{"id":35638,"date":"2020-07-29T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=35638"},"modified":"2020-07-29T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:20:28","slug":"jose-reyes-retires-after-16-big-league-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/07\/29\/jose-reyes-retires-after-16-big-league-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Reyes Retires After 16 Big League Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reyesjo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jose Reyes<\/strong><\/a> was one of the most exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/NYM\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Mets<\/a> players in their history. He was arguably the best shortstop in New York Mets history. Reyes, after 16 seasons, called it a career Wednesday afternoon, as he announced it on his twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OexBe8jzd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1OexBe8jzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jose Reyes (@lamelaza_7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lamelaza_7\/status\/1288570321709260802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<p>For as much as his popularity decreased after leaving the Mets, Reyes is the franchise leader in triples as solen bases with 113 and 517, respectively. He made his debut in 2003\u00a0 and won the 2011 batting title in his final year in New York. The four-time all-star never won a championship with the Mets. He was a key contributor to the 2006 Mets that fell a game short of the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>He would later go on and sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/FLA\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Marlins<\/a> and then was later traded to both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/COL\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/TOR\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>. His numbers started to decline and the Rockies released him, but he had a reunion with the Mets in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes hit a game-tying two-run home run before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabreas01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asdrubal Cabrera<\/strong><\/a> hit a walk-off three-run home run in his best game after returning to the Mets as a part-time player. Reyes also became a mentor with the younger players including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rosaram01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amed Rosario<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PHI@NYM: Reyes ties game with two-run homer in 9th\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkfEAPwVS3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Controversies<\/h2>\n<p>While Reyes won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/new-york\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/7031134\/new-york-mets-jose-reyes-pulled-hit-wins-nl-batting-title\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">batting title<\/a> outright in 2011, it came with a bit of controversy. He had a slim lead over <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/braunry02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Braun<\/a><\/strong> of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/MIL\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a><\/strong> and exited after his bunt single in the first inning. Braun ended up going 0-3, and Reyes won the award.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Reyes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/jose-reyes-arrested-allegedly-assaulting-wife-report\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was arrested<\/a> on domestic abuse charges and subsequently was suspended for the first 51 games of the 2016 season without pay when he was playing with the Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>While it was an up-and-down road for Reyes in his career, he helped make one of the most exciting infields in baseball with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wrighda03.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Wright<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/delgaca01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Delgado<\/a><\/strong>. He finished with 2,138 hits and is among the Mets all-time leaders in almost every offensive category.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image<br \/>\n<a id=\"Fq6u_aToQgR4XpTZMxI-IQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/848493606\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Fq6u_aToQgR4XpTZMxI-IQ',sig:'rU_4XjPRRRL7r5ZxuZY0UkCNV4YAlJYzOAwZSS2H2Zo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'848493606',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Reyes was one of the most exciting New York Mets players in their history. He was arguably the best shortstop in New York Mets history. Reyes, after 16 seasons, called it a career Wednesday afternoon, as he announced it on his twitter account. pic.twitter.com\/1OexBe8jzd &mdash; Jose Reyes (@lamelaza_7) July 29, 2020 Achievements For as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3428,"featured_media":35646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,32,20,35,7],"tags":[375,164],"class_list":["post-35638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mets","category-rockies","category-marlins","category-news","category-bluejays","tag-jose-reyes","tag-new-york-mets"],"modified_by":"Jared Cantatore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}