SIMULATION: Yankees transactions at FanSided Winter Meetings

Sign Mark Reynolds

As I mentioned earlier, Todd Frazier’s asking price was astronomical compared to what we were willing to offer. I sent a query to the Toddfather’s rep, asking if he would consider 1 year and $13 million.

The rep, who replied that Todd loved his time playing for Yanks, had already received a 4 year, $56 million offer from the farm system starved Giants.

I also wasn’t willing to dip my toe in the Mike Moustakas pool, not with Gleyber Torres’ ascent to the majors expected sometime around the All-Star break. And with a few lowball offers for Chase Headley and second baseman Starlin Castro, both will be on our opening day roster.

So I decided we just needed someone capable of coming off the bench with plenty of power, a laid-back team-first attitude that could handle New York and play first and third base if need be. That’s not asking too much, right?

The clear choice was Mark Reynolds. Coming off a monster offensive season, albeit with 88 games played at Coors Field, Reynolds, who previously spent 36 games with the Yankees in 2013, hit 30 home runs and 97 RBI with a .839 OPS in 520 at-bats in ’17.

Now there’s no way Reynolds gets to the plate that many times in ’18, barring an injury to Nick Johnson… I mean Greg Bird. But in limited time, he’s still worth the 1 year, $4.5 million we paid the 33-year-old.

While the Toddfather’s glove will be missed, Reynolds has many of the same attributes Frazier does, but at a far smaller sticker price.