ANAHEIM —
The organization that raised Franmil Reyes from a skinny 16-year-old Dominican into a powerful force traded him for a prospect. His new team, in the heat of a playoff race, knew the numbers but nothing about the man who became a fan favorite and a clubhouse staple some 2,000 miles away in San Diego.
The weight of the world wasn’t on the shoulders of the 6-foot-5, 275-pound Reyes when everything he knew was upended last month.
It just felt like it.
“The game was going too fast,” Reyes said. “I was too anxious to do something to show my team what they got.