With Castillo down on the DL, the Mets called up Argenis Reyes from the minors to help take over some playing time for the injury plagued team. Who is Argenis and why does his name sound familiar? Reyes is 25 years old and is in his first season with the Mets organization, his previous five have been with the Indians, and this past week he made his major league debut. He should sound familiar because of Spring Training this year. He had a very good spring hitting .433 in 30 AB including 4 runs, 13 hits, a double, a triple, a homerun, and 5 RBI. So far with the Mets this season, he has had 13 AB with 4 hits, 3 runs, an RBI and .308 Batting average.
When you look at his stats from the past several years in the minors, you know that he is a fast player. In his 300 AB in New Orleans this year, he has 13 stolen bases. The previous four years (04, 05, 06, and 07) he has had at least 24 stolen bases or more. Hes not Jose Reyes or Carlos Gomez fast, but if he is stealing like that, it means that he is either above average fast, or he has good base running instincts, and either is fine. Here are his 08 and 07 minor league stat lines:
08: 300 AB, 38 R, 87 H, 11 2B, 3B, 22 RBI, 13 SB, .290 BA, .353 OBP
07: 467 AB, 65 R, 136 H, 21 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 32 RBI, 27 SB, .278 BA
His numbers look good. He doesn't have a lot of power, but he is also young. How he develops will be interesting in the sense that I feel he has been a bit under the radar. Also, the Mets are hoping that their first round pick of Reese Havens pans out second base, and he has been doing well in Brooklyn. The way this team goes through second basemen, having a surplus of them might be a nice change of pace. Lets Go Mets!
