overly brief and turbulent career with the Colorado Rockies.  For reasons we all know, and need not be discussed in-depth at the moment, it led to the Rockies releasing Reyes.  This also led to Reyes re-uniting with the Mets.

Last year, he was decent with the Mets helping the team make the postseason by obtaining the top Wild Card spot.  The Mets brought him back as David Wright insurance, and he has struggled for most of the season.  So far, Reyes is hitting .231/.293/.392.  That’s good for a 79 OPS+ and a -0.8 WAR.  Not to belabor what you already know, but Reyes has been a bad baseball player.

It’s bizarre we all know it, but the Mets don’t.  Reyes’ 90 games played leads the Mets this season.  Part of that is he hasn’t been hurt.  An even bigger part of that is Terry Collins and the Mets organization won’t or can’t admit Reyes isn’t good.  This is of course reflected in how the social media  team has inundated us with Reyes since the All Star Break with tweets like this:

Jacob deGrom is the ace.  Michael Conforto is the All Star.  Yoenis Cespedes is the most important player.  Curtis Granderson is the role model.  Addison Reed, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Jay Bruce are the players on the trade block.  Yet, somehow, the Mets have made it a point to feature Reyes despite his poor play and his personal issues.

Yes, Reyes has played better of late, but he has been nowhere near as good as Conforto, Duda, deGrom, or Seth Lugo.  You wouldn’t know that by looking at how the Mets promote their players.

Sure, this is a silly gripe, but when the Mets have nothing to play for this season, you tend to notice these things.  Maybe if the Mets did the right thing by calling up Amed Rosario fans could focus on that.  Maybe, just maybe, the team could promote him.  I think we can all agree that is beneficial for everyone.

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