The Orioles will also get a player to be named or cash, while Arizona receives relievers David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio in the deal, which was announced Monday afternoon at the Winter Meetings.
Reynolds, who hit just .198 in 2010, was still able to rack up impressive power numbers, belting 32 home runs. He has hit 104 homers over the last three seasons, but contact has been a major issue for the slugger. He has a .234 average and 638 strikeouts over that same span.
He is not overly excited to be moving to the Orioles, preferring to be part of a rebuilding effort with the D'backs, sources told FanHouse's Phillips.
Hernandez, who has split time as a starter and reliever during his brief major league career, posted a 4.31 ERA last year in 79 1/3 innings, most of them coming out of the bullpen. Mickolio appeared in just three games at the big-league level last year, surrending three earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Considering Orioles third baseman hit .260 with a .668 OPS in 2010, Hernandez and Mickolio are hardly a prohibitive price to pay for Reynolds' power potential.
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There really is a Santa Claus! Won't have to watch that idiot strike out a 1,000 times a year and then hear him tell reporters how that is who he is and is going to do it his way. Who cares if he does not want to go to Baltimore.