Rey Ordonez's BEST PLAYS!

See the best plays from Rey Ordonez's career!
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[@jokersinurface]

Ordoñez couldn't hit but man could he field. It was a joy to watch him play short.

[@AABB-bm9kk]

One of the best fielders in ML history. He couldn’t hit ML pitching but was a regular because of his glove play - One of the very few players who achieved that. ✌️

[@metsclassics]

A magician. We need Rey at the next Mets Old-Timers Day!

[@themorningbeerpodcast1250]

I agree

[@jrodriguez37s]

Make it happen!

[@ChrisDutch]

The 1999 Mets set three major league records: fewest errors by a team (68) fewest unearned runs given up (20) and fewest errors by a starting infield (33) and Ordonez was a big part of that.

[@brushbackz1]

You read my mind. Just a few days ago I was thinking of looking up Rey Ordonez highlights.

[@themorningbeerpodcast1250]

Defensively at SS 3. Ozzie Smith 2. Omar Vizquel 1(by a mile). Rey Ordonez

[@actualsystem]

I literally was gonna write, The Best Three Shortstops of All Time: Rey Ordonez, Ozzie Smith, and Omar Vizquel.... I think you can compare the three... but they are ahead of the field by a mile

[@AABB-bm9kk]

You might not have seen him play, but: Mark Belanger

[@themorningbeerpodcast1250]

@@AABB-bm9kk I heard the name. Never seen play.

[@kovac06]

Andrelton Simmons is the best I've seen

[@willshad]

Ordonez might have been the best, but only for a very short while..those other 2 guys had amazing longevity, which Rey lacked.

[@MrTrininick098]

Ken Griffey and Rey Ordonez made me watch baseball the way they played defense going all out.

[@saulsals3570]

Very good comment . Totally agree !

[@Benjamin_Marchus]

Wow! That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. This guy was an absolute wizard with the glove.

[@treibj]

He's the reason I'm a Mets fan! LFGM!

[@victorscarpulla2478]

Rey Ordonez was amazing. Would love to see him at the next old timers game.

[@plally1048]

This is content I could watch all day

[@fidiasperez]

Uno de los mejores infields: Olerud, Alfonzo, Ordóñez y Ventura.

[@le9335]

Fantastic!!!

[@dramatyst5661]

Platinum glove

[@paul-gz9zh]

I hope somebody shows this to Lindor. We used to BOW to this guy.

[@louiedangelo3843]

Rey cant hit and lindor can.

[@ebutuoy5000]

Thanks for the silky smooth 60fps movie!

[@crazycat1232]

I miss baseball during the 90's rey ordonez was amazing.

[@bennymorales1197]

AAAHHHHHH MAAZZIIINNGGGG !!!💯👏🏼🤘🏼

[@Shinobi33]

No shortstop like him in baseball today. Him and Alphonzo were a twin killing machine.

[@axelagosto5196]

Definitely the ss today can hit the ball😂😂😂😂

[@Shinobi33]

@@axelagosto5196 and they could hit the ball back then too. But hit more for average than power. Now they hit more home runs, but look at their averages. So many SS and 2nd basemen hovering around .200. And since they're so much bulkier now they're less agile and less range on defense. So they basically don't try to improve their defense every year. They just suck enough on defense until their position is changed. Or they just DH

[@axelagosto5196]

@Shinobi33 He is a mediocre batter and his base percentage was bad,the problem is when don't have a dh you basically have 2 easy outs in your line up .

[@Shinobi33]

@@axelagosto5196 He was a light hitting SS. But I'd rather have a light hitting defensive wizard on my team than a slow, plunking range less SS with 20+ HRs but he's hitting .188. That's baseball today. I'll the 90s ⚾ over today's game any day.

[@joselopezmoya9786]

The best defensive shortstop in METS' history hands down.

[@rogertayloRRR]

Loved rey!

[@countrycorner9337]

Wow. Hadn’t heard of this guy. Incredible.

[@rayshardsmith2546]

How old are you lol damn maybe I’m old

[@mismisimo23]

Rey The Kings!!!! Cubans are excellent players but El Rey Ordóñez de best of the Best🐐✌🏾👌🏾👍🏽

[@n8doggy733]

Rey Ordoneaz, wow. thats a name I forgot about 😂

[@mikeinmunich8814]

Sweet! 😲

[@ragamuffinable]

Wow great defense

[@grimeypipes2765]

Ordonez, Alfonso, Ventura, Olerud....best defensive infield in history.

[@TheFreelanceTeacher]

The 1999 Mets were wonderful to watch.

