After Another Lost Season For The Mets They Must Resign Jose Reyes

As I write this the Mets are four games below .500 and 11.5 games out of the wild-card spot. If it matters any they're also 20.5 games behind the Phillies. In other words the 2011 season is over and it's time to look towards 2012. Now mind you, the 2011, considering the circumstances, Mets have played well and when all's said and done this is still Omar Minaya's fault/team. But the big question that has to be on Met fans minds is where do we go from here and to me, that starts with the Mets being left with no choice but to resign Joe Reyes.

I mean, so many injuries and visits to the disabled list for such a young, seemingly fit 28yo man is startling (to say the least) and its Sandy Alderson's job to find some kind of solution to the problem. But without Reyes this team just has no hope, it's that simple. And no it doesn't mean you give Reyes a blank check, because Reyes and his agent need to be fair to the Mets and honest about themselves and Reyes' injuries too. But the Mets must resign him, they just must. Their future literally hangs in the balance.

Jose Reyes Going On The DL Is Good For The Mets

Simply put, Reyes going on the DL today is yet, another reminder of no matter how great he is, he can be just as fragile. No wonder the only thing Fred Wilpon got right in that New Yorker article was that he won't be getting Carl Crawford money. No wonder any owner outside the Mets thinking of signing Reyes to some outlandish dead this offseason may want to back off upon seeing him on the DL, yet again--which in turn, is a good thing for the Mets.

Jose Reyes Needs To Have Smarter At-Bats

It's something that's bothered me about Jose Reyes for years now--his over aggressiveness with runners in scoring position. Sure, last night's hit was huge, but if Reyes is going to stay a Met (and God I hope he does), as John Harper noted the other day, we need more patience and a much better plan at the plate, much more.

Mets Need To Do Everything Possible To Keep Jose Reyes

Really, why is this even a debate? I don't care what Jose Reyes does this year, the left side of the infield on the Mets should be never be replaced. Forget the fact that a healthy Reyes is a perennial all-star, the guy that gets the Mets going, it's more about what he and David Wright mean to the franchise. They're both homegrown products, fans love them and it's neither one's fault that the Mets haven't won lately. Sandy Alderson needs to stop dilly-dallying with whether or not he'll resign Jose Reyes after the season because if you think things are bad now, the Mets would be doomed without him.

Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Reyes Talk To Media