Ozzie Guillen rubbishes reports of shuffling Jose Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio – MLB News
Regular season has just started and players who were supposed to become the ultimate saviours of their sides are just not living up to their reputation. Current performance of the Jose Reyes, last year Batting Champion winner in the National League, disappoints
management to an extent of switching his position in the line-up.
Ozzie Guillen, the Miami Marlins’ manager has denied any development in this regard. The fact such opinions have started surfacing is a reason enough to believe in an unlikely impatience hitting the management.
Every next game, Reyes leads off for the Marlins, not much comes off. Few exceptions apart at the start of the season, Reyes has given the glimpse of a kind of decline he is heading to in last two games against his former club, the New York Mets.
Manager Guillen believes that any step taken at this time will only amount to a panic, which he feels can be counter-productive.
At the beginning of the season, sending a top player down the order will create undesirable confusion. The fact Reyes has an ability to bounce back immediately he is worth putting confidence in.
''Right now, I think it's too early,'' Guillen said. ''If I do it, right now, it's kind of pushing the panic button.''
Clarifying that Reyes is not a weak-link hampering the Marlins, as he stated that many areas which are not being attended to at the moment are equally responsible.
The moment those are fixed, things will automatically improve as a whole and that finding a scapegoat in the form of Reyes amounts to an unfair judgment therefore.
''A lot of people talk about Reyes struggling but we've got a few people there,'' he said.
Both Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio are great assets for the Marlins and their performance on the plate will be crucial, should the Marlins have substantial success in the season.
Therefore one can understand longevity of the patience management is permitting to these players. How far this will turn out fruitful for the club will be known in the games ahead.
Reyes will like to respond to mounting criticism through valuable hits on the plate. The kind of talent he is, there is every reason to believe that he will be successful.
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