One of the first items of business taken care of Sandy Alderson as the new NY Mets general manager, was exercising shortstop Jose Reyes' $11 million option for 2011. This option is the final portion of his four year $23.5 million contract that Reyes signed before the 2007 season. At the moment there isn't any discussion on whether they would sign him beyond 2011.
Jose Reyes is definitely one of the finest players to don a Mets uniform. He has played his entire career with the Mets and has produced impressive numbers. Reyes has a franchise record of 83 triples, has 74 home runs, 331 stolen bases and hits a .286. Though the team has had a collective disappointing performance over the past couple of years, Jose Reyes is one of the few that keeps our hopes alive. Even with injuries which have caused him to miss a large amount of games, Jose Reyes' performance in 2010 was still stellar.
Reyes has stated that he wishes to stay on the mets until he retires. I have the same wish. I hope that he never leaves. We need to have players like Reyes on the team that produce great numbers so we can get pissed off when they don't make the playoffs. Not because they suck, but because they have the potential to be World Series contenders. Reyes is part of that equation and I am happy he's sticking around.
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