Read: Willie on Reyes and More
Mets manager Willie Randolph talked with reporters today while at the Winter Meetings in Nashville.
To read a transcript, during which he talks about Duaner Sanchez, Ryan Church, Lastings Milledge and Carlos Gomez, while talking about last season and next season, and the importance of getting off to a good start, go to SNY, who will run the interview on-air during SNY’s SportsNite at 11 pm.
Randolph, on Jose Reyes, while talking to reporters…
“I’ve reached out to him a few times. A lot of guys in the offseason, I stay in touch with them. Play a lot of phone tag. But, yeah, it was just a slump at the wrong time. That’s just what it boils down to…Jose ran into probably the biggest slump of his life at the wrong time…And that’s how difficult it is to hit in the game, it’s not easy. And he just couldn’t find the rhythm and confidence to get back into his groove…So if anyone learned a lesson last year, it was him and how to deal with that adversity and how to make adjustments in the future.
“I think he’ll be fine. I don’t think it will affect him…I don’t think that he’s going to let that, you know, bother him in any way…I think he’ll be more determined next year and feel better about having gone through the experience, because he’ll know better how to deal with it now…But again, like I said, it came at the wrong time because he wanted to get the job done for us. There wasn’t a guy on our team that didn’t want to finish up strong and win. But again, that just shows how difficult the game is at times, because even the great players sometimes can’t find the handle.”
