Time To Disable Reyes

I am confused and wondering if the Mets learned anything from last year. I know Jose Reyes is a catalyst for this team but I am surprised and disappointed the Mets have not put him on the DL. Jerry Manuel has basically no bench right now and putting Reyes on the DL would help a lot.

Certainly I understand the desire not to put him on the disabled list. Certainly if you can give him a couple of days off and then have him return to the lineup with no problem, that is the preference, but that has not been what is occurring.

What was initially thought to be a day or two of rest, turned into four days then, after he came back he needed to be taken out of the game again. I realized that this is not a concussion but didn’t the Mets learn anything last year from the Ryan Church situation? Reyes makes his money with his legs, his speed. If he needed to sit out more games than expected previously and then needed to be pulled shortly after making his return to the lineup, perhaps the Mets need to be able to read the handwriting. Give him 15 days on the DL to heal completely and give Jerry Manuel another player to be able to use.

Let’s Go Mets!