Ke’Bryan Hayes said he thought he might stay in Pittsburgh before the Pirates traded him to Cincinnati on July 30.

It didn’t take Ke'Bryan Hayes long to have a homecoming. The Gold Glove third baseman returned to PNC Park on Thursday night as a member of the Reds, eight days after they acquired him in a trade with the Pirates.

Don Kelly said it would be weird to see Ke’Bryan Hayes in red after so many years wearing black and gold while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he became baseball’s premier defensive third baseman.