Just don't go thinking Reynolds is the same player now that he was then.
This is the third year of the new Reynolds, who began reinventing himself when he joined the Cardinals in 2015 and found a mentor in the team's hitting coach, John Mabry.
"Cliff's Notes? The easiest answer is keeping the barrel in the zone longer," Reynolds said.
The old power is back. Reynolds, who eclipsed 30 homers three times and had 21 or more 2008-14, already has 12 this year. But he struck out a Major League-record 233 times in 2009, and led his league in that category 2008-11.