UPDATE: 1:50PM
Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes is tweeting that Reyes doctor recommends Reyes rest for 3 weeks.
Original Post: 9:58AM
According to many sources, Jose Reyes will be taking The Claw to the DL, with Nick Evans soon to join the team on the west coast.
While the whining and caterwauling against all things Met and medical will surely be heard in outer space, this is a move which is clearly prudent and obviously preferable to rushing him back.
Stay tuned; hopefully Jose will return shortly after the break and help the team continue on its impressive and lengthening run of very good baseball.
They’ve won four in a row with four more difficult games leading into the break; let’s win at least two of these four and see them no less than 47-44 to start the second half.
16 comments
metsfan4decades
7/7/2011-10:07am at 10:07 am (UTC -4)
This isn’t surprising.
If you feel a strain or pull in your hamstring and it doesn’t immediately go away in 1-2 days (as in it really was just a cramp type thing), the best course of action should be the DL.
As much as I wanted to see him play in that Philly series, I don’t want to see a repeat of his ’09 injury even more.
Here’s hoping with another 10 days rest it heals up just fine and he’s right back out there tearing up the base paths.
stickguy
7/7/2011-10:23am at 10:23 am (UTC -4)
absolutley the prudent course of action, for all the reasons MF said.
kistics
7/7/2011-10:28am at 10:28 am (UTC -4)
I wonder if it’s a good thing for Alderson & Co to put Reyes on DL now… Conspiracy theory anyone?
oleosmirf
7/7/2011-11:20am at 11:20 am (UTC -4)
when is the earliest he can return should he be placed on the DL?
metsfan4decades
7/7/2011-11:26am at 11:26 am (UTC -4)
Well, since it’s likely retro back to Sunday (’cause didn’t he play Sat?) that would make it 7/18 – right after the Philly series.
oleosmirf
7/7/2011-11:37am at 11:37 am (UTC -4)
thats what I thought. He misses at most 11 games. I still would wait a few days since we don’t need the extra bench player cause I’d love to have him there for the philly series but o well.
TRS86
7/7/2011-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
That was why they were thinking about not DLing him at all. They thought they could get by until the ASB and then have him back for the Phillies.
oleosmirf
7/7/2011-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
I still think they could. I mean how many AB is Nick the Stick going to get? 1 or 2?
the only way they get hurt is if the game goes to extras but then again Chin-lung Hu has more hits than Evans this season so using Niese or Capuano is likely to yield a similar result.
kistics
7/7/2011-12:11pm at 12:11 pm (UTC -4)
Chin-lung Hu has more hits than Evans this season
LMAO!!!
TRS86
7/7/2011-12:19pm at 12:19 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, honestly why not use Dickey in the event you need to use a guy like Evans?
oleosmirf
7/7/2011-12:25pm at 12:25 pm (UTC -4)
i would have called up Josh Satin but that’s just me. I’d love to see what he could do given his MILB stats…
Bryan
7/7/2011-3:39pm at 3:39 pm (UTC -4)
Agree. Not necessarily Satin, although he should have been considered, but I can’t believe they didn’t bring up a middle infielder, since Turner is their best bet behind Tejada to play short. That being said, Nick Evans deserved it, he got red hot as soon as he got back to Buffalo the last time.
stickguy
7/7/2011-5:34pm at 5:34 pm (UTC -4)
One thing interesting that I haven’t seen mentioned, with Evans being the call up.
The obvious issue is that the only guy other than Tejada that can play SS is Turner.
But, Evans is also a waiver guy. So unless they figure on just keeping him until September roster expansion, or don’t care if he gets claimed off waivers, he is not the best guy for a couple of week “visit”
TRS86
7/7/2011-7:54pm at 7:54 pm (UTC -4)
How many times has he cleared waivers though? 100? At this point no one is claiming him and so what if they do.
stickguy
7/7/2011-7:59pm at 7:59 pm (UTC -4)
never know. Possible that his recent hot streak attracts the eye of some team short a RH bat.
TRS86
7/7/2011-8:00pm at 8:00 pm (UTC -4)
OK, if so later Evans. He’s nothing more than AAA filler for us anyway.