Note: Jose Reyes has not been Good
On Saturday, with the game tied at
five in the eighth inning, and runners on first and second with no outs, Jose Reyes failed twice to get a sacrifice bunt down, after which he struck out swinging.
Reyes is on pace to hit just .258, steal 25 bases, hit seven home runs, and drive in 55 runs this year with a .336 OBP.
Reyes has only scored nine runs this season.
David Wright is being booed often in Citi Field, while Reyes, who has been criticized a lot in the past, seems to be going unnoticed.
I think what has been most disappointing is that Jerry Manuel worked a lot with Reyes in spring training to try and elevate his game, and encouraging him to be a leader on the team and essentially become the captain of the infield.
He has started slow before, and ended up with a tremendous stat line, so I believe he, like so many others, will turn it around.
The short-term problem, though, is that he is failing at ‘the little things,’ such as not getting down the bunt on Saturday, or hitting weak pops with runners on base.





