Jose Reyes’s two-month funk finally may be catching up to him.
The veteran infielder was on the bench Friday night for the second time in three games, and this time it wasn’t for a breather. For the time being at least, hot-hitting Wilmer Flores has forced manager Terry Collins’s hand. Collins wouldn’t commit to this being a long-term change at third base, but he wouldn’t commit to Reyes being back in the lineup on Saturday, either.
“I told Jose take a deep breath, rest up, because right now [Flores] is as hot as anybody on the club,” Collins said before the Mets lost to the Pirates 12-7 at Citi Field.