Nobody is saying Rollins isn’t good but i’d rather have reyes

Pitching and Defense still wins championships. I would trade Jose in a heartbeat for top quality pithcing.

Here are the facts: The Mets rankings in MLB were 5th in Batting Average and 6th in steals in a year were Jose was absent most of the season. In other words we did not miss him that much offensively. Granted our power numbers sucked, but I don’t think Jose is the answer to that problem.

How were our pitching numbers? 21st in ERA and 25th in K’s. Oh yea. And that is in our new pitching friendly park!

I still like Jose and would like to see him remain a Met, but don’t tell me that I am not a Met fan if I would consider trading him for top level pitching.

If the Mets have Jose coming back, playing well and then trade him for top pitching, then I would consider it a smart move.

The Mets need Jose Reyes healthy. If they do not have that they could sign Matt Holliday and trade for Prince Fielder and they will still be one dimensional. Last year it was dimensionless singles game, next year it would be a paraded of solo homeruns.

Get your heads out of fantasy baseball and the strato cards watch the game and see the utter lack of life that was rampant in the Mets land.

Many a Met fans whines about history and its lack of respect then simultaneously spends hours upon hours of time finding ways to dice up Reyes on a silver platter.

You can “take” Jose every day and Sundays if you want. Whether he’s healthy enough to show up is another story.

No one is arguing that Reyes is among the elite when he’s on the field and 100%.

thanks but no thanks, i’ll take my chances with jose reyes any day of the week and twice on sundays

Stephen Drew and JJ Hardy both were awful in 2009, but you could argue that both put up All-Star numbers in 2008 and 2007. Both are young enough to rebound in 2010.

Ryan Theriot and Rafael Furcal are a notch below “All Star” status but Furcal is a former star and Theriot a rising one.

The point I’m trying to make is that having a productive shortstop is not a big deal — it’s pretty much a given that a postseason team is going to have a very good- to great shortstop (possibly a necessity). Some Mets fans think their team has a great advantage by having a good defensive shortstop who can also produce offensively — but it’s not as rare as it used to be.

That said, if Reyes doesn’t have his legs, he’s not going to be head-and-shoulders above any other championship-caliber shortstop. In other words, Reyes at only 75% is not an advantage over the likes of Tulowitzki, Rollins, Escobar, etc. Without his speed on offense and defense he might not even be significantly better than Hardy or Drew in a good year.

I recall the frustration Jose experienced when he had his hamstring issues in 2004. People then questioned his threshold for pain. I recall him commenting on how frustrated he was to hear Met fans question his fortitude. When his health returned, he was everything we had hoped and more.

Jose needs time, but I think he’ll be fine. Last season, I believe the Met PR group sold the fans a bill of goods that only Bernie Madoff would be proud of. They must have known the extent of the injuries to their ballplayers, and did everything possible to create the false belief and hope of an imminent return for Beltran, Reyes, Delgado, Maine, etc…

Its really unfair for the fans to take it out on Reyes. He loves the game, loves being a Met and loves the City of New York. He belongs here in a Met uniform, permanently. Many of us will feel fully vindicated when he gets his first WS ring. I simply think Omar must focus on getting younger winning ballplayers, whether through Free Agency or through the Met Farm.

During the interim, Jose Reyes needs our full support, if we are to call ourselves true Met fans.