Colorado Rockies: 1 trade target from every MLB team to consider

Pittsburgh Pirates – Bryan Reynolds

The Pittsburgh Pirates (with the exception of a few seasons half a decade ago) have been a bad baseball team for nearly 30 years.

The 2021 Pirates were no exception as they do not have much talent that teams would look for. But Bryan Reynolds is the Pirates best player and someone a lot of teams would like to have.

In 2021, he played in 159 games and hit 24 homers, 90 RBI, a slash line of .302/.390/.522, and he had an OPS+ of 146.

He had his worst defensive season in his MLB career but prior to 2021, he had combined for 13 DRS in 2019 and 2020.

Reynolds isn’t a free agent until after the 2025 season so the Pirates would, presumably, want a lot for Reynolds, though.

St. Louis Cardinals – Harrison Bader

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader falls into the same category that Jackie Bradley, Jr. does in that he would be a phenomenal defensive center fielder for the Colorado Rockies.

But Bader is younger and his bat is way better than Bradley, Jr.

In 103 games in 2021, he had an OPS+ of 116 with a slash line of .267/.324/.460.

With the exception of 2020 (since it was only 60 games), Bader has had at least 15 DRS in each season since 2018.

Since he is one of the best players on the list and a player on a playoff team, the chance that the Rockies could get him is the lowest of anyone on the list but we had to include him for the Rockies fan to dream that the Rockies would be acquiring a franchise talent from the Cardinals instead of the other way around. Just imagine him in center field at Coors Field.

Back to more realistic players but in the most unrealistic division for trades (the NL West).