I keep making snarky references to the Alderson-only-cares-about-OBP meme on Twitter and people keep taking them seriously, so I’m going to be as straightforward as I possibly can:

Sandy Alderson, like every Major League GM, has more than one tool at his disposal with which to assess baseball players.

You may have heard about or even read the book Moneyball, which details the way the Oakland A’s front office identified a market inefficiency that existed in baseball in the late 80s and early 90s — namely that most teams did not properly value the ability to get on-base, the most important offensive skill.

And so, even though — in part because of the book Moneyball — that inefficiency no longer really exists, you apparently assume Alderson only looks at on-base percentage when evaluating players.

That is certainly not the case. When I suggest it is on Twitter, I am being sarcastic.

It is true that Jose Reyes’ on-base percentage has historically not been outstanding compared to those of other leadoff hitters.

But Reyes plays shortstop and very few shortstops hit as well as he does. In fact, dating back to 2006, really only three shortstops have hit better than Reyes: Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez and Derek Jeter. All three are locked up to long-term contracts, and Jeter appears to be tanking rather rapidly.

Alderson, I assume, knows all this and will use the information to inform the Mets’ decision on how to approach Reyes’ future with the club.