The Pirates have designated utilityman Pablo Reyes for assignment, the club announced. The move creates roster space for Guillermo Heredia, whose one-year deal with the Bucs is now official.
Over his 89 career games as a Major Leaguer since the start of the 2018 season, Reyes has already played multiple games at all three outfield positions, second base, third base, and shortstop. The bulk of that work has come as a corner outfielder, though Reyes’ versatility is a nice boost for a player who has yet to hit much at the MLB level — just a .229/.295/.368 slash line and five home runs over 220 plate appearances.
The 26-year-old Reyes has displayed more pop at the minor league level, hitting .278/.351/.421 over 2587 PA in Pittsburgh’s farm system. This includes an .885 OPS over 191 PA at Triple-A Indianapolis last season, though as with many minor leaguers in 2019, it’s hard to tell if the increased numbers indicate genuine progress on Reyes’ part. (The Triple-A level as a whole experienced an untold offensive surge after adopting the MLB baseball.) Between Reyes’ raw numbers and his value as a utility player, however, there’s a chance another team might be interest in plucking him away from Pittsburgh on the waiver wire.
Pablo. Please come to Florida.
Good 5th OF/backup INF to have around on the fringes of the ML roster.
this sucks
net loss
Kind of seems like a waste to sign Heredia and DFA Reyes for him. Reyes, to me at least, seems to have a higher ceiling, and at least can play some infield and the corner outfield spots.
I don’t think either have a particularly high ceiling but at least Heredia can play a competent CF.
Your going to like Heredia, I liked him in Seattle. Solid player who still has not yet been giving the pt to show just what he can do. Could be a sleeper.
Fan favorite because of 20 games in 2018. Reality shows through in 2019.
Pablo isn’t a serviceable MLB player.
The Nutting family knows no shame. Just ask anyone who has worked at the newspapers, phone books or ski resorts the Nuttings own. They all pay barely above minimum wage for work that requires professionalism. Good people get frustrated and leave to be replaced by more cheap inexperienced workers desperate for jobs. Sound familiar? It’s called Pirates baseball.
He’s the perfect 26th man thanks to his versatility.
Seems like dumb move. Reyes had a lot off energy. How about one of many bullpen arms instead of him. On his way to AAA I guess.
Agree, still have some bad pitchers on 40 man roster that don’t belong there. One comes to mind with initials of D.N.