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#6 Jose Reyes: Fantasy Predictions for 2016

When Jose Reyes was younger, he was a lock for a ton of stolen bases. Then, in 2009, he started the "always injured" portion of his career - or at least the "fantasy owners are always worried about his injuries" portion. Anyway, while Reyes was in Toronto, he was able to play a little more traditional, American League, "station-to-station" baseball, therefore his stolen base production went way down, making him less valuable in fantasy drafts.

Another thing that happened to him in Toronto was that his triples went way down since he was playing in a cookie-cutter-shaped park. But now that he's older and not as fast, hitting a gapper into the giant void in the Colorado outfield may yield more triples and, therefore, more runs scored - and just more energy plugged back into his game overall.

The Colorado Effect on Jose Reyes for 2016

The first thing everyone thinks of when a guy goes to play in Colorado is that his Home Run totals will skyrocket. Not likely to be true in the case of Jose Reyes. Like we mentioned above, his triples will certainly go up, and we think that will help to energize his game, overall, offensively.

He's also moving back to the National League where baserunners steal more bases, get moved along with sac bunts and sac flies. Because of this, we see Jose Reyes having an excellent season in terms of runs scored. We're still not certain he'll crack 30 stolen bases... in fact, we're not certain he'll crack 20, but we're pretty certain, given he stays healthy, that he'll eclipse 90 Runs scored in a full season.

Jose Reyes Fantasy Stats and Indicators

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	20	69	292	274	47	84	12	4	5	32	13	3	13	36	.307	.334	0.434	0.769
2004	21	53	229	220	33	56	16	2	2	14	19	2	5	31	.255	.271	0.373	0.644
2005	22	161	733	696	99	190	24	17	7	58	60	15	27	78	.273	.300	0.386	0.687
2006	23	153	703	647	122	194	30	17	19	81	64	17	53	81	.300	.354	0.487	0.841
2007	24	160	765	681	119	191	36	12	12	57	78	21	77	78	.280	.354	0.421	0.775
2008	25	159	763	688	113	204	37	19	16	68	56	15	66	82	.297	.358	0.475	0.833
2009	26	36	166	147	18	41	7	2	2	15	11	2	18	19	.279	.355	0.395	0.750
2010	27	133	603	563	83	159	29	10	11	54	30	10	31	63	.282	.321	0.428	0.749
2011	28	126	586	537	101	181	31	16	7	44	39	7	43	41	.337	.384	0.493	0.877
2012	29	160	716	642	86	184	37	12	11	57	40	11	63	56	.287	.347	0.433	0.780
2013	30	93	419	382	58	113	20	0	10	37	15	6	34	47	.296	.353	0.427	0.780
2014	31	143	655	610	94	175	33	4	9	51	30	2	38	73	.287	.328	0.398	0.726
2015	32	116	519	481	57	132	25	2	7	53	24	6	26	62	.274	.310	0.378	0.688

Jose Reyes left a great lineup in Toronto, but he landed in another one in Colorado. This could be the re-start of something great.

Fantasy Statistical Indicators

*Almost no triples in the cookie-cutter-shaped ballpark in Toronto; the move to Colorado (bigger outfield, on grass, corners on the walls) will earn him 10+ triples again, leading to more runs scored; could also raise his batting average a few points.
*33 years old, a history of injuries, a move to the NL: it'll be a struggle to stay healthy with no way to hide Reyes as a DH.
*Had more walks than strikeouts in his last year in the NL (2012); could be an indicator that he'll show more patience at the plate again. That could lead to a higher batting average, more steals and more runs scored.

Another thing Jose Reyes has going for him is that he's on a team with a bunch of hard-nosed gamers. Sure, Carlos Gonzalez tends to battle injuries, but guys like Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon, Corey Dickerson and DJ LeMahieu are just flat-out gamers. The Rockies are on the verge of being the NL's version of the Oakland A's from a two-three years ago: everyone's got a filthy-looking beard, a filthy uniform, diving for everything within their zip code, and getting fired up over everything that happens in their favor. They're a couple pitchers away from surprising the NL West... but I digress.

If Jose Reyes gets caught up in the hype of the Colorado dugout, he'll have a fantastic season. He turns 33 in June, so as long as he stays healthy, we expect 90 Runs, 10 HR, 50 RBI, 20-30 SB, and a batting average around .280 in 2016.