Mark Reynolds DFA (UPDATE:Yankees signed him)

[wildcard]

Reynolds is just a more expensive Valencia as a RH DH without the option. I hope the O's don't get him. He doesn't fit the team. The team needs better OBP. That is not Mark.

I wanted Mark last winter, but I don't see what he adds now.

[AlbionHero]

Adding Reynolds really helps our abysmal patience issue too. The one thing the guy knows how to do is draw walks, even if you dislike the other things he does. That alone is an improvement.

[Hank Scorpio]

That's awesome.

I like that too but holy crap I hope it doesn't mean we end up with Mark Reynolds.

[OrangeJerseys]

https://twitter.com/jimbowdenespnxm/status/365514842385289217

Bowden says we'd have interest if CLE puts him through trade waivers.

[Babypowder]

According to Bowden on Twitter

[OFFNY]

I would take a shot at Reynolds.

Keep your left up if you do.

He has a devastating right-hand cross.

[Moose Milligan]

According to Bowden on Twitter

Interesting. Is he gonna take Feldman's spot in the rotation? Certainly couldn't do worse.

[DrungoHazewood]

Adding Reynolds really helps our abysmal patience issue too. The one thing the guy knows how to do is draw walks, even if you dislike the other things he does. That alone is an improvement.

He's OBP'ing .307. And since his early May peak he's OBP'ing negative two-thousand (don't quote me on that... ok, it's actually .271). That's not really helping anyone. He's really not even out-performing Danny Pearce or Steve Valencia.

[Crazysilver03]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 6m

BAL said to be most aggressive team in waiver claims:They're playing goalie in front of Boston/Tampa Bay/wc contenders, blocking everything.

That is different then DFA waivers.

[Redskins Rick]

true, but we don't need five threads on the same topic, gets very confusing.

[DrungoHazewood]

He also has the highest OPS of any month for his career during August at .872, which he neglected to mention (Roch has always been against bringing Reynolds back anyway).

If only we lived in a world where month-to-month splits had predictive value.

Thinking about it, that's a lot of plate discipline at the bottom of the order. Would regularly take at least 15+ pitches to get through those three.

Nothing like getting through to the other team's bullpen a batter or two early by using a bunch of guys who can't hit at all.

[OrangeJerseys]

That is different then DFA waivers.

Maybe you should explain it to him Silver.

And by him I mean me.

[Babypowder]

I knew about the other threads. I figured this made it Orioles news, so I posted it here.

[Moose Milligan]

Man, I was wrong. I was all about bringing him back.

Maybe he would have done better in Baltimore, maybe he wouldn't have. He had his ups and downs while he was here, but he'll always have a soft spot in my heart for kicking the hell out of the Yankees and Sox last year. He slugged .804 and .778 against the Yanks and Sox last year. Unbelievable.

I'm not sure what he brings right now. It's hard to look at those numbers this year and think that he's got something left but he just turned 30.

[Crazysilver03]

Maybe you should explain it to him Silver.

And by him I mean me.

In August, a player must be passed through trade waivers in order to be traded. If a player is claimed, the original team can try to work out a deal with the claiming team or they can decide to just let the player go on waivers and the new team is responsible for the contract. A player can also be pulled back if they are claimed on waivers. A player can be put on trade waivers a second time but if they are claimed, the player can not be pulled back off waivers.

The DFA process is all year and that is a player is exposed to waivers and any team can claim him and his contract. If any team claims Reynolds, they would have to pay his remaining contract. If he clears waivers (and declines an outright assignment to AAA) and becomes a free agent, he can sign for the prorated major league minimum with a new team, with the Indians responsible for the rest of his contract.