I've been closely following the Jose Reyes contract standpoint with the Mets. One of the twists to this situation for the Mets is that Reyes is not willing to negotiate about a new contract mid-season, because he doesn't want to be distracted from his playing. The Mets had the option of trading him to a team before the trade deadline, but instead they elected to take a risk and try to re-sign Reyes in the off-season, where if they don't re-sign him they will get nothing in return. Reyes has gotten injured a lot over the years, and with a few DL stints this season, the question is has his value dropped with all of his injuries, or is that part of the package with Reyes? I'm glad to see the Mets GM, Sandy Alderson taking a risk and trying to re-sign Reyes, because he's a great player to lead the Mets; energetic, gives 110%, good teammate. The only problem I think we will have with re-signing Reyes is there's always that team on the free agent market who comes up just short and will take a chance overpaying Reyes. With the Mets current financial situation they wouldn't be able to match the surplus cash. The only perk we have in this situation is that Reyes said he would like to stay a Met, but that doesn't mean we can offer him a few quarters and hope he stays.
Jose Reyes has a special handshake with teammate David Wright.
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