The pitcher is recovering from his latest injury. His daughter Aleyka, now 6, is cancer-free. ‘We’re in good places now,’ Reyes says.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — As injuries have sidetracked Alex Reyes’ career — the Tommy John surgery that cost him the 2017 season, the torn tendon in his shoulder that ended his 2018 season, the surgery to repair a torn labrum last May — he has carried something that his daughter gave him.Young Aleyka was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a 5-month-old in 2017. The rare cancer forms in the immature nerve cells of infants. In Aleyka’s case, the cancer was found in her heart, and she underwent chemotherapy.
“My daughter has been through a lot too,” Reyes said. “That’s just always been what I look at and put things into perspective. Baseball — that’s my love, that’s my passion. But at the end of the day, it’s a game that I play, right? For her, it was a life-or-death situation. So it’s completely different for me. I just look at the big picture. I want to be on the field and it’s a game that I love to play, but I’ve just got to let God do his thing.Reyes has needed that strength.
Aleyka got through her early challenges. Alex said she recently had her annual checkup and Aleyka is “100% clear” of the cancer.The Cardinals decided they couldn’t wait for Reyes to get through his latest challenge. They did not offer the arbitration-eligible right-hander a contract last fall, making him a non-tendered free agent. The Dodgers decided it was a relatively low-cost gamble they could take and signed Reyes for $1.
“It’s a day by day thing,” Reyes said. “I feel 100% confident that I’ll be back at my full capability. I’ve been able to do it after both of my other injuries. I’m not saying this is the same. But my mentality has to be that I can until I’m proven different.”
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