Jose Reyes and Shawon Dunston

by Marc Normandin @ Amazin' Avenue on May 5, 2005 10:56 AM EDT

I just wrote an article on Beyond the Boxscore comparing Jose Reyes to Shawon Dunston and a few other comparable players. I figured as Mets fans you would enjoy reading it (or not, depending on your view of Dunston).

Thanks for visiting everyone! And you Mets fans take care of Pedro Martinez for me, I miss his peak years in Boston :(

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Missing link

First rule of comment spamming: if you want people to read/see something, include a link. (Many of us are too lazy to figure out what "Beyond the Boxscore" is and where it is, or even if we know what and where it is, we're more likely to visit if a link is placed before our eyes.)

by Bragan on May 5, 2005 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

Link

Here is the article he was talking about. It's interesting, though I feel it sells Reyes down the river a little too soon considering he's only 21 and has less than a full year of games under his belt.

by Eric Simon on May 5, 2005 12:46 PM EDT reply actions

true but

i also hate how fran healy brushes off any criticism of reyes by saying "it's ridiculous, he's going to be a great, amazing player".

either way you look at it, the kid is 21. i'm 23 and i feel so old talking about him. he needs a full season to develop, which he hasnt had yet.

by The Wright Stuff on May 5, 2005 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Sample

Agreed - isn't the sample size a wee bit too small to be writing him off already?

by DavidNYC on May 5, 2005 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah good job by me forgetting the link btw

I had to run to class and obviously forgot to put it in...

I'm not sure if it is too early with the sample size, because he is following in Dunston's footsteps already. Both their first seasons had decent but not great plate patience, followed by worse, followed by what could be called, "Dunston-esque".

It would be nice to see him turn it around obviously, but I'm not sure I'd wager on it

by Marc Normandin @ Amazin' Avenue on May 5, 2005 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions