Jose Reyes perhaps?

[Second Base]

If the Angels are looking for a RH platoon partner for 3B that can hit lefties pretty well and handle utility infielder duties, Jose Reyes is a decent option.  Between the four infield spots and his platoon share at 3B, as well as late game pinch hitting and pinch running duties, he'd probably get a fair share of playing time. 

Here are his stats last year - https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesjo01.shtml

Makes good contact, decent plate discipline, offers speed and pop.  Yule Escobar is the far likelier option if the Angels go the FA route to find someone to share time with Valbuena at 3B, but admittedly, Reyes fills a lot of needs. 

[Stradling]

I made this suggestion a few days ago.  I suggested he play 2nd in case they spent money elsewhere. 

[JustATroutFan]

2011 Reyes or even 2008 Reyes would have made this offense nasty! Obviously he's not the same player that he once was.  I guess the Angels could take a look at Reyes and he did hit well after getting off to a horrible start last year.

[Ochocinco!]

Do we not have a Free Agency/ Offseason thread we can put all of these threads in?

[Second Base]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

I made this suggestion a few days ago.  I suggested he play 2nd in case they spent money elsewhere. 

Good call. 

[disarcina]

Jose Reyes would mean the Halos would have a platoon type situation for 2B/ 3B --- is that what we want?

Sometimes platoons work -- more often they don't.

Reyes is not the all around player he once was - he's probably lost a step or two in speed which is a real performance issue for speedster players like Reyes. Live by the wheels, and deteriorate by the wheels........

where did Reyes wind up last year? Colorado? Coors Field -- I have to check to see.......he did ok as a part time guy, spent some time on the DL.

Depending on what the Halos would pay for him -- I could see him filling that Mark McLemore, Chone Figgins type role being versatile and while not a starter per se - getting 300 ABs or so and helping the team.........what is Reyes these days ? 35/36 years old?   When he first came up (with the Mets?) he was quite the ballplayer -- even had some decent power in addition to speed, hit for an average, stole bases and was better than average with the glove at 2B (more so than 3B).

[gurn67]

I just don't see Arte bringing in someone who beat up his wife.

[disarcina]

Reyes is 34 -- I remember him at Coors with Colorado -- he was back with the Mets the past two seasons. Heck - last year he had 501 ABs.

He's not being retained by the Mets?

He'd be an option but with 501 ABs last year -- he'l want starting line  up kind of money and at 34 - a multi-year deal -- perhaps his last big MLB contract.

I don't think we can sign him for the kind of money we'd want to spend on a bench depth guy -- even though it's the extra money contenders spend on the depth guys like this (both position players and pen depth guys) that make them contenders..........

[disarcina]

gurn67 -- that would be an issue -- forgot about that 'stat' he has.

[Ohtaniland]

Reyes is 34, declining and has played on 5 or 6 different teams and still thinks he’s a star but looks like a perfect fit. Please no!

[Stradling]

If we aren’t able to sign long term players for both 2nd and 3rd, Reyes at 1/$6 million would be better than Kinsler at $11-12 million. 

My first choice is to trade for our future everyday 2nd baseman.  Next would be someone like Cozart for 2-3 years.   If that doesn’t work then I’m good with one of these guys for a year at 2nd.  Hell it isn’t like they are really blocking anyone. 

[ukyah]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

If we aren’t able to sign long term players for both 2nd and 3rd, Reyes at 1/$6 million would be better than Kinsler at $11-12 million. 

My first choice is to trade for our future everyday 2nd baseman.  Next would be someone like Cozart for 2-3 years.   If that doesn’t work then I’m good with one of these guys for a year at 2nd.  Hell it isn’t like they are really blocking anyone. 

you would rather have reyes over kinsler because of 5 million dollars? i'm definitely not on that train.

i'd like the angels to be good next year and reyes doesn't move the needle at all.

[Stradling]

51 minutes ago, ukyah said:

you would rather have reyes over kinsler because of 5 million dollars? i'm definitely not on that train.

i'd like the angels to be good next year and reyes doesn't move the needle at all.

It frees up $5 million to improve in other areas.  

[Stradling]

40 minutes ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

Glad your not the Angels GM.

One of your better posts to date.  

[tdawg87]

Am I missing something here? Reyes is 35 and hasn't been good since 2014. If he's playing 2nd or 3rd for the Angels next year then something went very, very wrong.

[Ohtaniland]

If we sign this dude it will feel like we just got Callaspo’d all over again.

[Chuck]

10 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Am I missing something here? Reyes is 35 and hasn't been good since 2014. If he's playing 2nd or 3rd for the Angels next year then something went very, very wrong.

Address 2B and upgrade 1B, Reyes could platoon with Valbuena at 3B.

I'd love to look at Hjowie Kendrick for 3B honestly.

[JustATroutFan]

13 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Am I missing something here? Reyes is 35 and hasn't been good since 2014. If he's playing 2nd or 3rd for the Angels next year then something went very, very wrong.

Since 2013, I think that is what you mean. His last good year with the bat was in 2013, and then in 2014, he was just an average hitter.

[tomsred]

7 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Address 2B and upgrade 1B, Reyes could platoon with Valbuena at 3B.

I'd love to look at Hjowie Kendrick for 3B honestly.

Chuck, that's quite the avatar you are sporting there!

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Since 2013, I think that is what you mean. His last good year with the bat was in 2013, and then in 2014, he was just an average hitter.

I'm not going to argue semantics but he had a 105 OPS+, 30 SB and a 3.2 WAR in 2014. 

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

I'm not going to argue semantics but he had a 105 OPS+, 30 SB and a 3.2 WAR in 2014. 

Good production for a shortstop but OPS was under .730, although it's not too bad considering 2014 was a really tough year for hitters to put up an OPS of at least .800. 

[Ohtaniland]

[ukyah]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

It frees up $5 million to improve in other areas.  

that is not a significant enough amount to make up for the deficit between the two players.

[WeaverFever]

5 hours ago, disarcina said:

Jose Reyes would mean the Halos would have a platoon type situation for 2B/ 3B --- is that what we want?

Sometimes platoons work -- more often they don't.

Reyes is not the all around player he once was - he's probably lost a step or two in speed which is a real performance issue for speedster players like Reyes. Live by the wheels, and deteriorate by the wheels........

where did Reyes wind up last year? Colorado? Coors Field -- I have to check to see.......he did ok as a part time guy, spent some time on the DL.

Depending on what the Halos would pay for him -- I could see him filling that Mark McLemore, Chone Figgins type role being versatile and while not a starter per se - getting 300 ABs or so and helping the team.........what is Reyes these days ? 35/36 years old?   When he first came up (with the Mets?) he was quite the ballplayer -- even had some decent power in addition to speed, hit for an average, stole bases and was better than average with the glove at 2B (more so than 3B).

Sounds like the cheap option to me. I wouldn’t mind having a platoon at one position. Preferably in my preference 1st with Cron and Luis. But in saying that I have read many different things, and this team can go in many different directions.. we will see. 

[Troll Daddy]

If you could only make one move this off season ... Howie Kendrick

You can plug him in at 1B, 2B, 3B, and LF ... oh yea, he can hit too.