Met Rookie Reyes Out for the Season

New York Met rookie shortstop Jose Reyes will sit out the rest of the season because of a sprained left ankle.

“He’s done,” Met Manager Art Howe said before Friday’s game against Philadelphia.

Reyes, considered one of the rising stars of a rebuilding Met team, was injured Sunday trying to break up a game-ending double play in a 4-1 loss to Philadelphia. He had X-rays Sunday and Monday, and no fractures were evident.

“We’re very pleased with the way he performed for us,” Howe said

Reyes made his major league debut on June 10, a day before his 20th birthday. He batted .307 with five homers, 32 runs batted in and 13 steals.

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Chicago Cub reliever Antonio Alfonseca was suspended for seven games, bullpen coach Juan Lopez was suspended for one game and outfielder Moises Alou was fined for their run-in with umpire Justin Klemm earlier this week. Alfonseca appealed, and can continue to play until the appeal process is complete.... Oakland outfielder Terrence Long was suspended for four games and Tampa Bay bench coach John McLaren was suspended for one game for recent arguments with umpires. The two also were fined undisclosed amounts.

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The Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies have urged players to avoid Venezuelan winter league baseball because of political turmoil, the head of Venezuelan pro ball said.

Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, president of the Venezuelan Baseball League, cited fears that an opposition campaign for a recall vote on leftist President Hugo Chavez could spur more political violence.

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One of three men charged with trespassing for rushing onto the field during a Chicago White Sox game was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $1,000. A fourth man is accused of attacking umpire Laz Diaz on April 15. Sentenced Friday was Jeffrey Adams, 25, who last month pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal trespass.... Yankee pitcher David Wells filed a lawsuit against the man who was convicted of punching him in a Manhattan diner a year ago. Wells’ suit, filed in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court, stems from a dispute with Rocco Graziosa in Gracie’s Diner on Sept. 7, 2002.... Chicago Cub first baseman Randall Simon paid $432 to close a case in which he used his bat to hit a woman dressed as a sausage during a race at a Milwaukee Brewer game.