Mark Reynolds traded to the Orioles

[Warner2BruceTD]

Reynolds stinks. His strikeouts negate his power, and no matter what his metric stats say, he simply can't catch the ball.

Still, good move by Baltimore. John Heyman reported that they have thrown big money at all sorts of free agents, but everyone keeps saying no. At least they are trying, and added somebody via trade.

[Leftwich]

He's better than anything we had before.

[Goober]

Is Reynolds better then the Orioles other options at third base? Yes. But that doesn't mean much. I wouldn't count on him for much if I was an O's fan. He came cheap, and deservedly so. His K% has actually gone up every year since he made his major league debut in 2007. It went from 35.2% in '07 to 42.3% in '10. I wouldn't want anything to do with a guy who hasn't shown any sign of improving such terrible numbers.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I've been very critical of Reynolds in the past, but the Orioles haven't been able to get anyone else, and are doing what they can. It's like when the Royals went out and aquired Mark Grudzelanek & Reggie Sanders & Gil Meche & all of those guys a few years ago. At least they tried to upgrade, but it's hard to aquire players when you are down & out.