Reese Kaplan
Re: Reese Havens - I just noticed his Ike Davis-like line in AA and know that he's pretty
much on the cusp of his status as a prospect ending. What do you think the problem is? He's never struggled like this in any other
season.
Mack:
Who the heck knows with
this guy J
Reese, I would throw
this out as a ‘Mack and Company’ question, but the response from our writers
hasn’t been up to par lately.
Talent, ability, and
execution are three different things in everything we do in life. Havens has
major leave talent and ability. He’s been hampered by injuries throughout his
limited professional career, but coaches and scouts agree that he “has it”.
What’s going on now
just sometimes happens. I can’t prove my theory, but his problems are probably
in his head (like Ike’s were) right now. John Lennon and Paul McCartney proved
it took words and music to make a great song and most of the Beatles
great songs were written by them together. Reese just needs to calm down, clear his
head, and play every day. If he does that, the talent and ability will take
over once again.
I’m sure he’s feeling
the kids biting up his arse. To his benefit, Jordany
Valdespin has proven he’s not a professional middle infielder and Danny Muno made a critical mistake for one stupid act.
The moving of Wilmer Flores to second base means the Mets are now looking for
alternative players to someday replace Daniel Murphy on
second base, This was supposed to be Reese. It may still happen, but a quick
cure for his woes would be to switch places. Send Flores to AA and demote
Havens back to Florida. Let him work daily with the instructors there and let
him get a burger every night at Duffy’s. He
may still fall behind in the pecking order, but the least that could happen is
he would return to trade bait before the season ends.
One thing. Word to me
is the Binghamton staff is not giving up on him. You will see him play every
day, mostly hitting first, until he comes out of this, but, and this is a big
but, this will be his make or break time. Gavin
Cecchini and Phillip Evans are just
around the corner.
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