Jose Reyes RUMORS & NEWS

Toronto Star "Jose Reyes rejoined the Blue Jays in New York Friday night, and after bouncing around the field and looking like he was ready to play, the thought was the personable shortstop could be back in the lineup sooner than projected. Reyes, though, cautioned against any speculation about his return from..." May 18

TSN.ca "Jose Reyes' road to recovery took a step in the right direction on Monday, with the Toronto Blue Jays shortstop tweeting that his cast was removed. Reyes suffered a severe ankle sprain earlier this month and the original estimate of a three-month recovery period has not changed. Before his..." April 29

TSN.ca "The Toronto Blue Jays claimed LHP Aaron Laffey off waivers from the New York Mets on Tuesday and transferred shortstop Jose Reyes to the 60-day disabled list to make room for him on the 40-man roster. Laffey appeared in four games, including two starts, for the New York Mets this season,..." April 23

MLB Daily Dish "Toronto Blue Jays shorstop Jose Reyes is expected to miss at least three months of the season as he recovers from a severe ankle sprain, general manager Alex Anthopolous told reporters in Kansas City on Saturday. Anthopolous estimated last night that Reyes would miss 1-3 months, so the official..." April 13

Toronto Sun "The Blue Jays' wobbly start took a grim turn Friday night when an ankle injury drove shortstop Jose Reyes from the game. Reyes, attempting to steal second in the sixth inning in what turned out to be an 8-4 victory over Kansas City, rolled his left ankle on his trailing leg as he made an..." April 13

Toronto Sun "Okay, just for fun, let’s stick another pin in that tattered Jeffrey Loria voodoo doll. Come on down, Jose Reyes, it’s your turn to carve the Marlins’ owner a new one for betraying the spirit, if not the letter, of the free-agent contract he signed last year by trading the shortstop to..." February 16

New York Post "Playing in the same division as the Yankees will bring out the best in Jose Reyes’ and yesterday the former Mets shortstop put those Yankees on notice. “We’re here to win the division,’’ Reyes told The Post, his first day on the field with his new Blue Jays teammates, a team favored by many to..." February 16

ESPN.com "Shortstop Jose Reyes made one thing clear Friday: He isn't the president of the Jeffrey Loria Fan Club. Three months after what he called a "shocking" trade that sent him from Loria's team, the Marlins, to the Toronto Blue Jays, Reyes said that just days before he was traded, the club's owner..." February 15

Fish Stripes "Yesterday, the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets finalized a deal that would send R.A. Dickey as the principle component from the Mets to the Jays for top prospects Travis D'Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard. You will note that those prospects were likely the best position player and best pitching..." December 18

Toronto Star "The Blue Jays, flush with the knowledge that major league baseball has okayed the club's controversial trade with Florida, are poised to name their new manager. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approved the 12-player Jays-Marlins trade on Monday after a longer than usual review. Jays fans —..." November 20

TSN.ca "he Toronto Blue Jays may have gotten the pitching help they've been looking for. According to reports, the Jays have acquired starting pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, as well as shortstop Jose Reyes, from the Miami Marlins in exchange for pitcher Henderson Alvarez and shortstops Yunel..." November 13

Fish Stripes "The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series has touched a number of players on the Marlins thus far, but one who has already been well-covered in the last two weeks is Jose Reyes. Reyes was discussed as one of the few positives on this Marlins team this season, but at the same time his defense was..." October 18

New York Post "For a change, Jose Reyes isn't playing for a fourth-place team. But instead of sipping champagne in the NL East penthouse, the former Mets shortstop is enduring life in the basement, playing for a dreadful Marlins team that has become a cautionary tale in free spending. "When I left the..." October 03

Miami Herald "Jose Reyes, like most players, doesn't care for extra innings. He prefers to play nine and go home. But Reyes has done something in extra innings this season that no player has done since 1984: collect one of every hit — single, double, triple and home run. Reyes, completed the rare..." September 09

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "A day after becoming the 72nd player in major league history to reach the 400 stolen base mark, Jose Reyes was unsure how many more he had in him. About 300 maybe? "I don't know about that," said Reyes, through his signature cackle. "There are going to be some more stolen bases." After..." September 03

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Finally, Jose Reyes gave the scorned Metsfans something to cheer about. Not only did Mets ace knuckleballer R.A. Dickeyend Reyes' 26-game hitting streak but Reyes lost a pop-up by David Wright in the sun that was ruled a double and led to the eventual winning run in a 6-1 loss Thursday..." August 10

