I’m not crazy with how Jose Reyes is playing lately. Jumpy at the plate. He’s swinging at garbage and chasing the first pitch too much.
Could he use a day off? Sure. But, when will he get it?
Certainly not in Philly or Atlanta. I can see maybe next Wednesday at Cincy, because with the off day Thursday that serves as two days.
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why not rest him tonite? so hell play the day game tomorrow
(the only time you can Reyes to play well lately)
he looks shot at the plate and in the field.
this team needs an injection of new life.
He probably DOES need a rest?
But he needs a lot more to be told that he should stop pressing, that he doesn’t need to be the one that’s carrying this team. Or at least that he SHOULDN’T need to do that.
Problem is… the line-up last night? Reyes and Wright were the only position players in there hitting with any kind of angry hungry youthful spark.
Workman-like singles from Alou and Glavine, lucky shot by Delgado… and pretty much nothing else.
As great as the defense was from everywhere but behind the plate, man, if your hitting is complacent and tired, you aren’t gonna win.
Gotay and Milledge, whatever their other problems, Gotay’s so-so defense and weakness hitting lefties (has he tried giving up on switch-hitting, maybe?)... Milledge’s shaky plate-discipline and slowish development as a corner outfielder…
They’re spark plugs. They have something to prove.
They’re gonna give you those hits you need to get you back in the game when a lot of the other guys have chalked it up to a loss.
When Reyes and Wright have to try and be those guys every single game… they can’t, nobody can… and they start pressing. Reyes starts trying to hit everything, Wright starts trying to hit five home runs a game.
Castillo’s defense is phenominal but if Reyes isn’t on base ahead of him to create pressure on the pitcher, dude’s a tad exposed and is only gonna get a weak single if anything.
Chavez’s defense is phenominal but if Milledge is gonna do so much more at the plate that is more than makes up for any hitting difference.
You need to have Milledge in there nearly every game and you need to have Gotay in there a hell of a lot more, I think.
Mike C,
As I posted before the top 4 are 2 for 32. Alou and Delgado both had 2 hits – no one ahead of them ( mostly your young turks ) got a hit and your boy Lastings is 3 for 17.
To sum up. Your argument that the young guys are gonna save us from yesterday ain’t gonna wash.
JD: I said just as much last night during the in-game blog. I would rest him either tonight or tomorrow.
I’m glad you noted this, Delcos. Last night, Reyes was atrocious. In addition to swinging at the first pitch in a couple of his ABs, his fielding was awful: He failed to back-up Castillo on Lo Duca’s errant throw, and then took a circuitious route to that groundball hit by Werth. It’s as if his head wasn’t in the game, which is so unlike Reyes.
I hope the boys that count don’t have the hangovers that you boys have, ‘cause if they do, you might as well not even watch tonite.
To mike C: Your attitide is so close minded to some of the boys I bet you boo or cry when they do good. I bet you cursed when Carlos spanked that ball. If it was such a lucky shot why is he 3rd on the team in those shots?
And to say that someone should just tell Jose to stop pressing. Do you think he’s retarded or something? Do you think that its so simple? “Oh Jose, please stop pressing” and Jose says, “Thanks for that piece of wisdom, I never thought of it myself. I’ll stop immediately”. Right!!!