[@CubaCa]

Niño mi hermano tú eres el mejor

[@timji140]

He is Mets`s magic

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh Rey ain't no joke!

[@samueldressler6280]

Reminds me of asdrubal Cabrera. What a magician

[@rufus-t415]

If only he could hit a bit with the Mets winning a championship, he would have been in the HOF.

[@franciscocaceres9812]

Excelente jugador

[@slender4]

Great player, didn't have Ozzie's range, (but had a better arm).

[@williamc4221]

If only he wasn't a career .246 hitter. He was obviously a terrific defensive player.

[@YamaMX]

It’s funny though because nobody would look twice at .246 nowadays. Better than 60% of our current lineup.

[@Zane_Zaminsky]

Today, .246 is pretty darn good.

[@JaneDoey]

@@Zane_ZaminskyYeah, .246 with absolutely zero power or pop, or speed

[@irecruitfish7410]

Ray's over there making some amazing plays but his teammates look like they're showing no emotion at all😂

[@willvc2938]

Noticed the same thing

[@reynelfernandez7864]

#1

[@falco2911]

Do John Mcdonald Next

[@samuelgates5935]

Human vacuum cleaner!

[@polaristrans]

Just imagine Rey was usually benched when playing for Industriales, his Cuban team, because there was someone better than him. Germán "The Magnet/Magician" Mesa. It's a pity he never defected.

[@Sirviendoalahumanidad]

To many things we can say about the reasons why Ordóñez did not have the opportunity to play back in Cuba .German was a good short stop but not even close to Rey

[@polaristrans]

@@Sirviendoalahumanidad Germán was better than Rey.

[@willshad]

4:55. That's gotta be embarrassing for the second baseman, to be waiting for the ball, only to have the shortstop range way out of his area to cut in front of you and snag it. It's a true 'Kelly Leak' moment. I'd be pretty pissed.

[@willvc2938]

I thought the same thing but the 2nd baseman should have more aggresive. Runner would have been safe at 1st base if it wasnt for Ordoñez making that play.

[@willshad]

@@willvc2938 Doesn't look like it to me. Looks like a routine grounder.

[@yoramshacharr]

Can someone explain to me why in the play starting at 1:30 the runner dives into home, and doesn’t simply step on the plate? There is no tag here, and no danger of overrunning the base. Almost nobody slides or dives into 1st base, so why do that on a force play at home?

[@willshad]

1) The catcher's foot was blocking part of the plate 2) Maybe he thought he could get there a split second faster by diving 3) Maybe he tripped a bit and started to fall and just went with it.

[@haroldpepete]

but he had a lot errors as well and like a hiter he was a 0 to the left side

[@doubleub3]

Royce Clayton had NO business trying to score on that.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

As good as any SS I ever saw.

[@user-ej9by4eh2v]

Cuba

[@grimeypipes2765]

Dudes glove should be in jail, it straight murdered base hits.😂

[@domingohenriquez1641]

EL MEJOR TONY FERNANDEZ A LO QUE ORDOÑE Y VIZQUEL LE LLEGABAN DE TIRANDOSE FERNANDEZ LE LLEGABA DE PIES Y BATEABA MUCHO MAS QUE LOS 2

[@69ChevyGarage]

Came to bat in too many critical moments in '00 WS. You just can't be a one sided player in MLB.

[@manowatis1557]

.246. Nobody was beating that Yankees team

[@noneyabizz3403]

Javy Baez before Javy Baez.

[@PHN-2024]

Rey was a Great Fielder and a Bad Hitter but more than anything He was a Terribly Person. Rey abandoned his Wife and Child that he left behind in CUBA and remarried and started a New Family here in the United States.

[@heavenblue4u808]

He was the second best SS in Cuba only second to Germán Mesa.

[@mattnoname4430]

He may feild like Smith but he hit like shit.

[@manowatis1557]

.246

[@marcrapaccuiolo2406]

Id take him over Lindor any day

[@PatrickS.Tomlinson]

Not impressed. Iglesias better

[@tomc4922]

This guy was overrated. Diving for balls that other short stops in his era made standing up. Vizquel, Tejada, A Rod, Jeter, Garciapara, Guillen, Larkin, Weiss, etc

[@joel8692]

He dove for balls that were way out of his range to make the play and that's why he made lots of errors. But the balls that he dove for SS like tejada and especially Jeter wouldn't be able to make a play on ever

[@willshad]

@@joel8692 There's no need to dive for balls that are hit directly towards the second baseman, cut in front of him and snag it. The second baseman has a right to be pissed off.