Headlines

  • Royals, Hunter Dozier Agree To Four-Year Extension
  • Giants, Scott Kazmir Agree To Minor League Deal
  • Kelvin Herrera Announces Retirement
  • Braves Extend Brian Snitker
  • Yankees Sign Justin Wilson
  • Braves Sign Jake Lamb
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • Last 100 Comments
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mark Reynolds Announces Retirement

By Steve Adams | April 9, 2020 at 3:30pm CDT

Veteran slugger Mark Reynolds, who enjoyed a 13-year big league career split between the Diamondbacks, Rockies, Orioles, Indians, Cardinals, Nationals, Yankees and Brewers, announced in an appearance on Mad Dog Sports Radio on SiriusXM that he’s officially retired (Twitter link, with audio).

Mark Reynolds | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

“I’ve moved beyond that,” Reynolds said when asked if he planned to seek another contract once MLB’s transaction freeze has been lifted. “I’ve retired. … I’m really enjoying time with my family, and it’s time for me to move on and find something else to do.”

The 36-year-old Reynolds spent the majority of the 2019 season in the Rockies organization, serving as a part-time first baseman and a bench bat until he was cut loose on July 28. He’d enjoyed a quality season with the Nationals a year prior in 2018, but Reynolds struggled to the lowest offensive numbers of his career with the Rox last year.

Originally a 16th-round pick of the Diamondbacks out of the University of Virginia back in 2004, Reynolds made his big league debut less than three years after being drafted. Reynolds was never considered one of the organization’s premier prospects — his No. 7 ranking on Baseball America’s list of D-backs prospects prior to the ’07 campaign was the only time he broke their top 30 — Reynolds hit the ground running. He was promoted to the big leagues in mid-May and closed out the remainder of the season as a regular in the lineup, hitting .279/.349/.495 with 17 home runs.

By 2008, Reynolds was Arizona’s everyday third baseman. His power was unquestionable, although the same could be said of his questionable contact skills. Reynolds became one of the game’s quintessential boom-or-bust players, regularly headlining home run and strikeout leaderboards alike. From 2008-11, he averaged 35 big flies per season  but also led his league in strikeouts each year along the way. At that time, a player who was punching out in roughly a third of his plate appearances was an alarming anomaly; the league average strikeout rate back in Reynolds’ first full year was 17.5 percent — a full six percent lower than 2019’s mark.

Reynolds had a rough year in 2010, prompting the D-backs to trade him to the Orioles in return for reliever David Hernandez and prospect Kam Mickolio. He bounced back with the Birds and helped them to the postseason in 2012, but Baltimore declined an $11MM club option over Reynolds’ final arbitration year that offseason and non-tendered him, making him a free agent for the first time in his career.

Reynolds would bounce from Cleveland to New York to Milwaukee to St. Louis to Colorado to D.C. and back to Colorado on a series of one-year and minor league deals from that point forth. He delivered some productive seasons along the way and even popped 30 homers for the 2017 Rockies before giving the Nationals an absurd 5-for-5, two-homer, 10-RBI day in 2018 (video link).

Reynolds will conclude his playing career with a .236/.328/.453 batting line over the life of 6243 plate appearances and 1688 Major League games. In that time, he belted 298 home runs, 253 doubles, 14 triples and stole 64 bases while also scoring 794 times and knocking in 871 runs. The slugger took home nearly $30MM in career earnings while providing a litany of tape-measure home runs on which we can all fondly look back. Best wishes to Reynolds and his family in whatever lies ahead.

Share 0 Retweet 39 Send via email0

Arizona Diamondbacks Baltimore Orioles Colorado Rockies Mark Reynolds Milwaukee Brewers New York Yankees Newsstand Retirement St. Louis Cardinals Transactions Washington Nationals

Mike Elias’ First Year Of Trades
Main
Marlins’ Michael Hill On Alfaro, Stanek, NRIs
60 comments
newest oldest

Comments

  1. mbgutt

    11 months ago

    Not a bad career for the kid out of Virginia Beach!

    3 Like
    Reply
    • francys08

      11 months ago

      Enjoy your retirement. Thank you for all the great times. A former St Louis Cardinals will always be remembered for being a good player.

      3 Like
      Reply
    • nymetsking

      11 months ago

      The talent that’s come (and continues to come) from VB and border cities is astounding.

      Like
      Reply
  2. Eatdust666

    11 months ago

    Yeah, it wasn’t bad at all, despite the strikeouts and what the batting average worshippers will say about it smh.

    4 Like
    Reply
  3. Web

    11 months ago

    That’s a wrap on Reynold’s career

    7 Like
    Reply
    • dynamite drop in monty

      11 months ago

      Lol

      2 Like
      Reply
    • AllRiseForTheJudge

      11 months ago

      You could have done better calling it a Reynold’s wrap

      Like
      Reply
      • Frank_Stallone1

        11 months ago

        I disagree, I like the subtlety of the op’s better

        2 Like
        Reply
  4. okiguess

    11 months ago

    The big galoot was always fun to watch!

