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It’s been a couple years since Mets shortstop Jose Reyes had to deal with significant hamstring issues, but it appears as though his diligent approach to keeping his legs healthy hit a bit of a snag. Perhaps the research done at Baseball HQ that states once a player displays a skill they own it extends to hamstring injuries?
The results of an MRI on Reyes’ left hamstring revealed what it being a called a “mild hamstring strain,” causing reason for some optimism from Mets manager Willie Randolph. “I think it’s just a mild strain, so that’s good,” Randolph told MLB.com. “Hopefully we’ll just let it calm down a little bit, too, and get him going. It would have been a little different if he pulled up or had a grab. But he said he’s been a little sore for a while.”
Reyes was not in the lineup today (Saturday), replaced by veteran Damian Easley, who is expected to be his temporary replacement for as long as he is sidelined. The Mets are optimistic that their young superstar shortstop will return within the next week, but few expect him to play on Sunday, and with an off day on Monday, deciding whether or not he should be in fantasy lineups this coming week will be something of a challenge for fantasy owners. We need to remember that Reyes missed more than two months because of a hamstring injury back in 2004, albeit a strain that was much more severe than reports seem to indicate this current malady is.
Reyes confirmed for MLB.com that he still feels the tightness in the hamstring since they day he injured it and very little pain has subsided. He also drew upon his experience with similar injuries and made it clear he won’t return to the lineup until he feels 100 percent.
“That’s dangerous,” Reyes said. “You don’t want to play in the game when you feel it a little bit, because that’s when you pull it. I don’t want to be out for two months, one month. It’s still so early.”
It’s extremely difficult for fantasy owners to swallow the thought of benching one of their top players. While I don’t have stats to support my argument, I can draw upon my 15 years of playing fantasy baseball and tell you that I estimate of the handful of players I’ve owned that were considered day-to-day heading into an upcoming week, but with little to no progress made with their injury, probably less than 15 percent of them actually piled up significant at bats in that week that followed. It’s worth noting that Reyes believes he can return on Tuesday. Color me skeptical. I have found that in circumstances like those that face Reyes and his fantasy owners this week, it’s best to bench him and worst case scenario is you miss out on a very small piece of a much larger pie that is his season of at bats.
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