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NL West Notes: Reynolds, Valaika, O’Malley, Dodgers

By Kyle Downing | March 3, 2018 at 2:44pm CDT

The Rockies “remain in contact” with free agent first baseman Mark Reynolds, Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweets. Reynolds, who hit 30 homers for Colorado in 2017, is the best free-agent first baseman available on the market, and a reunion between the two has long seemed like a solid fit in theory. However, Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports recently contacted Reynolds’ agent, Jeff Boris, who tells him that the Rockies haven’t made any type of offer to Reynolds this winter.  The 34-year-old carries a .274/.354/.471 slash line across two seasons with Colorado, but graded poorly among first baseman in quality of contact statistics like hard contact rate, average exit velocity and barrels per plate appearance last season.

Other small news items out of the NL West…

  • In other Rockies news, Nick Groke of the Denver Post writes that the team is in a bit of a bind following news of injuries to utilitymen Pat Valaika and Shawn O’Malley. Valaika is expected to miss 2-3 weeks with an oblique strain, while O’Malley is expected to be out 4-6 weeks due to a broken right hand that will require surgery, according to Groke. He also notes that Desmond is capable of playing multiple infield positions, while top prospect Ryan McMahon has experience at second and third base. Beyond that, Colorado’s best options are minor-leaguers Daniel Castro, Garrett Hampson and Brian Mundell, and none of those players are on the club’s 40-man roster.
  • The Dodgers aren’t in a rush to add a pitcher following the news that right-hander Tom Koehler could miss “extended time” with an anterior capsule strain. Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register quotes president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, who says that the team is “no more likely” to add a pitcher through trade or free agency in the wake of Koehler’s injury. “I don’t think it necessarily changes the thought process in terms of deals that made sense 3 days ago will still make sense,” says Friedman. “And I don’t think the opposite is true. I don’t think something is going to make more sense right now than it did 3 days ago.” The Dodgers reportedly like their in-house options and the depth they have in spring training camp.
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  1. xabial

    11 months ago

    Free Mark Reynolds! always been a fan.

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    • xabial

      11 months ago

      I really do believe he’s changed as a hitter with the Rockies. Back-to-back years with .350 OBP or above.

      He picked a year that’s kryptonite for his type.

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      • brucenewton

        11 months ago

        Same hitter, just added Coors. Huge splits.

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        • Sean Ford 101

          11 months ago

          He’s a 250 18 homerun guy any other Park

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  2. acarneglia

    11 months ago

    What the hell is barrels per plate?

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    • southi

      11 months ago

      It is a Statcast data term.

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    • frankiegxiii

      11 months ago

      According to MLB.com To be Barreled, a batted ball requires an exit velocity of at least 98 mph. At that speed, balls struck with a launch angle between 26-30 degrees always garner Barreled classification. For every mph over 98, the range of launch angles expands.

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  3. Phillies2017

    11 months ago

    It’s not exactly encouraging for a franchise to “be in a bind” when Shawn O’Malley and Pat Valaika are hurt.

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    • seamaholic

      11 months ago

      Valaika was one of the best bench players in the NL last year.

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    • hiflew

      11 months ago

      My thoughts exactly. This is what happens when a franchise tries to do basically nothing in the offseason. There was a story here a few days back about former big leaguers in camp on minor league deals. The Rockies only had 3. The next lowest was 6 and most were around 11-12. The Rockies have a good chance this year, but they have almost zero depth. And it is their own fault. Last year they got lucky with injuries for the most part. That doesn’t happen most years.

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  4. JP

    11 months ago

    NL West news and not one mention of the Padres murdering pitchers this spring training. Christian Villanueva is the truth!

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    • juicemanejuicemane

      11 months ago

      Wasnt that long ago the Astos were in a similar feeling situation…2014, then look at there 2015 record and well the rest is history. Aj is a baseball genius, nobody did it this fast.

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      • jorge78

        11 months ago

        AJ hasn’t done it yet. Ahem…..

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      • Kenleyfornia74

        11 months ago

        Aj had to blow everything up to make this happen after failing once. He hasn’t proven anything. If the White Sox didnt hand them a lopsided trade the Padres future does not look nearly as bright.

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        • Pitches Love Velocity

          11 months ago

          Preller blew up an overrated farm system to try and make a contender.

          For every trea turner and yasmani grandal there are matt wisler jordan paroubeck jace peterson jesse hahn rj alvarez zach eflin etc.

          This time around preller is relying on players he chose and developed.

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    • ttinsley1434

      11 months ago

      Hahaha! Padres win spring training! Dream Big! What a joke!

