One notable outfield trade option appears to be off the table for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds would not approve a move to the Dodgers, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on Sunday. Reynolds reportedly has a limited six-team no-trade clause in his contract, and the Dodgers are one of those teams on his no-trade list (along with the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Toronto Blue Jays, the San Francisco Giants, and the San Diego Padres).
At 30 years old, the righty-hitting Reynolds is a two-time MLB All-Star. He is batting just .229 this season though, meaning that his value is at a relative low. Still, Reynolds has been a steady contributor over the years with 24 or more home runs in each of his previous four MLB seasons.
As for the Dodgers, outfield is their biggest area of offensive weakness, especially with Mookie Betts now in the infield full-time. The Dodgers’ current starting outfielders are Michael Conforto (who is batting a hapless .176 this year), Andy Pages (who is having a career year but is still largely unproven at 24 years old), and Teoscar Hernandez (who has seen his batting average go down by 15 points from last season and his OPS go down by over 80 points).
At an NL West-leading 56-35, there is mostly no reason to worry about the Dodgers. But they recently called up a forgotten speedster in the hopes of giving some kind of jolt out to their outfield unit, which they need at this point.
Reynolds is still under club control through 2031, making roughly $15 million per year over the remainder of his contract. While it is still possible that the 38-53 Pirates trade away Reynolds ahead of the July 31 deadline, it will almost certainly not be to the Dodgers (or any of the other teams that are on Reynolds’ no-trade list).
