Report: Outfielder Bryan Reynolds requests trade from Pirates
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates middle fielder Bryan Reynolds has requested a commerce forward of baseball’s winter conferences.
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Reynolds hit .262 with 27 homers and 62 RBIs in 145 video games final season, when Pittsburgh completed with a 62-100 document. In Reynolds’ 4 years with the workforce, the Pirates are 211-335 for a .386 successful share.
Reynolds, who turns 28 in January, doubtless can be a sexy commerce choice for a contender on the lookout for an outfielder on the winter conferences subsequent week in San Diego. But it doesn’t sound as if Pittsburgh is inclined to let him go.
“While it is disappointing, this will have zero impact on our decision-making this offseason or in the future,” the team said Saturday in a statement. “Our goal is to improve the Pirates for 2023 and beyond. With three years until he hits free agency, Bryan remains a key member of our team. We look forward to him having a great season for the Pirates.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported on Reynolds’ commerce request.
The switch-hitting Reynolds was chosen by the San Francisco Giants within the second spherical of the 2016 novice draft out of Vanderbilt University. He was traded to Pittsburgh within the January 2018 deal that despatched Andrew McCutchen to the Giants.
Reynolds broke into the majors in 2019, batting .314 with 16 homers and 68 RBIs in 134 video games. He completed fourth within the balloting for NL Rookie of the Year.
He made the NL All-Star workforce for the primary time final yr, hitting .302 with 24 homers and 90 RBIs. He additionally had a career-best .390 on-base share and eight triples, tied for the foremost league excessive.
Pittsburgh has been rebuilding underneath basic supervisor Ben Cherington. The workforce acquired Ji-Man Choi in a commerce with Tampa Bay on Nov. 10 and signed fellow first baseman Carlos Santana to a $6.75-million deal, one-year contract.
Cherington mentioned Tuesday on the news convention for Santana’s contract that the workforce needs to be higher in 2023.
“We think we’ve got a group of young players that has a chance to help us get better and continue to get better and we’ll try to add to that group in the way that makes the most sense,” he mentioned.
