Javier Reyes

United States

Staff Writer at Just Baseball Podcast

Tends to joke around / Host @baseballvsworld and @LO_Padres / Words @nerdist @mental_floss @inversedotcom @DenOfGeekUS/ @JustBB_Media lad

Articles

The Arizona Diamondbacks Are Being Slept On

Feb 7, 2025 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

I find myself asking “why?” a whole heck of a lot more these days. Of course, I immediately answer my own question each time by remembering literally nothing matters. Nothing makes sense, just do whatever, have fun (or not). But even still, I’ll find myself befuddled ever so slightly by some new story, fact, or incident. It’s like our brains are obsessed with never being prepared for anything; the flat circle of time is too advanced of a concept to understand.
Power Ranking the Worst Moments of the San Diego Padres Offseason

Feb 3, 2025 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

There’s a scene in Fight Club in which the most dislikable-but-somehow-still-famous-and-coveted-by-Hollywood actor known as Jared Leto manages to get his face beaten in like a tomato going up against a Thwomp. Leto’s character, Angel Face, showcases a naive enthusiasm right before the beating, with little knowledge of the nuclear crapstorm that’s headed his way — and much of it, one might argue, is undeserved.
Was Moneyball a Mistake? - Unwinnable

Dec 13, 2024 | unwinnable.com | Javier Reyes

“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”That’s one of the many memorable quotes, and questions, posited by the 2011 film Moneyball. Despite being centered around math and baseball – quite possibly two of the scariest inventions in human history – the film is a cultural touchstone. It’s as beloved by filmlovers, from the casual to the sicko, as it is by sports enthusiasts, from the casual to the sicko. But despite my respect for the quote and its sentiment, my answer is… how much time ya got?
It’s Time to Join the Eloy Jiménez Fan Club

Dec 9, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

Everyone believes in something silly. You’ll find people who somehow believe there isn’t a direct correlation between spending money and winning in baseball; that 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers off a torn Achilles would save the New York Jets; that billionaires give the slightest nibble about you. Maybe it’s just in our nature to justify the unjustifiable.
Why Anthony Santander Could Be a Free Agent Trap

Dec 6, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

With the MLB free agent market officially heating up, rumors and predictions are more all over the map than Taylor Swift’s flight log. Considering that the excitement for the 2023 free agent class was predicated almost entirely on Shohei Ohtani, it’s understandable given the abundance of great players available this go around.
The Fallacy of the Tampa Bay Rays

Aug 25, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

Nobody likes to admit how fun a crusade of being mean can be. It’s a release, of sorts, for that little nerve cluster in your brain with an insatiable appetite for carnage. You have to keep it in check, of course, but being a meanie has, according to all the best scientists with all the best qualifications, benefits to your health. I bet anyone outside the Dalai Lama knows and accepts this.
Every Team Could Use a Pitcher Like Padres’ Matt Waldron

Aug 8, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

Every year, we like to make a lot of assumptions. The range of these assumptions touches on everything from the quality of a movie based on its 30-second trailer to the result of an election based on a given set of polling data. But really, all of these things are anybody’s guess. We put on a façade of crystal-ball-wielding, Will-Hunting-level expertise when we’re really just using a pinball machine and hoping it hits the right bumpers.
What Will MLB's Most Interesting Man Do at the Deadline This Year?

Jul 26, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

Everyone loves themselves a fresh plate of trade deadline spice. The All-Star break festivities are lovely, but they’re really just a distractive appetizer for the full course meal of the szn that elicits great joy, or great disappointment. But for the San Diego Padres in particular, the trade deadline is something else entirely.
Michael King Wasn’t Named An All-Star, But He’s Quietly Turning Into One

Jul 14, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

The biggest story of the 2023 offseason — aside from Shohei Ohtani’s “exciting” decision to join an already-loaded Dodgers Avengers team — was, of course, the blockbuster trade that sent superstar Juan Soto to the New York Yankees. Padres fans suffered great anguish, Yankees fans embraced profound joy, and baseball prognosticators lamented the end of San Diego’s high-flying, superstar-studded ways. A fair assumption, to be sure, but there was one major thing that might’ve been overlooked.
Eight MLB Trade Deadline Targets Flying Under the Radar

Jul 10, 2024 | justbaseball.com | Javier Reyes

If you’re not sick of this shit stain we call baseball yet, then chances are your team of choice is still in contention. If you’re sick of it all, then chances are your team of choice is very much not in contention. Or maybe you’re just a sicko writing baseball articles on the internet, so the question is irrelevant. But no matter which side you fall on, the trade deadline is here to give you a jolt to your system.