The Reyes Situation

Jose Reyes, the catalyst of this team, has been hampered by the "side" injury since the series in Puerto Rico(as if you already didn't know). Since then the team has floundered and lost ground in the NL East race, now 5 games back. The problem with this whole situation doesn't stem back to Reyes himself but management and team physicians. Ask yourself this...How can a visibly hurt player be allowed to play after being injured? If you answered, "He shouldn't play" or anything of the like than you speak with common sense. Something the Mets apparently lack when dealing with injuries. There was a point after Reyes injured himself when he had to dive back into second base and had to call timeout and stretch out while grimacing in pain. Team officials, in all their infinite wisdom, continued to play him. When is this team going to learn that a healthy player in the long term is far more important than sending him out to battle through and hopefully contribute.

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