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6.10.2003
Jose Reyes is up Dan and I were both at the Mets debacle of a doubleheader on Sunday that featured drubbings administered by the Mariners of 13-1 and 7-0 in the two games. Aside from having spectacular seats from which to watch the immortal Jamie Moyer work his magic (in this case, seven innings of shutout ball allowing just two hits and a walk), it was pretty damn ugly all the way through. Looking at the numbers, I'm far from convinced that Jose Reyes is ready to make his debut as a Met...but given the fact that they're currently trotting out the .229/.288/.271 Joe McEwing everyday at short, there's not a whole lot worse they can do. Reyes has hit .269/.333/.356 at AAA Norfolk in 181 plate appearances, drawing 15 walks and stealing 26 bases (caught five times) over that span. I'm not sure what those numbers translate to at the major league level, but they've got to compare favorably to what McEwing's currently doing, and Reyes is a guy who Met fans can get at least a little bit excited about. While they're at it, it might be a good time to bring up a guy who is that much closer to actually being ready in Aaron Heilman, which I assume will happen sooner rather than later. I understand there are negatives involved in bringing up the cream of the Mets system now, perhaps before they're really ready to help at the major league level (as their service time clock gets going)...but this is an awful, awful team with no real alternatives that needs to energize a bored fanbase. We were sitting around in the bottom of the ninth in game two on Sunday, and saw that the Mets had the top of the order coming up to try to get something going offensively. Most teams would be happy to have their best table-setters coming up followed by the middle of their lineup and would feel somewhat confident in the triumverate coming to the plate. Not that it would be normal to expect a team to rally from a seven run deficit...but at least you could give the fans (the few that remained) something to smile about. Of course, the Mets 1-2-3 on this day consisted of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Jay Bell and Ty Wigginton. Things are very ugly in Met country...maybe Jose Reyes can represent a glimmer of hope. - |