Now that the dust is beginning to settle and it looks like Jose Reyes may soon be cleared to resume baseball activities. Reports start coming in of how the Mets latest handling of player injuries was perceived by their star player.
In an article by Mike Puma of the NY Post Peter Greenberg, Jose Reyes agent says “Jose was a little upset.” Greenberg says he and his client felt “blindsided” when the Mets issued that press release.
The article goes on to show that the Mets may not have learned from the mistakes of the past. Something that is a definite cause for concern as we head into this critical 2010 season.
You knew you had to be concerned when Minaya said he couldn’t explain the comment from Reyes.
“You’ll have to ask him that,” Minaya said. “But I can tell you I had a conversation with our doctors, I had a conversation with their representative and we’re all in agreement that he has elevated thyroid levels. … Like I said, I can’t answer for Jose. I do know that we had a conversation because I understand there was something said. But when we both left the conversation with the doctor and his representative, we were in agreement.”
You’ll have to ask him (Reyes) that? Are you serious? Shouldn’t Minaya as GM be communicating with his star player to find where the misunderstanding occurred before he continues to release statements that let’s face it, make Minaya look like he is more concerned about defending the accuracy of his press release than the relief that Jose Reyes Thyroid issue may not be serious?
You want to give Minaya the benefit of the doubt. You want to believe the Mets are turning things around but how many more incidents with your star players no less before you say enough?
30 comments
rustyjr
3/11/2010-5:29am at 5:29 am (UTC -4)
as the ols adage goes – those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it
darknova306
3/11/2010-5:58am at 5:58 am (UTC -4)
Why does every little thing have to become a debacle with this team? How hard is it to pick up the phone and call Jose and see what the deal is, Omar? I understand you’ve got a lot on your plate as a GM, but that’s a 5 minute phone call.
prismo
3/11/2010-6:41am at 6:41 am (UTC -4)
Another day, another miscommunication.
rustyjr
3/11/2010-6:43am at 6:43 am (UTC -4)
que?
metsfan4decades
3/11/2010-7:19am at 7:19 am (UTC -4)
Only the Mets…..
trs86
3/11/2010-7:28am at 7:28 am (UTC -4)
Again, this is why something has to change before things will change for the Mets. This is the definition of insanity. To continue to do the same things over and over again and expect different results.
How about this one
To get what you have never had you must be willing to do what you have never done. Like keeping your damn mouth shut.
stickguy
3/11/2010-7:28am at 7:28 am (UTC -4)
It mostly becomes a “debacle” when the press decides to take a minor little, essentially innocent, comment and blow it up into WW III.
Sometimes people actually use a word that isn’t the best choice (like “blindsided” instead of “surprised”). Essentially the same thing, but with a vastly different context.
But, Omar really does need to stop talking in public.
trs86
3/11/2010-7:41am at 7:41 am (UTC -4)
It’s not just Omar it’s the entire organization. They need to go to the David Wright school of interviews. Tell the press nothing but company lines and move on.
ceetar
3/11/2010-7:46am at 7:46 am (UTC -4)
You know what? Even Reyes is annoyed at the negative spin everything the Mets do gets, and he’s annoyed by the Mets not emphasizing the positive (and if we know anything about Jose, it’s that he’s an upbeat and positive guy)
trs86
3/11/2010-7:54am at 7:54 am (UTC -4)
Agreed. I just don’t understand how Omar and Reyes did not sit down and say this is what WE are going to say.
Kingman 26
3/11/2010-7:48am at 7:48 am (UTC -4)
New York Met Nation–Where the Whining NEVER Ends.
OK, maybe there was a misunderstanding? Jose is not great at English, and despite the thingies on the scoreboard, he is NOT really a professor.
Maybe Jose misunderstood what the doctor or nurse told him, maybe slightly, and maybe a SLIGHT misunderstanding is the root of all of this horrible, evil, mismanagement we are all whining our little whiny butts off about.
Unreal. Seriously.
trs86
3/11/2010-7:52am at 7:52 am (UTC -4)
Kingman even you have to admit that after a while all these “slight” misunderstandings have to stop.
Don’t you think that after all of the previous things have happen that the Mets would go the route of a college team and call everyone in and say this is what we are going to say to the media. We are all going to be on the same page and give them nothing to write about. Screw em.
Mr North Jersey
3/11/2010-11:02am at 11:02 am (UTC -4)
King, I take it you don’t work at the United Nations?
Because your way with words in a discussion can be so abrasive at times.
This is about Reyes saying he was upset by the way the Mets portrayed the Dr’s findings. This is about a Gm that rather than having a conference call with his player and his agent to clear the air on the misunderstandings instead decides to hold a sitdown with the media to say what he said is right and he has no idea what his player is talking about.
Are you serious?
Yet you don’t see that you see this as Met Nation whining.
Much ado about nothing right?
trs86
3/11/2010-11:07am at 11:07 am (UTC -4)
Not getting caught up with what other posters see this as but I do agree that all of this could be avoided if there was actual communication and a the looks of a plan to address the issues.
Mr North Jersey
3/11/2010-11:43am at 11:43 am (UTC -4)
I would hope so.
Kingman 26
3/11/2010-12:07pm at 12:07 pm (UTC -4)
Most definitely much ado about nothing.
And is Murphy going to get cut after 17 at bats? Probably.
Mr North Jersey
3/11/2010-12:11pm at 12:11 pm (UTC -4)
Murphy who?
