"The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a deal to obtain slugging third baseman Mark Reynolds from the Arizona Diamondbacks in return for minor league prospects, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
The 27-year-old Reynolds has 121 homers in four major league seasons, all with Arizona. He also has struck out over 200 times each of the past three seasons, including a major league record 223 in 2009 (ESPN)."
Not a bad deal for the Orioles they needed a third baseman and only had to give up relievers David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio. Reynolds is coming off a terrible year in which hit .198/.320/.433 with 32 home runs and 211 strikeouts, but he has shown promise in the past when he hit 44 HRs in 2009 while batting a solid .260. He will never be an on base machine, but he is a great power guy, and totally worth it for what the Orioles gave up.
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