Desmond was initially signed to play OF/1b. Reynolds started off hot, while Desmond was hurt. Parra was also playing well, so they had to mix and match. But, you are correct - they went after a player at a position they didn't need. They already had a loaded OF, so the ONLY other position was firstbase. Have to wonder had it not been for the spring training injury whether we would have seen much of Reynolds at first.