Ranking The Rockies: 36 Jose Reyes

We at BSN Denver are running a series where we rank how valuable each of the Colorado Rockies’ 51 players was to the team in 2015. Value was calculated by statistics, viewing, and how memorable each player’s contributions were. The rankings will be from last to first, you may view the full rankings (here).

Player: Jose Reyes

Stats: (With Colorado) 47 G, 208 PA, .259 AVG, .291 OBP, .368 SLG, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 62 wRC+, -2.3 UZR, -0.4 WAR

Big Moment: July 27th, Jose Reyes is traded with three pitching prospects from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Colorado Rockies for star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. This trade without a doubt changed the Rockies franchise. Reyes an all-star in his own right but he was arguably added into the deal so the Blue Jays could unload his contract. The key part of this deal for the Rockies was getting pitching prospects Jeff Hoffman, Miguel Castro, and Jesus Tinoco.

Season Recap: The 32-year old former Met, Marlin, and Blue Jay had the worst year of his career. He was a lot better in his half season with Toronto than he was with Colorado, still the (at least) 48 million owed to him over the next two years will not be worth it if he continues to produce at his career low rate. Reyes hadn’t had a season so bad since his sophomore slump in New York.

Jose Reyes is a Colorado Rockie!

— Jake Shapiro, but festive 🎁 (@Shapalicious) August 5, 2015

Jose Reyes home debut pic.twitter.com/oiDytfRwa1

— Jake Shapiro, but festive 🎁 (@Shapalicious) August 4, 2015

Even while playing at Coors Field, Reyes’ terrible offensive season continued. The once three-time major league leader in stolen bases has definitely lost a step, and it has translated both to his offensive production and his defensive capabilities. Reyes’ reign as the second best shortstop in baseball behind Tulo has now been taken over by youngsters like Carlos Correa, Addison Russell, and Xander Bogaerts. The bigger story with Reyes is probably, well, Trevor Story and when he is ready to join the Rockies, and how soon the Rockies feel like they won’t need Jose Reyes as a stopgap.

What’s Ahead: This has been, and will be the biggest narrative with Jose Reyes as a Rockie, what’s ahead? In 2016, he is due to make 22 million, same in 2017, while in 2018 he has a player option for 22 million and a buyout for 4 million. A huge question with Jose Reyes is, can he be the player he once was? On paper, he profiles great for Coors Field. However, Jose Reyes in actuality has been terrible thus far for the Rockies, albeit small sample size. I really don’t even have a great guess as to whether or not Jose Reyes has played his last game as a Rockie, but that question will surround him as long as he is in Colorado.