ATLANTA — Don’t expect Jose Reyes to miss any Mets games in the near future. Terry Collins said before last night’s game that he planned on playing the shortstop every game until the All-Star break, which begins July 11.
“He’s not going to get days off,” Collins said before Reyes started last night’s 9-8 loss to the Braves.
Reyes added three more hits and became the fastest player to reach 100 hits in a season in franchise history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He did it in 66 games, breaking Lance Johnson’s record of 72 games set in 1996.
Collins said he knows there’s a good chance Reyes won’t get much of a rest at the break.
“If he’s not playing in that All-Star Game, there might be an investigation,” he said.
Rather than giving him a breather now, Collins instead pointed to the 19 straight days the Mets have games immediately after the break.
“There’s a time right there where I could grab him a day when we have that long haul in July,” said Collins, adding he didn’t think Reyes would need one before then.”
That’s fine with Reyes.
“I’m feeling good,” Reyes said. “You don’t need days off when you’re feeling like this. Maybe later in the season, when it gets hotter and we have a lot of games in a row, but not now.”
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson didn’t rule out the possibility his franchise could be interested in Scott Kazmir, who was released by the Angels on Wednesday.
“We talk about everyone on the waiver wire,” Alderson said.
Not everyone on the waiver wire was once the prize of the Mets’ farm system. Alderson acknowledged that Kazmir’s history with the organization would play a role in any possible decision.
Kazmir, 27, was involved in the much-criticized 2004 trade that brought Victor Zambrano to the Mets from Tampa Bay.
*
R.A. Dickey gave up six runs in four innings last night, ending a streak of three straight solid outings after injuring his foot last month against the Cubs.
He was done in again by a lack of control, walking three — as well as a three-run homer by Chipper Jones in the third on a 3-0 count.
“I figured he would just take his walk and he didn’t,” Dickey said of Jones, who had five RBIs. “I felt real mediocre [and] the best thing I did all night was get a sac bunt down. That’s not good usually.”
The night wasn’t a total waste, because he had two earned runs erased from his record after MLB ruled Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen‘s double on Saturday should have been ruled an error by third baseman Daniel Murphy.
*
Angel Pagan stayed in the game after being accidently tripped by first baseman Freddie Freeman in the eighth while reaching on an error by Jones.
Pagan said he thought he would be fine for tonight. . . . Justin Turner was back in the starting lineup last night after missing the previous two games with a bruised right thumb. He went 1-for-3 with an RBI.