Current Contract
Signed a one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on March 4, 2008.

2007: $392,000

Agent: Scott Boras

Became a Cardinal
Selected in the 15th round (455th overall) of the June, 2003 First-Year Player Draft. Signed to a 2004 contract on August 29, 2003.

2007 Season
In 2007, experienced the “sophomore jinx” as he endured a tough-luck 2-14 season with a 6.04 ERA. Struggling with control problems and high pitch counts. He started six games at Triple-A Memphis finishing with a 1-1 record and a 2.79 ERA.

The Cards scored 65 total runs in his 20 starts and only 34 while he was on the mound. Six of the Cards 12 shutout losses came in games started by Reyes.

Reyes became the first Cardinals pitcher to lose 10 straight games to begin a season since 1898 when Kid Carsey lost his first 10 games.

His 12-game losing streak from 9/8/06-6/27/07 tied a franchise record held by Bill Kissinger who lost a club-high 12 straight decisions from 1896-97.

Career Notes
Reyes began the 2006 season with Memphis. He was called up for a spot-start against the Royals in May, but was sent right back down to Memphis afterwards. He was called up again in June. He made 13 starts for Memphis, going 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA, allowing 70 hits, striking out 82 and walking 11 in 84 innings. He started 17 games for the Cardinals, going 5-8 with a 5.06 ERA and opponents hit .262 against him.

Reyes was the Cardinals game one starter in the World Series. He pitched eight spectacular innings, allowing just two runs on two hits and walking only one on his way to picking up the win.

In 2004, Reyes missed nearly two months with shoulder tendinitis after his first two starts for high Class A Palm Beach, but after going 3-0 with a 4.66 ERA in seven games, the Cardinals moved him up to Double-A Tennessee on July 1. In 12 Double-A starts, Reyes went 6-2 with a 2.91 ERA, striking out 102 and walking only 13 in 74-1/3 innings. Opponents hit only .230 against him. He also picked up a win as the game one starter in the playoffs for the Smokies, allowing only one run on three hits in seven innings while striking out 11.

In 2005, Reyes spent about two weeks (June 14 - July 3) on the disabled list with a sprained right AC (acromioclavicular) joint in his right shoulder. In 23 starts for Triple-A Memphis, he went 7-6 with a 3.64 ERA, allowing 105 hits in 128-2/3 innings while striking out 136 and walking 34. Reyes made his major league debut on August 9, in a spot start in Milwaukee. Sent down after the start, despite picking up the win, the Cardinals brought him back up when the rosters expanded in September and he finished the season with a 2.70 ERA in 13.1 innings with St. Louis.

MISC
Reyes pitched alongside Mark Prior at the University of Southern California. He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the June, 2002 First-Year Player draft, but did not sign. He was thought to be a cinch first rounder, but fell in both the 2002 and 2003 drafts because of nagging elbow injuries.

Contract Info: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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