Just over a month ago, former Cleveland Guardians slugger Franmil Reyes expressed interest in returning to Cleveland. But the next chapter of his professional baseball career will not be with the Guardians.
Franmil Reyes took a big leap as a 16-year-old when he signed with the San Diego Padres as an amateur out of the Dominican Republic. Now, he's prepared to take another big leap overseas.
Prodigious slugger Franmil Reyes, who has played in the big leagues for the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals, is set to head to Japan to continue his career.
Who doesn't love a good comeback story? They sure do make sports more exciting to watch. There could be a resurgence on the horizon for a once-promising talent in the Cleveland Guardians organization. MLB Inside and journalist Héctor Gómez reported that Franmil Reyes is drawing interest from MLB organizations and Japanese teams as well.
The Cleveland Guardians need to add a bat this offseason. Preferably someone who can mash home runs and be an overall power threat. The organization used to have someone with that skillset and now they apparently want to return to Progressive Field.
The last time Franmil Reyes suited up for an MLB team was in 2023 with the Kansas City Royals. Before that, he spent three and half seasons with the Cleveland
The Nationals released Franmil Reyes and Jacob Nottingham from their minor league deals, as indicated by the transactions page for Triple-A Rochester.
The Nationals have agreed to a minor league contract with free-agent outfielder/designated hitter Franmil Reyes, per a report from Talk Nats (Twitter link).
Reyes’ struggles in 2022-23 figure to make it tough for him to land a big league deal that’d place him right back on a 26-man roster, but a team searching for some right-handed power could certainly take a flier on a minor league pact and hope to get Reyes trending back toward that 2018-21 form.
The Royals will have a week to trade Franmil Reyes, place him on outright waivers or release him. His minor league contract came with a $2M base salary, which makes it all the likelier that he’d pass through outright waivers unclaimed if the team goes that route.
The Toronto Blue Jays, who begin a four-game series in Kansas City on Monday night, racked up 15 runs on 32 hits in three wins in St. Louis. The Royals lost three to the visiting Minnesota Twins and scored only four runs on 12 hits.
The Royals have signed outfielder/designated hitter Franmil Reyes to a minor league deal, per a report from Anne Rogers and Juan Toribio of MLB.com. He has been invited to major league Spring Training.
There’s no denying that the 2022 season was rough for Reyes, but it’s possible it was merely a blip. He still clobbered the ball despite his struggles.
The Chicago Cubs were busy shedding names from their 40-man roster on Thursday. The team announced that they outrighted seven players to Triple-A Iowa.
The Chicago Cubs have continued to revamp their roster on Thursday as they outrighted seven players, while activating five players off the 60-day injured list.
Despite a rather disappointing end to the season, Franmil Reyes was a shrewd pick-up. He was never going to turn around the 2022 season, that much was clear, the Chicago Cubs were in too deep a hole at the time of his acquisition, 44-64.
Chicago Cubs designated hitter Franmil Reyes has burst onto the scene, bringing new life to their offense. Coming into August 22, Reyes is hitting .333
Franmil Reyes looks to continue his solid start as a Cub when Chicago visits the Washington Nationals for the rubber match of a three-game series on Wednesday.
The Chicago Cubs (44-64) will continue their tank-off with the Washington Nationals (36-75) Tuesday at 7:05 PM CT. Like most things this season, the Cubs are losing the tank-off and didn’t help things by beating the Nationals last night 6-3.
The Cleveland Guardians confirmed ahead of Saturday's 4-1 home win over the Houston Astros that they had designated outfielder and designated hitter Franmil
Exactly one calendar year ago, Guardians DH Franmil Reyes smacked a single hit in Cleveland’s 1-2 loss to the Tigers. At the time, Reyes was batting .274, which was close to his season apex, and sported a .908 OPS.
Reyes struggled at the plate this season for Cleveland, but the move still comes as a bit of a shock, as he's just a season removed from a 30-homer campaign in 2021.
It’s been a tough season for Guardians DH Franmil Reyes. He’s batting a weak .222 with only eight homers through 207 at-bats. Even worse, he’s sporting a minus-.5 WAR and driven in just 26 runs.
Franmail Reyes remarked on Thursday he wants "to feel the hamstring is ready to play anywhere" Cleveland manager Terry Francona would want to use him upon his return.
It’s not a new storyline, but Franmil Reyes has had a rough season. He is batting just .195 and only has 12 RBI up to this point. The most concerning stat of all is his 57 strikeouts only a quarter through the season.
Although the offense has had some great moments to start the year, Franmil Reyes has had a difficult start to the 2022 season. Through the first seven games of the year, Reyes is hitting .188 with only six hits.
Reyes' return would be a massive boost for a Cleveland side looking to keep pace with the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central race.
A trip to the injured list would be an unfortunate setback for the 25-year-old Reyes, who is in the midst of a breakout season.
After a brief time away from Progressive Field, Reyes was allowed to resume on-field activities Wednesday after testing negative for the coronavirus in two tests.
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