Taking the Reyes Temperature

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, he had almost a season off, missed spring training, and seemingly got like a week of rehab time, so surface rust on his skills can be expected. Plus, you got the PED innuendo, a possilbly debilitating chronic illness, and blah-blah-blah. If you haven't been at least a little afraid that the old Jose wasn't coming back, you haven't been breathing.

So, a few good games and his first homer is a good time to look at where we are now.

[TransMonk]

He's looked back to his old self the past couple of games. I chose "back in the swing".

Obviously, he could go cold again tonight, but I think he is back to being the sparkplug of the team. I think the saying that as Reyes goes, so goes the Mets is true.

I hope he doesn't get HR happy. I'm glad he's back to the leadoff position.

[soupcan]

According to Jose himself - he is back. His legs feel great, he's had several straight multi-hit games, he's driving the ball, stealing bases and looking good on defense. Who am I to doubt him?

Welcome back Jose, let's keep esplodin'.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm an inveterate punchbowl-pisser, most times... following this team has nourished my sense of skepticism where it lay inside me, and beaten it into those parts of me where it didn't.

But this? I'm drinking this Kool-Aid in long, slow satisfying pulls. Hit it and run, Jose.

[Ceetar]

He's pretty much hit all the milestones, infield hit, 2SB, home run, triple, multi-hit game..etc.

I think he's back. I don't know if he goes on one of his 22/35 tears here, or gets his BA up to .300 off the slow start ,but I think we can expect to see the Reyes we all know and love for the most part. (needs to get some handshakes down too.. )

He may have another cold stretch here and there, but I think that'll just be normal ebb and flow stuff. He seems to have finally caught up to the pace of Major league baseball.

[MFS62]

I voted "back in the swing" as a hope.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

We've voted 9-0. We're all just daring fate to punch us collectively in the guts, aren't we?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

SMALL SAMPLE SIZE
STILL SWINGING FOR THE FENCES
IFFY STRIKE-ZONE JUDGEMENT
NOT GETTING ON ENOUGH
JUDGEMENT ON DEFENSE IS WHACKED

(Fuck. Did that help?)

[Fman99]

Oh, he's back.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It's terrific that he's going well now but obviously "Other" -- somewhere in between the mopey popfly artist we saw two weeks ago and esplosive dervish we've seen these recent weeks.

[Frayed Knot]

I think the best sign is that he's hitting into harder outs lately too.
The type of outs he was making for much of the first six weeks of the season (lots o' pop-outs) were at least as disturbing as the number of outs he was making.

[Guest Edgy DC]

More popups than an Angelfire website.*

*A favorite analogy of the MOFo.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

More tentative throws than a college-TV news reporter.

[ashie62]

Almost there. I'd think he'll be even better as it gets warm, unless, he gets hurt...oops

[Guest holychicken]

Taken orally he is almost back.

However, taken rectally, ALL CYLINDERS, BABY!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Reyes definitely is on a hot streak the past few games. It's great to have him playing well right now and it couldn't have come at a better time. However, a few good games do not a season make. It will take another series or two of production and hitting the ball solidly to convince me he is back to being the Jose of old.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He was up 9-0, but now it's 13-7.

This is like that game two of the Nats series I was at.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Reyes in the month of June (not including today):

10 games, 45 PA, .282 AVG, .364 OBP, .462 SLG, .825 OPS, .377 wOBA, 2 HR, 4 SB (1 CS).

Looks like he's back. And, what's the Mets' record in June, you ask? Well, it's 8-2. Of course, correlation, causality, yackita, yack; but it certainly doen't hurt the team to have Reyes back to where he should be.

[Zvon]

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Looks like he's back. And, what's the Mets' record in June, you ask? Well, it's 8-2. Of course, correlation, causality, yackita, yack; but it certainly doen't hurt the team to have Reyes back to where he should be.

AAAAAAAmen brotha!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Period	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2010	.283	.327	.434	.760	104
Career	.286	.336	.434	.771	101

Hardly his All-Star standard, but considering the time it took to get the rust off, it's a nice place to be with a week to go in June.

Here's what Mr. Whitham says:

[Ceetar]

Period BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2010 .283 .327 .434 .760 104 Career .286 .336 .434 .771 101 Hardly his All-Star standard, but considering the time it took to get the rust off, it's a nice place to be with a week to go in June. Here's what Mr. Whitham says:

I think any "I like this team better than last year" comments are 99% derived from missing Jose Reyes.

[Ceetar]

Did I just steal second on a pitch out? Awww..poor tigers.

[Gwreck]

When do we pick up his 2011 option / start negotiating his next long-term deal?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gwreck wrote: When do we pick up his 2011 option / start negotiating his next long-term deal?

The quicker the better on 2012 and beyond. I have a feeling that price is about to spike.

He's worth a lot more to this team-- onfield and off-- than his contract will be worth.

[seawolf17]

Gwreck wrote: When do we pick up his 2011 option / start negotiating his next long-term deal?

6 years, $75 million. (Hanley got 6/$70.) Make it happen NOW.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: When do we pick up his 2011 option / start negotiating his next long-term deal?

I suspect this will be an off-season thing at earliest.
The team is good through the end of next year so it's not like they're under any immediate gun, while the player/agent probably want to put as big a gap between the injury/lost time/slow start period and the negotiation process as possible lest the team get the idea that objects in their rear-view mirror are closer than they appear.

[Guest Edgy DC]

But there might be a compromise in there, a period where the player and agent don't want to lose money by negotiating too closely to his most recent outage, but don't want to lose money risking a subsequent outage.

Naturally, you don't want to pick up an option before you have to.