O's close to acquiring Mark Reynolds

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The Orioles and Diamondbacks are "making progress" on a Mark Reynolds trade, O's president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail told reporters including MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli (Twitter link). The deal is getting close, tweets SI's Jon Heyman. Ghiroli hears the same (Twitter link).

 

Orioles pitchers Chris Tillman and David Hernandez have been rumored in the talks, but other clubs including the Rays appear to be in the mix for Reynolds.

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Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports that the Diamondbacks are set to acquire David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio from the Orioles for Mark Reynolds.

That's quite a haul for the D'Backs. Hernandez, 25, turned in a 1.05 WHIP and 79/18 K/BB ratio over 57 1/3 innings this year at the Triple-A level and could be used as either a starter or reliever in Arizona. Mickolio has faded a bit since his impressive early years in the minors, but he might flourish with a change of scenery and he certainly isn't just a throw-in. It sounds like the trade could be finalized by this afternoon.

Source: MLBlogs.com

[Clem Fandango]

Is that really quite a haul, though?

[mookie]

I think it is a pretty fair trade. I have read a lot of comments on sites where folks are bashing the Orioles, but it may turn out to be a decent move by them. Hell, at least they didn't sign Jason Werth.

[dew1679666265]

Disappointing. He'd have made a nice addition for us, though I don't know what the comparables in our system would be to the guys the Os are giving up.