Jose Reyes - Almost as good as Dave Revering

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The Miami Marlins overpaid horribly for Jose Reyes. That contract might be even worse than the one the Red Sox gave to Carl Crawford for a pretty good player coming off a career year.

But don't worry--he might be almost as good as Dave Revering.


Here are the players within 15 games played and 5 OPS+ points as Reyes over the last 3 years. (For the record, that's 280 to 310 games played, 115 to 125 OPS+, Ages 26-28):

Rk	Player	OPS+	G	From	To	PA	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Troy Glaus	125	298	2003	2005	1243	178	57	4	71	189	13	7	.254	.356	.515	.871	*5/D	ANA-ARI
2	Jeremy Giambi	125	298	2001	2003	996	137	48	0	37	117	1	2	.260	.393	.456	.849	D/793	OAK-TOT-BOS
3	Leon Roberts	125	293	1977	1979	1074	140	45	13	37	148	9	6	.280	.352	.472	.824	*9/7D	HOU-SEA
4	Reggie Jefferson	124	304	1995	1997	1074	162	71	5	37	167	1	2	.326	.366	.519	.885	*D/73	BOS
5	Rico Carty	124	285	1966	1967	1084	114	41	4	30	140	8	9	.293	.363	.437	.800	*7/2935	ATL
6	Dick Wakefield	124	281	1947	1949	1005	126	38	11	25	123	1	5	.268	.402	.434	.836	*7	DET
7	Bernie Carbo	123	310	1974	1976	1091	129	52	3	32	132	8	9	.248	.377	.420	.797	9/7D	BOS-TOT
8	Johnny Frederick	122	290	1929	1930	1355	247	96	17	41	151	7	0	.331	.378	.535	.912	*8	BRO
9	Dave Revering	121	307	1979	1981	1155	131	51	12	38	156	2	6	.278	.332	.457	.790	*3/D	OAK-TOT
10	Wes Covington	121	288	1958	1960	1028	106	45	5	41	154	1	3	.286	.333	.474	.807	*7	MLN
11	Dave Robertson	121	292	1916	1917	1180	152	34	17	24	123	38	17	.284	.302	.409	.712	*9/8	NYG
12	Jose Reyes	120	295	2009	2011	1355	202	67	28	20	113	80	19	.306	.352	.452	.804	*6	NYM
13	Bob Horner	120	303	1984	1986	1250	146	55	3	57	195	2	5	.270	.336	.479	.815	*3/5	ATL
14	Geoff Jenkins	119	296	2001	2003	1272	176	68	4	58	187	5	4	.273	.349	.495	.844	*7/D	MIL
15	Mickey Tettleton	119	285	1987	1989	1053	122	35	3	45	128	4	4	.244	.339	.439	.778	*2/D3	OAK-BAL
16	Craig Kusick	119	281	1975	1977	814	81	33	0	29	108	8	2	.252	.355	.426	.781	*D/3	MIN
17	Clyde Barnhart	119	291	1922	1924	1015	139	38	29	13	161	16	13	.307	.380	.460	.840	*9/57	PIT
18	Josh Willingham	118	302	2005	2007	1205	140	61	6	47	167	10	1	.272	.361	.476	.837	*7/2D3	FLA
19	Frank Catalanotto	118	304	2000	2002	1088	174	60	13	24	119	30	12	.305	.380	.470	.850	7/43D95	TEX
20	Pee Wee Reese	118	294	1946	1947	1234	160	40	14	17	133	17	0	.284	.399	.401	.799	*6	BRO
21	Braggo Roth	118	292	1919	1921	1211	174	54	22	16	154	45	14	.288	.376	.428	.804	*9/87	TOT-WSH-NYY
22	Johnny Grubb	117	287	1975	1977	1199	134	61	6	11	79	3	12	.278	.369	.381	.749	*8/793D5	SDP-CLE
23	Joe Lahoud	116	299	1973	1975	879	96	31	5	24	103	11	11	.236	.349	.388	.737	9/D7	MIL-CAL
24	Harry Lumley	115	309	1907	1909	1194	96	44	26	13	119	23	0	.243	.295	.370	.665	*9	BRO

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Generated 12/5/2011.