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  5. 1988wasalongtimeago

    11 months ago

    The Dodgers rotation doesn’t look that good. Kershaw and Alex Wood only….

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    • SabrinasDaddy

      11 months ago

      R. Hill is a true #3 as well as Maeda, Ryu is a question mark but is well passed a year recovering from injury. Font, Stewart & Stripling provide great depth too. And then there’s our emerging phenom W. Buehler. Dodgers should be fine waiting till the trade deadline to solidify their rotation barring injury…

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      • BlueSkyLABlueSkyLA

        11 months ago

        Whether he’s a true #3 or not most likely Hill is going to be #2, ahead of Wood. After that, some combination of Maeda, Ryu, Stewart, Stripling and maybe Buehler, with Font as the dark horse candidate. Pretty much the same as last year.

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    • Kenleyfornia74

      11 months ago

      Dodgers 3-5 rotation options are better than any giants starter after Cueto and even thats if Cueto was a fluke last year

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      • JDGoat

        11 months ago

        Bum?

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        • BlueJayFan1515

          11 months ago

          He said after Cueto, Bumgarner goes ahead of Cueto.

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      • claude raymond

        11 months ago

        I like samardzija Stratton Blach. Or Suarez. Don’t count ur chickens yet kf74

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        • Kenleyfornia74

          11 months ago

          If you think Stratton , Blach Shark are better bottom 3 than Hill, Ryu and Maeda you need your head examined.

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        • Sean Ford 101

          11 months ago

          Stratton holds one of the nastiest curve balls in the mlb don’t count him out. Also rich hill might get injured again, he’s proven that he can’t pitch more than 130 innings a year. Plus the dudes 38 years old. This year be an abrupt regression. Alex wood is a solid pitcher, I like this guy (I’m a giants fan) if I had to critique him it would be 2 seasons in a row with arm injuries and like wood he hasn’t proved to be durable enough to pitch 150 innings. Maeda is a solid 4th starter. Ryu is a good 5th starter. Bumgarner is arguably among the top 5 starters in the mlb. im not very optimistic about cueto going back to ace form. I believe he’ll be a decent pitcher 3.30-3.90 era but I’m optimistic he’ll pitch round about 200 innings. Samardzija was really good at the second half. I expect a 3.85 era with 200 innings and 190-200 Ks. Stratton showed some great bursts of dominance in his 13 games. It’s hard to judge but I believe he’ll be from 3.70-4.30. I think he’ll be 3.90 with a 170 IP and 155K. Ty Blach has a great control but his lack of Ks gave him little margin for eror. He has really good control though and a good changeup. If he can improve his strikeout rate I think he’ll be a 3.95-4.00 era dude. Solid 5th starter

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        • ttinsley1434

          11 months ago

          He’s counting, and so is every other Dodger fan. Giants are garbage, they’ll be lucky to compete with the Madres this year.

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    • ttinsley1434

      11 months ago

      You are kidding right? It’s spring training! Hahahahahaha! That’s hilarious!

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  6. melj

    11 months ago

    Dodgers have the best bullpen options in the game.

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    • xabial

      11 months ago

      No. Yankees do?

      Jansen and Kimbrel may be the best Closers in MLB, however.

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    • mlb1225

      11 months ago

      They’ve got a good bullpen, but Yankees are better. They’ve got at least 3 guys who would be closers on a handful of other teams, but because they have Chapman, they’re set-up guys.

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    • BlueSkyLABlueSkyLA

      11 months ago

      The Dodgers have tons options, but options don’t necessarily make it the best bullpen. After Jansen all the options are good, some maybe even pretty good, but not great.

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    • DiamondNRG

      11 months ago

      This is so wrong. A lot of them are simply “decent” or very much “unproven”. And anytime a starter is faltering and Baez hasn’t pitched the previous day we will all be sitting there with our fingers and toes crossed that he has a sore pinky and can’t be called on. Wish there would have been a way to hold on to Morrow, he was the only reliever I trusted to bridge to Kenley.

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      • ray714

        11 months ago

        Most Dodgers fans don’t even like Baez… I’m hoping Yimi finally stays healthy. He could be a huge arm this year for them. (Morrow type)

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    • One Fan

      11 months ago

      That is funny Melj. Lol

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    • brucenewton

      11 months ago

      Dodgers bullpen took a step back.

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  7. Arnold Ziffel

    11 months ago

    Reynolds was terrible the 2nd half of season, no thx. Bring back Cargo and use Desmond as utility guy.

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    • Phillies2017

      11 months ago

      Thats a really expensive utility guy

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