DNDJohan aka kistics
3/11/2010-12:21pm at 12:21 pm (UTC -4)
But you can’t blame this crap 100% on the media and fans’s over-reaction. Sure it is blown up more that it should, but there’s no question that something needs to be done about this lack of communication.
Put aside media and fans, Reyes is clearly not happy with how he was portrayed by Omar (I would too). Same thing could be said with Beltran too. So, who’s next? Where do you draw the line where this becomes a matter to discuss?
Kingman 26
3/11/2010-12:32pm at 12:32 pm (UTC -4)
Sorry, it seems to me that a HUGE number of Met fans have sniffed around like anteaters since about last July, and if there was not the Jose incident, there SURELY would be something else almost everyone would be complaining about.
Just one man’s opinion.
Mr North Jersey
3/11/2010-12:38pm at 12:38 pm (UTC -4)
Fair enough “Just one man’s opinion”.
ceetar
3/11/2010-7:50am at 7:50 am (UTC -4)
btw, I know someone wondered why Murphy was the one making the trip to Disney yesterday, I heard Mike Kay play a clip of Manuel saying Murphy asked to play a whole 9 innings, and I guess this was what they settled on.
trs86
3/11/2010-7:53am at 7:53 am (UTC -4)
Something different from the media:
The Polanco signing is a candidate for the worst of the offseason. The Tigers were unwilling to offer arbitration to their Type A free agent second baseman, presumably because they felt the risk of a one-year deal in the $6-7MM range outweighed the prospect of two draft picks. The three-year, $18MM commitment the Phillies gave Polanco in early December was the polar opposite of the one year, $1MM deal the Cardinals gave Felipe Lopez two months later.
Amaro is aggressive in pursuing free agents he likes. The approach made sense with his three-year, $24MM offer to Adrian Beltre, but there was no indication Polanco drew similar strong interest from other clubs. Amaro also handed out two-year pacts to three marginal players who deserved one-year deals in Baez, Schneider, and Gload.
stickguy
3/11/2010-8:16am at 8:16 am (UTC -4)
there has been a big uproar recently in the philly papers about the slamming that Amaro has gotten (largely the SI piece where he barely beat out Omar in the lousy GM rankings).
Seems that they feel he should get a pass since the Phils have consecutive WS appearances. ANd anything he did that impacts the next couple of years doesn’t count.
Talk about a guy that stepped in some Cashman. He inherited the WS team, and even had the “real” GM pulling the strings for him up to now (and unlike the MEts, the GM behind the curtain in Philly actually knows what he is doing).
jaded1983
3/11/2010-9:31am at 9:31 am (UTC -4)
I have the same feeling this year (about management) as I did when Phillips and Valentine were let go. They needed to go, and everyone knew it which made every subsequent move/press release/etc strained.
I waffled a lot the passed few years on Omar/Jerry from supportive, to chopping block, and back again. But after the last 3 years, Beltran, Reyes, Church, how all the injuries and communication has been handled I am completely ambivilant now. I just want to win, and be happy and proud of my baseball team.
I am sick of people making comments when I tell them that I am a (Proud) Mets fan. I’m sick of hearing how my Yankee buddies “pity” me and my Philly buddies giving me crap.
Please Fred and Jeff, step up, make the right decisions as far as your (laughing stock) front office is run! Hire intelligent and savy people and for goodness sakes, LET THEM RUN THE BASEBALL OPERATIONS! Just sign the checks…….
bah….rant off.
trs86
3/11/2010-9:46am at 9:46 am (UTC -4)
Good job.
ceetar
3/11/2010-9:51am at 9:51 am (UTC -4)
I think the intellgience gets lost in the mess, because the Mets do have some smart people on staff, and I wonder if they’re being utilized to the best of their ability, but no real way to know.
The team/office needs to decide if it wants the media’s approval or not. If they do, roll out the Jeter Robot style conferences with no information, the same worn out story, and never say anything.
Or screw it all, do what you think is best, make sure the smart decisions are being made (Reyes going to the doctor, etc) and don’t worry about what the media says. If Omar didn’t get d efensive and try to defend his position I wouldn’t really care what the media was saying.
If he’d come out and said “Blood tests confirm that Jose Reyes’ bloodwork confirmed that his thyroid has nothing to do with his knee and we won’t need to amputate.”..
trs86
3/11/2010-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
Agreed but don’t be in the middle because then you are the laughing stock among fans and the baseball world.
Just be on the same page, players, manager, GM, owner all with the same message.
ceetar
3/11/2010-9:53am at 9:53 am (UTC -4)
Oh, and I’m proud to be a Mets fan. They had a bad season, but I’m not wearing a Mets hat because I am ‘supporting’ Omar Minaya or the Wilpons (although I have to say I really like Jeff’s flipcamera idea, and at least it’s thinking outside the box and a little progressive, something the Mets and the Wilpons are criticized for not doing, yet no one’s talking about this story much from that angle)
I’m supporting the players, and the players are almost all great people and fun to watch. and even if they weren’t, they’re no better or worse than any other team. They’r competitors and players and there is nothing to be ashamed about playing a game and not being the one that came out on top.
CaseStreet
3/11/2010-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
Anyone know a Sports PF firm?
I did a google search and found this firm:
http://www.mgppr.com/mgpsports.htm
I’m gonna start passing around the hat.
gipperpdx
3/11/2010-12:26pm at 12:26 pm (UTC -4)
“You want to believe the Mets are turning things around but how many more incidents with your star players no less before you say enough?”
Seems to me that many of us said “enough” months ago…but the Wilpons have yet to get the message.