MLB.com "Not much has slowed down Jose Reyes during his career-long hitting streak. But a sore right hand is giving the Marlins' shortstop some trouble. Batting left-handed, Reyes went deep with two outs in the first inning on Wednesday night, extending his streak to 26 games. The 26-game hit streak is..." August 09

Miami Herald "The last time Giancarlo Stanton's name appeared on a Marlins lineup card, he was listed two spots behind Hanley Ramirez, one in front of Logan Morrison, and Carlos Zambrano was that day's starter. How times have changed. Ramirez has been traded. Morrison is on the DL. And Zambrano has lost..." August 08

New York Daily News "Hamstrung by Jason Bay's lack of production, the Mets finally decided on Tuesday that they would make their $66 million outfielder into a part-time player, at least until his bat awakens. Bay responded with a solid hit in what could have been a big fifth inning against the Marlins. But like..." August 08

Miami Herald "When Jose Reyes makes his encore homecoming visit to Citi Field this week, he'll have something else to talk about besides his memories as a New York Met. Reyes stretched his hitting streak to 24 games Sunday with a fourth-inning single off Stephen Strasburg. It's the longest streak this season..." August 06

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Even when he's made outs, Jose Reyes more often than not has been hitting the ball hard of late. The two hits that extended his career-best hitting streak to 22 games Friday did not leave the infield. Reyes began both ends of the doubleheader against the Nationals the same way: With bunt..." August 04

Miami Herald "Jose Reyes can enjoy a few slices of success as the Marlins dine at the losers table. Reyes reached an obscure yet commendable goal Tuesday when his second consecutive leadoff triple against Boston gave the shortstop the top spot among active players for career lead-off triples with 15. It is a..." June 15

Miami Herald "Jose Reyes said he is still not "there" yet at the plate. But after coming up with four hits Saturday, Reyes provided further indication that he could be breaking out of his early season slump. Reyes raised his batting average from .234 to .256 with Saturday's performance against his former..." May 13

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The Marlins had just lost a 5-0 lead Friday, but Jose Reyes illustrated just how disruptive he can be on the basepaths when he scored the tying run to make it 6-6 in the fourth. He began dancing off third base and flustered Padres' starter Anthony Bass to the point of inducing a balk. "I've..." May 06

Miami Herald "Jose Reyes was happy to be leaving the Big Apple and returning to Miami, and not because he was booed by Mets fans throughout the three-game series. His homecoming didn't turn out the way he had hoped. "We lost all three games and I didn't do anything here," Reyes said after going hitless in..." April 27

New York Post "The smile Jose Reyes had on his face when he arrived at Citi Field on Tuesday was replaced by a frown Thursday, after he went 1-for-12 as the Mets swept a three-game series from his Marlins. "I didn't do anything here," said Reyes, who was 0-for-4 in the Mets' 3-2 win. Reyes appeared to be..." April 27

New York Daily News "The first thing was to locate the visitors' clubhouse. Jose Reyes had pondered the more significant parts of Tuesday — greeting old friends, watching the video tribute, wondering if he would hear either boos or cheers. Reyes did not, however, think to ask for directions to the other locker..." April 25

New York Post "As Jose Reyes warmed up before last night's return to Citi Field for his first game against the Mets, an angry fan behind the Marlins' dugout yelled to Hanley Ramirez, who was alongside Reyes near home plate. "Hanley, don't stand in front of Jose,'' the irritated fan screamed. "He'll stab you..." April 25

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Manager Ozzie Guillen has seen players welcomed back to their former homes and others not so much. He still is befuddled at the reception Cleveland fans gave Jim Thome when we returned to Progressive Field as a member of the White Sox. "It was not too pretty," Guillen said. "That's the best man..." April 24

Miami Herald "Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, the Gold Glove winner at his position each of the past two years, has already made as many errors this season as he made all of last — six. But that surprising fact is of little comfort to Marlins shortstop Jose Reyes, who is extremely unhappy with his own..." April 21

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Marlins shortstop Jose Reyes, before Wednesday's game, received the coveted Silver Bat for winning the National League batting championship last season while with the Mets. An honor perhaps more significant awaits Tuesday, when Reyes returns to New York to face his former team for the first..." April 19

