Per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, Mets reliever Denyi Reyes has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A. That leaves Reyes to remain in the Mets organization going forward. Reyes had been designated for assignment last week in order to make room for outfielder DJ Steward on the 40-man roster.
The 26-year-old righty made his major league debut with the Orioles last year, pitching to a 2.35 ERA in 7 2/3 innings of work before being outrighted off the 40-man roster following the 2022 campaign. Reyes elected free agency shortly thereafter and landed with the Mets on a minor league deal back in November.
While Reyes did not make the club’s initial Opening Day roster, he was added to the roster just days later after right-hander Tommy Hunter was placed on the injured list. In his first five appearances with the club this season, Reyes threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts against just two walks and three hits. Reyes’s impressive results led the club to option him down to Triple-A and attempt to stretch him out as a starter, but that plan quickly went off the rails. Reyes hasn’t had a scoreless appearance since being stretched out, allowing five runs in just one inning during his lone major league start of the season against the Braves. Since that disastrous start, Reyes owns a 6.81 ERA in 39 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level.
Given those struggles, it’s hardly a surprise that the Mets decided to pull the plug on Reyes as a member of the 40-man roster. Still, the right-hander could prove to be valuable depth for the club going forward if he can recapture the form he flashed earlier in the season out of the bullpen, given his status as an optionable relief arm in a Mets bullpen that ranks bottom ten in the majors with an ERA of 4.12.
Damn. Denyied.
The Met’s young catcher Alvarez certainly could have been added to the All Star roster. He looks like the real deal and the Mets now have their young catcher of the future and present.
Good power, needs to learn to be more selective at the plate, which he was last year in the minors. He’s still young and he should improve.
Other than Asley Rutschman of the Orioles, few young catchers make as bit an impact as Alvarez has this season in his first year. I watch him steal some strikes by his framing. He needs to harness his arm better, which is really good, and block pitches better, but he is definitely talented.
As for Denyi Reyes, i was surprised to
Learn he had been playing professionally for as long as he has. Maybe his future is as a reliever/long man and not as a starter. If he isn’t added to a 40 man roster by end of post-season, he’ll be a minor league free agent this off-season. I can see a team like the Rays or Astros or Dodgers jumping in and trying to unleash this kids potential.
Hopefully he can improve the OBP but he has pop.
I remember once upon a time when a young NY catcher was an All Star, who everyone said was the “real deal”, and how that NY team had their catcher of the future and present. I can’t remember what his name was. Was it Gary Sanchez? Or am I thinking about Mackey Sasser?
That guy who can’t catch well is Sanchez. That guy who was just alright is Sasser. Alvarez is good behind the plate as well as swinging the bat.
By all means, do what Mets fans do, and make guarantees about your prospects. I for one always enjoy them.
I enjoyed the guarantees that Lastings Milledge, Ike Davis, Fernando Martinez, “Generation K”, the “Five Aces”, etc. etc. etc. Mets prospects were sure things to be great.
I will LOL at your take because soon you will eat those words (or pretend they were never said). You can point to the past failures if you like. But just as the market advisors tell you, past results do not guarantee future returns.
Tell us, which of the failures you mentioned were top rated prospects by MLB, BA, etc.? Last year, Alvarez was the number one MLB prospect, and highly rated by all the others. Are they all ignorant and uninformed? No! And he’s proving himself in MLB ball now. He will only get better. Very soon it will be time for you to put your “wish he was on my team” cap on.
How many top prospects have failed over the years? How many Mets prospects have failed over the years? It seems to all come together here.
Never count your chickens until they’re perrenial All Stars or already in Cooperstown. You Mets fans always do this then pretend you all didn’t hype up the guys I mentioned like you all are doing now with Alvarez.
And the ‘doing it at MLB’ now thing doesn’t mean much until a guy does it for a few years. That’s another failure of you Mets fans. Ike Davis supposedly was proving that he was going to be better than his other Rookie Class counterparts Buster Posey and Giancarlo Stanton because Davis was “proving it at the MLB level”. Yeah, that didn’t last long when the league figured him out and he couldn’t adjust back. Let’s see what Alvarez is when the league figures him out, then let’s see how/if he adjusts. See Gary Sanchez.
Seriously, you Mets fans reach for anything to pacify yourselves about having a laughing stock franchise that plays in the NY spotlight. Just deal with your pain and stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Wait until there is something proven over a period of time before you start guaranteeing anything.
Again, Alvarez was the number one rated prospect by MLB last year. You are naming guys who failed and were not very highly rated by anyone outside of the Mets organization. You don’t compare apples to oranges, other than they are both fruit. And I will be a fan of my team and root for every one of them, no matter what you think of them. And yes, I still predict at some point you should eat your words regarding Alvarez, although whether or not you will is a different question.
@Huck 3
OK, let’s try it again.
How many guys have been rated #1 overall by MLB and went on to fail – regardless if they were Mets or other teams? And also look how many guys had fast starts to MLB careers that failed after the league figured them out.
Go look at every list they’ve had for prospects. You’ll see that more guys fail than not.
And go look at the history of the game and see how many guys have had fast starts to their careers, who didn’t have sustained success because the league figured them out.
For me, I think it’s more appropriate to guarantee something starting in 2026, after Alvaraez has had at least a few FULL seasons under his belt and has been putting up numbers.
But by all means, do what Mets fans do, and start counting on Alvarez for the next 15 years, based on half a season.
I will. You can wait until 2026 if you want, or even 2036. I will enjoy him from the start because I’m a fan. You can be the pessimist towards everyone currently unproven all you want. I will root for my guys, hope for the best, expect the best, and thoroughly enjoy it when it’s so. And if it’s not, so it will be. I’ll still remain an optimistic fan. My gut tells me Alvarez will be wanted by many teams and wished for by many fans. I’m good with that.
Read the name and immediately remembered Dennys Reyes. Dodgers pitcher touted as the next Valenzuela due to the physical appearance.