:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72215151/1482213852.0.jpg "Bryan Reynolds latest: Pirates OF agrees to 8-year, 6 million contract extension")
What a difference a few weeks can make. All offseason, All-Star outfielder Bryan Reynolds made it known that he wanted a trade from the Pittsburgh Pirates. And you couldn't really blame him, with the team mired in last-place with no real end in sight – and seemingly no real desire to pump money in a payroll that ranked among the lowest in baseball.
Flash forward to the end of April, though – with the red-hot Buccos sitting atop the NL Central at 16-7 in large part thanks to Reynolds' five homers, three steals and .872 OPS – and all of a sudden Pittsburgh doesn't seem like such a bad place to be anymore.
BREAKING: Outfielder Bryan Reynolds and the Pittsburgh Pirates are in agreement on an eight-year, $106.75 million contract extension with a team option for 2031, according to sources familiar with the deal. It includes a form of no-trade protection.
– Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) April 25, 2023