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What’s next for Jose Reyes & the Mets?

by Matthew Cerrone on March 30th, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Joel Sherman of the New York Post predicts Jose Reyes will do well this season, but the Mets will not; and so, while they’ll talk to the Giants and Angels, Sandy Alderson will eventually trade Reyes in July to the Reds for 25-year-old RHP Homer Bailey and SS prospect Zack Cozart.

Buster Olney of ESPN said the same thing yesterday, saying he believes the Mets will end up trading Reyes because he’s eligible to be a free agent at the end of this season. Olney feels the Mets will seek ‘power arms,’ in a deal for Reyes, and says the Giants will be interested.

Ugh. That scenario wouldn’t surprise me. Frankly, I’m trying not to think about it. Hopefully, the Mets are winning, Jose is rolling, and he leads them through an exciting September, which will be a lot of fun to watch. I’ll deal with the other possible reality when I need to. Right now, I just want to enjoy watching him play in blue and orange for as long as I can.

By the way, I highly suggest reading Jose’s Q&A with Newsday, during which he talks about contracts, stolen bases, triples, life off field, his dreadlocks, being a showboat and his friendship and connection with David Wright, which you can check out here.