    1 Like
    Reply
  5. Cstan

    11 months ago

    The Sheriff

    Like
    Reply
    • Jeffconly

      11 months ago

      The Sheriff launched some bombs in OCACY!

      1 Like
      Reply
      • Christopher_Oriole

        11 months ago

        OPACY? The Sheriff of Swattingham.

        Like
        Reply
  6. Cstan

    11 months ago

    That he did!

    Like
    Reply
  7. miltpappas

    11 months ago

    And it was only a few years ago I had such high hopes Reynolds would become the all-time strikeout king. Chris Davis and Justin Upton, step forward. I’m counting on you.

    1 Like
    Reply
  8. brucenewton

    11 months ago

    Thought he would have been worth more than 6.8 WAR career. Made 30M though.

    1 Like
    Reply
  9. stgpd

    11 months ago

    Enjoyed watching him play. All the best to him and his family

    1 Like
    Reply
  10. Lou Klimchock

    11 months ago

    Not to be picky, but he also played for the Indians in 2013 before the Yankees signed him.

    1 Like
    Reply
    • Steve Adams

      11 months ago

      Whoops — had them in there later in the post and even linked to an Indians HR at the end, but forgot him up in the intro paragraph it seems.

      Thanks. Updated.

      2 Like
      Reply
      • partyatnapolis

        11 months ago

        thank you for continuing to post content for us during these times. please let us know if there’s a way we can support you!

        3 Like
        Reply
  11. partyatnapolis

    11 months ago

    also played in cleveland briefly

    Like
    Reply
  12. em650r

    11 months ago

    2 homeruns away from 300

    2 Like
    Reply
    • Shaka1

      11 months ago

      Right!

      Like
      Reply
  13. dynamite drop in monty

    11 months ago

    702 homeruns away from 1000

    4 Like
    Reply
  14. thorshair

    11 months ago

    Damn I was hoping he’d break the strikeout record

    Like
    Reply
    • 13yearoldbaseballfanatic

      11 months ago

      He broke the single-season strikeout record…
      One outta two ain’t bad.

      Like
      Reply
  15. Senioreditor

    11 months ago

    and #9 on the all time strikeout list!!!!!

    Like
    Reply
  16. vincej138

    11 months ago

    Favorite D’back when he was here. Special K was always fun to watch! Bummer, really wanted to get my game worn signed by him.

    Like
    Reply
  17. chippahawk

    11 months ago

    Thanks for the memories Mr Reynolds and enjoy the time, we’re the same age so thanks for making me feel old today!

    2 Like
    Reply
  18. Stevil

    11 months ago

    The amazing thing is that he played completely blind.

    Like
    Reply
    • Stevil

      11 months ago

      Well, legally blind…

      Like
      Reply
      • Stevil

        11 months ago

        Nobody’s going to at least research this one a bit?

        Like
        Reply
  19. jorge78

    11 months ago

    Good luck Mark!

    Like
    Reply
  20. suddendepth

    11 months ago

    Wa-hoo-wa. Thanks for a great career, Mark!

    2 Like
    Reply
  21. 2012orioles

    11 months ago

    Loved him with the birds! I’ll always remember the double play vs the Yankees in 2012 where Tex was safe by a mile and Reynolds did this little spin celebration. Fun times. If you can’t tell by my name I loved that team! Reynolds was a huge part of it. Great career

    Like
    Reply
  22. Bartolo’s 2nd family

    11 months ago

    One of my favorites. Even though it was spring training I’ll never forget the ball he hit over the scoreboard against David Hernandez. Couldn’t find the video anywhere, but here’s an article on it: espn1420.com/mark-reynolds-blasts-monster-500-foot…

    2 Like
    Reply
  23. JD Candello

    11 months ago

    Reynolds was analytics before analytics, even times showing enough with the eye to be a real positive force in todays modern game- Surprisingly his Col days aged well as well

    Interested if anybody ever taught him launch angle, he was always looking to get air born way before the Launch angle era boomed

    A true grip it and rip it leave the 3 iron at home type of player we see so often today

    Like
    Reply
  24. army123456

    11 months ago

    He was one of my favorite players. Good luck to you and your family in retirement.

    Like
    Reply
  25. Dixon Miaz

    11 months ago

    I don’t know if I should be surprised he didn’t make an all star team. I mean… 300 career homeruns is no slouch..

    Like
    Reply
    • 2012orioles

      11 months ago

      First and third are usually pretty stacked positions, especially for power. But you’d think he’d make one. I agree

      1 Like
      Reply
  26. shanny24

    11 months ago

    With 298 home Runs, Mark is sitting at number 150 all time MLB Home Runs! Pretty dang good seeing there have been somewhere around 15,000 Major League players in history! Also interesting trivia- only NY Yankee to hit a home run in his first at bat for the Yanks and last at bat for New York! Pretty good clubhouse guy from what I’ve heard over the years. Thanks Mark- enjoyed watching you play!

