Now that the Ke’Bryan Hayes deal is done, attention swings back to Bryan Reynolds, but with a twist.
An arbitration hearing is not a given now.
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes that the Pirates would rather strike some sort of shorter-term deal with B-Rey to avoid arbitration.
As I have been writing since Ben Cherington became the Bucs’ general manager, GMBC would not have taken the job if Bob Nutting hadn’t indicated that money would indeed be spent when the time came. The Hayes deal, while not in Max Scherzer territory, is still by far the largest in Pirates history.