D. Reyes doesn't get rich with new team

[IFallsRon]

St. Louis signed Dennys Reyes to a two-year contract worth $3 million on Thursday, adding left-handed depth to its bullpen and likely ending a wide-open race for the second left-handed spot in the relief corps. The deal includes up to $500,00 in incentives.

[Scott Stein]

He doesn't get rich? If I had the opportunity to make 3 million for just sitting on the bench for one season,I would do it. I bet alot of guys on here would take that up!

[Jim Uran]

That's a contract the Twins could have afforded to give him.

[sdstatekid]

They didn't want him back. Now we get a compensation pick because he was a class B free agent.

[bassNspear]

He doesn't get rich? If I had the opportunity to make 3 million for just sitting on the bench for one season,I would do it. I bet alot of guys on here would take that up!

I cant agree more!

[lovetheice]

Its not Manny money, but when your left-handed pitcher you will get a chance in baseball

[pinkfloyd4ever]

my memory is short, but Reyes didn't have that bad of a year for us did he? Maybe he was hoping for Punto like money

[sticknstring]

He had an alright year... good enough to get him a 2 year contract. His best year with the Twins was 2006.

[wingnut38]

the twins know what they are doing with their pitchers. see ya later reyes. still, 3 mill, sitting on the bench, pitching an inning every other day? i'll quit pouring concrete for that. too bad i was a catcher.

[goingdeep]

every time he hit the mound you never new what you were going to get.. The best spot for his was on the couch with a doughnut in his mouth... Nick Punto should be next to him...

[jigging-matt]

Why should Punto be next to him? He provides great Defense. His offense can be a little shaky at times but great D.

[goingdeep]

1 sided played... Who needs that.. He is what should happen I will not argue that his D is great, but his bat is terrible.. Let the pitcher's hit and DH kubel for him.. Thats a plan... Sorry, but I can't stand the guy...

[jigging-matt]

From all accounts, stand up guy, great fielder, streaky hitter. yeah more offense would be great, but who do you replace him with. Pitchers could not hit better than him.

[greebs]

I know this is supposed to be a reyes thread but I read a stat a while ago that gave ratings for some type of zone statistic, meaning how many plays a player made in his zone of where he should/could of made the play. punto was in the middle of the pack as far as shortstops go and the comment was made that he along with a few other players who make the webgem plays on occasion are making the highlight reels in part because the better rated players make some of these same plays routinely and and of course routine plays don't make the highlights. It only becomes a highlight because he got a late jump on the ball and had to resort to a great finish to make up for the late start on the play.

I'll have to see if I can find the site again and list it but if I remember correctly punto's zone rating when he played 3b last year and the year before was a little lower than the platoon 3b players last season.

[Cicada]

That would be interesting to see. It's kind of hard to believe that Punto would be rated so low. It seems like plenty of those highlight plays are made behind second base or deep in the hole at short. I guess I have never seen anything wrong with his range. Who has the time to watch and analize every play by every postion player to create these rankings. For the sake of consistency, only one person would have to do all this.

[sdstatekid]

I have seen a similar ranking system as well. The only thing I remember from it was that Jeter is one of the worst if not the worst shortstops as far as range goes.