New York Daily News "The reunion lasted a mere two pitches, and was washed out by a Florida rainstorm. Jose Reyes, with close-cropped hair and a black jersey that said "Miami," faced the Mets for one at-bat and three innings in the field on Thursday, before a rain delay ended his first chance to oppose his former..." March 16

New York Post "The Mets got their first look at Jose Reyes in an opposing uniform when he led off for the Marlins yesterday, but manager Terry Collins insisted facing their former shortstop wasn't that big of a deal. "I'm more interested in seeing Josh Johnson than Jose," Collins said of Miami's top starting..." March 16

New York Post "Jose Reyes was supposed to be the injured one. Four hours before Reyes played against the Mets as a Marlin for the first time yesterday, the Miami shortstop was asking for a medical update on his friend David Wright. "How did David get hurt?'' Reyes asked. After he got the details, the Miami..." March 16

New York Daily News "When Marlins president David Samson said Tuesday that Jose Reyes was after every dollar in free agency, it seemed to contradict the shortstop's December complaint that the Mets "didn't want me." "He said, 'I really want to play in Miami as long as you pay me $1 more than anyone else," Samson..." March 08

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "As far as fundraisers go, this one was off the scale for its distinctiveness. In 2008, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida raffled off a special edition Porsche Cayman, one of 777 produced worldwide. Their most recent benefit rivals and arguably tops it. New Marlins shortstop Jose..." February 04

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Former Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez, who resigned from his post last June, questioned why the Marlins would sign an All-Star shortstop in Jose Reyes when they already had one in Hanley Ramirez. Rodriguez offered his observations during an interview with MLB Network Radio Wednesday with Jim..." December 22

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Before his first South Florida appearance as a Miami Marlin, Jose Reyes was texting with new teammate Emilio Bonifacio. In spite of all the Reyes-Hanley Ramirez talk, perhaps equally important to the team's 2012 success is the Reyes-Bonifacio tandem. The two speedsters will bat atop the..." December 17

New York Daily News "David Wright knows how Met fans feel because he too is going to miss the shortstop he's played with for much of his career. But Wright is also happy for Jose Reyes, who signed a six-year, $106 million contract with the Miami Marlins this week. Wright believes Reyes was due such a deal because..." December 10

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Hanley Ramirez can complain about the Marlins shifting him to third base, but he can't argue the Marlins are giving Jose Reyes special treatment. Owner Jeffrey Loria after the Marlins introduced Reyes Wednesday said his haircut policy had not changed, and Reyes would be subject to it like..." December 09

Miami Herald "At precisely one minute after midnight on Nov. 3, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria walked into the Carlyle Hotel in New York wearing an overcoat befitting the winter climate. Hidden beneath the garment, though, was a surprise. When Loria approached Jose Reyes, the free agent shortstop he had come..." December 08

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "You think Hanley Ramirez moving to third base is drama? Let's hope the Marlins clearly worked out their hair-brained policy with Jose Reyes while negotiating that $106 million deal. Will Reyes have to cut his dreadlocks? "The answer is, there'll be team rules," Samson said. "Everyone follows..." December 08

New York Daily News "It was going to be a bitter parting no matter what, because in some ways Jose Reyes is still the same sensitive kid who never seemed to forgive Willie Randolph for pulling him out of a game for not hustling way back when the Mets still mattered. Am I missing something or aren't the rather..." December 08

Newark Star-Ledger "Jose Reyes just stopped by for his introductory press conference as a Miami Marlin. Most of the questions, of course, were about leaving the Mets. And here's all you really need to know, from Reyes' perspective. "I wanted to stay in New York, but that didn't happen," Reyes said. "I just need to..." December 07

New York Post "Now comes the business of the Mets trying to field a competitive team without Jose Reyes. As Mets fans howled yesterday — many vowing to begin an un-Occupy Citi Field movement to show their displeasure over losing Reyes to the Marlins — questions swirled over the direction of the..." December 06

Miami Herald "Move over (to third base), Hanley Ramirez. As long as he passes a routine physical, Jose Reyes will become the Marlins' new shortstop. Reyes and the Marlins agreed to terms on a six-year deal that will reportedly pay him $102 million, the largest contract the Marlins have ever given to a..." December 05

New York Post "See you later, Jose Reyes. The All-Star shortstop is officially an ex-Met, after last night agreeing to a six-year deal with the Miami Marlins worth $106 million, according to major league sources. Sandy Alderson had a final discussion with Reyes' agents yesterday morning, at which time the..." December 05