It has honestly felt like Bryan Reynolds has been on the minds of Yankees fans since his strong rookie season in 2019. It was so tempting to imagine the switch-hitting outfielder donning the pinstripes one day since the Pirates appeared to be in a perpetual rebuild and Reynolds himself seemed to gradually grow more frustrated with the organization, even asking for a trade as recently as this past offseason.
However, everything is simply a tactic until moves actually happen on paper, and as it turns out, the word around the baseball industry was that Reynolds actually did want to stay in Pittsburgh.