It’s Not Easy Managing Reyes
Everybody knows how great Jose Reyes can be, and everybody knows how bad he can be and how childish he can be. This is why I wanted the Mets to trade Reyes for Santana if Reyes wasn’t injured during the collapse. One of my beefs with the team was that they didn’t explain what was wrong with Jose until Spring Training which was way too late for them to trade him. I already realized that he has A-Rod syndrome meaning it never takes place in big spots (i.e., September or October). Reyes didn’t do anything in the Playoffs in ‘06, and he didn’t do anything in the second half of ‘07. I agreed with Willie 100% for benching him, and Reyes stopped playing baseball since. This guy is soft. He doesn’t even go out their and play for his own self pride. Now, Jose is Manuel’s problem. Sucks to be Jerry.
Billy Witz at the New York Times believes that Jerry Manuel’s ability to succeed largely depends on his ability to manage Jose Reyes. Witz described Reyes as “The embodiment of the team. The usual descriptions of Reyes — plenty of talent, inconsistent, questionable attention span — are often apt adjectives for the Mets, too.” Billy thinks Manuel’s approach to Reyes already appears to be more personal and contemporary than Randolph’s. We’ll have to see how this plays out in the future. Reyes is too old to be acting like a child. He’s 25 already, and Wright isn’t out there acting like that. If he can’t overcome getting benched when he messed up then how will he overcome anything that happens on the field?
