Aren’t you glad we didn’t trade for Bryan Reynolds?

Remember when the Miami Marlins really wanted Bryan Reynolds? Looks like we were right not to overpay. I actually wrote about it before, but I still see a lot of tweets about it and confused why people want him. Let’s take a look at Bryan Reynolds and see if he really is worth it. Oh and don’t forget that the Pittsburgh Pirates might not even want to trade him, considering they want to compete in the near future.

The Miami Marlins were right not to trade for Bryan Reynolds.

Bryan Reynolds is batting .256/.336/.452 at the moment. .256/.336/.452, do you want me to make it bolder? That’s not a superstar or a middle of the order bat, that’s a bottom or the order bat. Do you want a guy who hits .256 batting third? A guy who gets on base at an average level?!

Bryan Reynolds was good in 2021, he hit .302/.390/.522, but that was an outlier. He batted .189/.275/.357 in 2020. Reynolds is not a superstar or a middle of the order bat, so why do people still have that perception of him?

Bryan Reynolds has an 89.6 Exit Velocity so it’s not like there’s a power bat just waiting to wake up over here. What do people like about him again? There’s his amazing defense in center field, -0.6 dWAR this season and -0.3 dWAR last season. He’s not a good defender either, in fact he’s probably better off moving to the corner OF. A guy with a negative WAR in CF shouldn’t be playing CF basically.

That’s not even the worst part, the Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t even been to the World Series since 1979! They don’t want to keep trading their best players, and they still like Bryan Reynolds. Do you really think that he’s worth top prospects at this point? Should we empty out our farm some more to have this guy play CF for us?

Let’s put it all together now: Bryan Reynolds is a below average defender who isn’t even thst good of a hitter. There is no reason at all for the Miami Marlins to overpay for him. We can have a better solution for CF.