Mark Reynolds really let me down this year. When he was sent to the Orioles before the 2011 season, I had grandiose dreams of a 400 strikeout performance against the power pitching of the American League East. At 196 K's, he still led the AL in striking out but, for once, that wasn't the source of my obsession. If you follow me on Twitter, you already know where I'm going with this.Thanks to Reynolds playing third base like a fawn wondering onto the interstate for the first time, he had a pretty good chance to hit 30+ home runs and produce no value. By no value, I mean a 0.0 Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Using Baseball-References version of WAR, only eight (8!) players have ever hit 30+ homers with an rWAR equal to or less than goose egg... Rk Yrs From To Age 1 Dave Kingman 2 1982 1986 33-37 Ind. Seasons 2 Mike Jacobs 1 2008 2008 27-27 Ind. Seasons 3 Tony Batista 1 2004 2004 30-30 Ind. Seasons 4 Dante Bichette 1 ...
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