I like Reynolds and do feel he will be a good player next year...but can you get his production for less?
Would you rather him for 8ish million or Blanks for 1 million at most, provided he is healthy?
I don't think either of those options are great.
But if the O's got Blanks, I think he'd have to earn AB's vs righties as I'd pencil in Davis at 1B and Betemit at DH.
Like Mackus, I'd try to work something out with Reynolds in the 5-6 million range for 1-2 years.