Smells to me like Connolly thinks Reynolds goes...

[markdublya]

Your guess?

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-tsuyoshi-wadas-in-whats-next-for-orioles-to-add-20111215,0,1923904.story

[jabba72]

If Reynolds goes I think they will have trouble replacing his offense. So hopefully it is for a 200 inning pitcher of some caliber. Or someone with a clearly high upside.

[RVAbird]

Sounded like pure speculation, but I do think it's a good idea to kick the tires on if there's interest. I think that, regardless of what position he plays, it's not likely that Reynolds gets himself out of the 0-2 WAR category. That's not necessarily something a team in Baltimore's position should be paying 7.5 MM for. If some team overvalues the pretty things Reynolds does and is willing to give up something of value, I think it's in the Orioles' best interest to deal him.

[Sports Guy]

Sounded like pure speculation, but I do think it's a good idea to kick the tires on if there's interest. I think that, regardless of what position he plays, it's not likely that Reynolds gets himself out of the 0-2 WAR category. That's not necessarily something a team in Baltimore's position should be paying 7.5 MM for. If some team overvalues the pretty things Reynolds does and is willing to give up something of value, I think it's in the Orioles' best interest to deal him.

If any of these local writers throw out names in this context, I think there is something behind the speculation.

[atomic]

Reynolds is a terrible, terrible baseball player who is grossly overpaid. Buck doesn't like him. If someone wants him I am sure he is gone. He strikes out way too much, he isn't a clutch hitter, he has low obp. his average is terrible, and he can't field.

[ChaosLex]

Headed to Seattle for Smoak would be my guess.

[MrOrange82]

Reynolds is a terrible, terrible baseball player who is grossly overpaid. Buck doesn't like him. If someone wants him I am sure he is gone. He strikes out way too much, he isn't a clutch hitter, he has low obp. his average is terrible, and he can't field.

I now regret attempting to answer your posts in other threads with anything but pure sarcasm.

[Hank Scorpio]

Well, Reynolds & Davis are similar players (sort of) and Davis isn't even arb eligible until 2013... so I would imagine of the two, Davis is more likely to stick around.

Plus Davis figures to be a better defender. Your assertion makes sense to me.

I guess it depends on how Reynolds is perceived by others' scouts.

[allstar1579]

If any of these local writers throw out names in this context, I think there is something behind the speculation.

Dead on. Especially beat writers not on Angelos' payroll. Not that I don't think they still do the best job they can, but I'm sure the team limits and controls what info it feeds them intentionally. I'm guessing if Dan is hearing something, it's from a source and he's not "supposed" to hear it.

[clapdiddy]

How about Guts/Reynolds to Anaheim for Morales, Callaspo, and Garrett Richards?

[atomic]

Oh my god, seriously? You realize he led the Orioles in HR, RBI, and walks, right? "Terrible, terrible baseball player" is a gross, gross overstatement. Not to mention that you have no idea whether or not Buck likes him - that's complete blind speculation.

Compare him to first basemen on winning baseball teams and get back to me.

[SrMeowMeow]

Reynolds is a terrible, terrible baseball player who is grossly overpaid. Buck doesn't like him. If someone wants him I am sure he is gone. He strikes out way too much, he isn't a clutch hitter, he has low obp. his average is terrible, and he can't field.

You just made me puke all over my monitor.

[MrOrange82]

Compare him to the rest of the Orioles lineup and get back to me. He ain't perfect, but he sure as hell isn't "terrible". No one has hit 37 home runs for the Orioles since Palmeiro. Not saying we shouldn't trade him or look to improve over him, I'm just calling out your extremely off-base hyperbole.

It's a pretty weak point given that Reynolds played the vast majority of his games away from 1B last year, but he was second-to-worst in baseball among those players listed as first basemen by fangraphs. Ultimately, thanks to his outlier-awful defensive year, I don't think his 2011 WAR is representative of his true value. Since 2009 he's been worth almost exactly the same number of wins above replacement as Aramis Ramirez.

[Hank Scorpio]

Compare him to first basemen on winning baseball teams and get back to me.

You mean like Dan Johnson?

[O-Arm36]

Compare him to first basemen on winning baseball teams and get back to me.

He compares pretty favorably to Mitch Moreland.

Paul Goldschmidt is kind of the rebirth of Reynolds in Arizona, too.

The Giants were 10 games over .500 and our old friend Aubrey was just at replacement level.