    2 Like
    Reply
  27. homerheins

    11 months ago

    I’ll never forget watching a game at Chase early in Mark’s career, when he hit several home runs and we were like “who is this guy?” Then he kept mashing and did a good job keeping his career going by moving to 1st and developing better plate discipline. Great to see that he wants to spend more time with family when he could probably play another year or two. He’s got a lot to be proud of in his career.

    1 Like
    Reply
  28. sufferfortribe

    11 months ago

    Guy sure could hit them taters! Enjoy retirement. Travel…..er, maybe hold off on that.

    1 Like
    Reply
  29. Phiilies2020

    11 months ago

    Wish he could have knocked 2 more dingers to get him to 300. Reynolds had major power but was God awful in the field.

    3 Like
    Reply
  30. pitnick

    11 months ago

    I thought he was done for sure after 2014. Pretty amazing that he was able to make himself useful enough to stick around another 5 years.

    Like
    Reply
  31. Unicorndog

    11 months ago

    I remember vomiting in my mouth when an ESPN Sunday Night Baseball analyst compared a mid-20s Mark Reynolds to Mike Schmidt. Not even listerine helps…

    4 Like
    Reply
    • adc6r

      11 months ago

      The first problem there was the letters ESPN LOL

      4 Like
      Reply
    • Strike Four

      11 months ago

      Why give a single second of your time to ESPN in the first place?

      Tv sound off, radio on, always.

      1 Like
      Reply
  32. Christopher_Oriole

    11 months ago

    I’ll miss the Sheriff of Swattingham. (Orioles thing…)

    Like
    Reply
  33. bill l

    11 months ago

    Was actually cutting down on the K’s and hitting smarter with 2 strike counts en route to his big late season with the Rox. You can’t really call him blind given his propensity to draw walks. Very streaky with the O’s and lost his ability to throw well from 3rd, though I don’t know how well he ever did in the field with AZ; became more than respectable at 1st, though.

    Like
    Reply
  34. TheLawAbides

    11 months ago

    That year he hit 44 home runs he became one if my favorite players. Always seemed like teams he was on were greats!

    Like
    Reply
  35. adc6r

    11 months ago

    Congrats on a full Career Mark. It seems like the timing is right for this. many may not remember this but Zimmerman played SS while they were both on UVa’s emerging baseball program.

    Once the Virus runs it’s course we look forward to your next visit to your old school.

    Stay healthy
    Stay Happy
    Support those who need it
    and we will be back to baseball before you know it.

    Like
    Reply
    • 2012orioles

      11 months ago

      Pretty sure the two of them and the uptons were all on the same team at some point

      Like
      Reply
  36. bravesfan

    11 months ago

    The guy struck out all the time that the power was almost not worth it.

    Like
    Reply
  37. Ironman_4life

    11 months ago

    I enjoy how the announcers now consider .240 a respectable hitter. Soon 300 homers and a career BA of .225 will get you in the HOF.

    Like
    Reply
  38. Strike Four

    11 months ago

    6.8 bWAR and 10.7 fWAR in 1688 games, or 0.6/1.0 over 162.

    Being a 1-tool power-only player is nice work if you can get it. Won’t miss types like this though.

    Like
    Reply
  39. Fg-3

    11 months ago

    One of the last.. all or nothing players…good dude.. aka Adam Dunn aka Richie Sexton similar styles… good luck!!

    1 Like
    Reply
    • Ironman_4life

      11 months ago

      Every dh 1b nowadays.

      Like
      Reply
  40. Chief joe

    11 months ago

    Hit a ball when he played for the tribe that still hasn’t landed… enjoy retirement Mark!

    1 Like
    Reply
  41. live42day

    11 months ago

    Good for you Mark. Loved playing with you.

    1 Like
    Reply
  42. Shaka1

    11 months ago

    Crazy story he was sneaking around with the daughter of the GM in Mobile as a minor leaguer-he went to the GM and asked him if he could marry his daughter-dudes a class act and one of my favorite players

    Like
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Royals, Hunter Dozier Agree To Four-Year Extension

    Giants, Scott Kazmir Agree To Minor League Deal

    Kelvin Herrera Announces Retirement

    Braves Extend Brian Snitker

    Yankees Sign Justin Wilson

    Braves Sign Jake Lamb

    Athletics Sign Mitch Moreland

    Yankees Re-Sign Brett Gardner

    Giants To Sign Jake McGee

    Mariners CEO Kevin Mather Resigns

    Recent

    NL Central Notes: Contreras, Mikolas, Brewers

    Braves Report Major Revenue Drop, Operating Losses In 2020

    Tigers Sign Drew Hutchison To Minors Deal

    Blue Jays Acquire Travis Bergen From Diamondbacks

    Health Notes: Pham, File, Rodriguez, Reyes

    Minor MLB Transactions: 2/28/21

    Cubs Designate Robert Stock For Assignment

    COVID Notes: Abreu, Montas, Happ, Cordero

    Royals, Hunter Dozier Agree To Four-Year Extension

    Quick Hits: Pujols, Blue Jays, Kennedy, Santana

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Kris Bryant Rumors
    • Jackie Bradley Jr. Rumors
    • Jake Odorizzi Rumors
    • Taijuan Walker Rumors
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Indians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version