Reyes’ Triple-A rehab return delayed by rainout

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Jose Reyes knows he might get booed and heckled. He understands why.

Back from suspension, the Colorado Rockies shortstop was in uniform for Triple-A Albuquerque on Wednesday but the team’s game against Fresno was rained out. He will have to wait a day for the first game of his rehab assignment after completing his 59-day suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s new domestic violence policy.

“As a human being, sometimes you’re going to make a mistake. I made a mistake,” Reyes told reporters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before the game. “I had to deal with it as a grown man. But you have to learn from the mistake you make. Right now, I’m happy to be back on the field and doing what I love to do — play baseball.

“My family is very happy to see me in this situation playing baseball again and continue my career. That’s the most important thing for me, put everything in the past and go forward.”

Reyes realizes his return to the field could generate a fair amount of boos as he attempts to repair his image. He did not participate in spring training and was suspended through May 31 after being charged with domestic violence for …

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