DENVER -- Mark Reynolds was the Rockies' everyday first baseman in 2016, but with the signing of Ian Desmond to a five-year, $70 million deal last December, the Rockies found their first baseman of the future.
Nevertheless, Colorado signed Reynolds to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training after Reynolds found himself without a new team by the beginning of February.
Little did either party know just how important Reynolds would be early in the season after Desmond was hit by a pitch and suffered a fractured left hand during Spring Training.