Jos-A-OK!

So if you're a Mets fan and weren't under a rock for the last day or so, you'd know that Jose Reyes has been given the okay to resume baseball activities and was seen around Port St. Lucie today fielding grounders and taking BP. What does this mean for us Mets fans? Excitement!

To borrow a little tidbit from Joe Posnanski's blog, Joe used some statistics to try and calculate an Excitement statistic. He basically used triples, average, steals, defense, etc to come up with it. Out of the last 25 years, 3 of the top 6 individual seasons all belonged to Jose Reyes. And, given the news from yesterday, I'm ready to predict 4 of the top 7 will be Jose Reyes' after 2010.

We know the Mets have talent on this team. Every player has the potential to be a superstar. But if the Mets are an engine, you need a spark plug to get that engine moving. Jose Reyes is that spark plug.

Just think about it. Reyes double...Castillo bunts him over....David Wright base hit. 3 batters and we're already winning...and that doesn't even count when Reyes leads off with a homer. Mets fans have been mired in the horror that was last year so much that they forget even in the previous couple seasons (which just ended badly) the Mets were a fun team to watch because of Reyes. A lot of these guys haven't even been given the chance to hit with Reyes on base yet! How many times did Francoeur get to hit with Reyes in the lineup last year? Zero! Jason Bay is an RBI machine - and Jose Reyes is some of the best raw material to work with in that machine.

Also, let's think about some of the recent league MVPs - Rollins, Pedroia, etc. Don't be surprised if you see Reyes' name on that list in 2010.

Bottom line - Reyes is not only a player that creates legend, but he makes everyone better. This is huge news for the Mets and further cements a HUGE comeback year in 2010.