The thing that really messes up Reyes' comparison group is that he hasn't played a lot of games over the last 3 years. That's a pretty significant warning sign, though.

Still, perhaps he'll be as good one day as Giambi or Reggie (ummm...that's Jeremy Giambi and Reggie Jefferson...)

Incidentally, here's how the guys above did from Age 29 on:

Rk	Player	OPS+	From	To	G	PA	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Rico Carty	130	1969	1979	1148	4434	489	191	8	142	627	11	11	.296	.370	.458	.828	*D7/3	ATL-TOT-CLE-TOR
2	Mickey Tettleton	125	1990	1997	999	4096	530	152	12	186	549	10	22	.241	.381	.464	.845	2D39/7	BAL-DET-TEX
3	Bernie Carbo	125	1977	1980	236	623	70	18	1	23	69	4	3	.284	.383	.452	.835	/9D78	BOS-STL-TOT
4	Josh Willingham	123	2008	2011	485	1931	247	95	7	84	266	19	6	.256	.361	.477	.838	*7/D93	FLA-WSN-OAK
5	Johnny Grubb	120	1978	1987	877	2667	310	103	15	72	316	11	17	.270	.366	.423	.790	79D/85	TOT-TEX-DET
6	Wes Covington	120	1961	1966	616	1735	181	75	4	67	264	1	0	.274	.336	.456	.792	*7/98	TOT-PHI
7	Troy Glaus	117	2006	2010	561	2242	288	99	2	101	338	3	4	.255	.358	.468	.826	*53/6D	TOR-STL-ATL
8	Dave Robertson	115	1919	1922	286	993	117	54	14	18	150	24	30	.292	.336	.441	.777	7/98	CHC-TOT-NYG
9	Johnny Frederick	114	1931	1934	515	2009	251	104	18	44	226	16	0	.292	.342	.438	.780	89/73	BRO
10	Reggie Jefferson	109	1998	1999	145	444	45	29	2	13	48	0	0	.291	.356	.470	.826	*D/3	BOS
11	Geoff Jenkins	106	2004	2008	699	2640	309	144	10	99	342	10	5	.268	.339	.464	.803	*97/D	MIL-PHI
12	Dick Wakefield	106	1950	1952	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750		NYY-NYG
13	Frank Catalanotto	105	2003	2010	759	2626	322	168	22	43	275	9	9	.288	.353	.433	.787	*7D/934	TOR-TEX-MIL-NYM
14	Bob Horner	102	1988	1988	60	247	15	9	1	3	33	0	0	.257	.348	.354	.703	/*3	STL
15	Pee Wee Reese	98	1948	1958	1485	6546	957	235	52	99	625	175	45	.272	.367	.386	.753	*65	BRO-LAD
16	Leon Roberts	95	1980	1984	375	1170	115	50	6	24	102	13	10	.254	.318	.383	.701	97/D813	SEA-TEX-TOT-KCR
17	Clyde Barnhart	95	1925	1928	387	1481	194	64	17	11	208	15	5	.298	.363	.399	.762	*7/95	PIT
18	Joe Lahoud	78	1976	1978	127	309	26	12	1	3	17	2	0	.211	.315	.297	.612	/7D9	TOT-KCR
19	Dave Revering	71	1982	1982	98	295	25	11	1	8	32	0	3	.202	.292	.346	.638	/*D3	TOT
20	Craig Kusick	71	1978	1979	125	353	34	8	2	9	33	3	2	.191	.300	.321	.621	/3D71	MIN-TOT
21	Harry Lumley	26	1910	1910	8	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.280	.143	.423	/*9	BRO

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/5/2011.

Tettleton is a guy who bloomed a bit later on (even correcting for the Steroids Era). Rico Carty put together a fine career from Age 29 on. The rest of these guys ranged from good to stinky, and many didn't play a lot of games.