Turned his career around?????
This guy has been good since day one. I'd love to see him in Boston. This is a dynamic player. He is gonna be good for along time. Gammons loves him and every time I look he is doing something to help the Mets win.

David - I think you are being too harsh on Reyes. He's a baby. He was brought up to the majors really young and wasn't ready for major league pitching. He's obviously really hot right now and that will cool off, but his approach to the game is different and that is how you learn to be a good hitter. If you watch him day in and day out, you see he's being more patient, you see the way he's driving the ball is different than the first two months. I'm not saying he's going to be an All-Star every year yet, but watching this kid play, I think .350 OBP every month the rest of the year will not be a problem.

There are plenty of players in the history of baseball who were great by the age of 23. Look at Miguel Cabrera. They're 10 days apart in age, and Cabrera started good and got better. A lot of people hyped Reyes over the last few years, but Jose never came close to living up to the hype. Until this month, the only thing that came close was his speed. That's nice, but if he's taking outs away from everyone else on the team, he's not helping very much. He's now over 1500 plate appearances for his career, and his total numbers are not impressive. He still has plenty of time to improve, but I'm waiting.

When Rickey played for the Mets, Roger Cedeno had far and away best season of his life. Since then...nothing.

I think Rickey taught Reyes patience as an approach, not looking to take walks (which he seemed to do the beginning of this year)

i wish the mets would stick ricky in the OF one of these games

"We've had a much longer track record of Reyes hitting like he did in April and May."

That's really not true at all. In April and May Reyes' BB rate was double his career mark. And his XBH was way up. He was taking more pitches and hitting more line drives. Every number suggested that his approach had changed. That is, every number but his BABIP, which lagged 30-40 points behind his career level and kept his batting average down around .250. Maybe your cursory glance suggested that he was the same old Jose Reyes, but Mets fans noticed the difference, and debated if and when Reyes' new approach would bring new results.

In the last 3 weeks his BABIP has been off the charts good, and is now slightly above his career mark. Two months of steady poor luck followed by one month of outrageously good luck, but during all three Reyes has been a new type of hitter.

I can't believe it wasn't mentioned anywhere in this post, but Reyes draws far more walks now. He is obviously seeing the ball better, and it was only a matter of time before things started to go his way. His BABIP was very low in April/May, so its hardly any surprise that things have balanced themselves out. It goes without saying that anytime a speedy guy like Reyes turns outfield singles into doubles with ease. And as for the homers, he's shown he has decent power, and it's easier to get your pitch when you're getting yourself into good counts by not hacking at bad pitches.