Friday, April 13, 2007
Stats of the day
So far this year, Jose is #1 on team in BA (.351), #1 in OBP (.455), #1 in slugging percentage! (.622), #1 in RBIs (11), #1 in R (11), #1 in BBs (7), #1 in SBs (5), and #1 in 3Bs (3). Brings to mind Charles Barkley's great quote one year on 76ers, "If I'm going to play like two players, I want to get paid like two players"!
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Off to a great start, no doubt. Showing a little bit of that potential I was talking about last year without the maddening lack of plate discipline (and the crazy thing is, depsite his great numbers so far, he still has room for improvement there).
Reyes has the potential to be the greatest player in the history of the franchise if he: (1) continues to improve plate discipline; (2) continues to improve at reading pitchers' moves to first and getting better jumps; (3) gets more aggressive about trying to steal bases; and most importantly (4) doesn't suffer any major injuries (particularly to his legs). If he does 1-4, he will likely go down as the greatest Met ever, and could become one of the top lead-off hitters in the history of the game.
Before you guys jump all over me that I'm getting a little ahead of myself, apparently Bobby Cox and one of his bench coaches were having a discussion when the Mets were in Atlanta if Rickey or Reyes were more dangerous lead-off hitters. He's not there yet, but it's attainable and in sight.
I agree, if he keeps upping his #s (and by all counts his avg, OBP, BBs, SBs, HRs, etc. are all increasing), he will be considered one of best all-time leadoff guys. How many leadoff batters will have the # of HRs, R, RBIs, SBs, and just overall impact on the opposing pitcher that he does? It's amazing how many wild pitches opponents seem to throw recently when he's on base. You can't overrate the impact of that intangible "mystique" factor - it makes his presence even bigger than he is.
Not to mention, he's got a solid glove and great arm.
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