The Pirates have outrighted infielder/outfielder Pablo Reyes to Triple-A Indianapolis, per Nubyjas Wilborn of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The club designated Reyes for assignment on Jan. 9. Reyes hasn’t been outrighted previously, nor does he have the necessary service time to reject the assignment in favor of free agency, so he’ll stick with the Pittsburgh organization.
Now 26 years old, Reyes debuted at the major league level with the Pirates in 2018 and posted an impressive .293/.349/.483 line with three home runs in 63 plate appearances. Last year didn’t go nearly as well for Reyes, though, as he slumped to a .203/.274/.322 mark with two homers and minus-0.5 fWAR across 157 PA.
While 2019 was a rough go at the plate for Reyes, he did show off quite a bit of defensive versatility for the Bucs. Reyes lined up at every infield position but first base and saw action at all three outfield spots. And Reyes turned in his second straight productive campaign in Indianapolis, where he has slashed .288/.341/.471 with 18 HRs and 18 steals over 589 PA since 2018.
HarveyD82
he’ll be back…..
leefieux
Guys like that play forever.
ChiSox_Fan
Dumpster divin’ Theo will try to get him!
ChiSox_Fan
Even up trade for KB!
Better than a bag of balls.
gr8testsoxfan
Whitesox!!
Scrappy2499
They had a chance to claim him and passed. I think this is a good thing because he plays good defense pretty much anywhere and has come up hitting better than his (less than 200 at bats with the Pirates) in 2019 showed. He will be back and show he is a strong utility guy.
ronnsnow
How many utility guys do the Pirates really need? There’s Frazier, Gonzalez, Osuna, Kramer, possibly Newman as he is not a good defensive shortstop and should move so Tucker can play SS.
KermitJagger
Seems like we have a ton of utility infielders, 4th OF, and backup catchers. I’m more worried about what our OF is going to look like after we trade Marte and Polanco inevitably gets injured again.
leefieux
Frazier is our regular secondbaseman.
Scrappy2499
As he is stashed in AAA he isn’t hurting the club by keeping him. If the big club ever gets busy in the next year or so and starts trading your Marte’s, Frazier’s, Bell’s, Moran’s, maybe Newman, he could be an asset to call up.
canocorn
You can call me Reyes,
or you can call me Rey-Rey,
or you can call me the Say-Rey Kid.
But don’t call me Picasso.
wilbertmatthews
Vic Davalillo
skeebwilcox
You’re smarter than the rest…
dynamite drop in monty
Please come to Florida
jmw1975
Don’t see him ever being an impact player at the MLB level.
dynamite drop in monty
Chicken wings