The Pittsburgh Pirates struggled this season. We know that. We also know that the reason they struggled was for some combination of the following reasons: Deficiencies at certain positions, a rough transition period between front offices, or underperforming players, of which there were many. Bryan Reynolds fits squarely into the latter category.
Reynolds stormed onto the scene in 2019 with a tremendous first year. In fact, with the hope that Kyle Crick might bounce back, and with the way Reynolds was producing, the Andrew McCutchen trade looked like a steal — the exact opposite of the highway robbery the Tampa Bay Rays committed against the Pirates in 2018.