ESPN says Reyes to stay in New York I say, great news



Jose Reyes,
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The Mets apparently are going to make a run at keeping Jose Reyes. While there is no guarantee that they can sign him at the end of the season, they have to make the effort. He is the face of the franchise and the perfect fit for Citi Field.

The problem is money. The Wilpons’ financial woes are well known, but the return they would get for him at this point is not worth not taking a run at signing him, as the Beltran market indicates. The trade market more generally might be depressed this year. Consider what Buster Olney has to say:

So keep him and make him the cornerstone of a new era.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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