2 trades the Reds need to make
James Shields to the Reds
for
Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Todd Frazier, Kyle Lotzkar, and Philippe Valiquette
Its a lot to give up in 2 top 10 prospects 2 top 20 and a top 30 but the Reds need a top end of the rotation guy to go along with Cueto. Plus he's under contract for 3 more years and he's only 29. This would be a good trade both ways.
Ryan Ludwick to the Reds
for
Chris Heisey or Dave Sappelt either or and Donnie Joseph.
Worst part of this deal would be that Ludwick is a FA after the season. But he would be a upgrade to our current LF and clean up hitting situations.
Lineup and rotation after trades.
Phillips
Cozart
Votto
Ludwick
Bruce
Rolen
Stubbs
Hernandez/Hannigan
Rotation
Cueto
Shields
Leake
Willis/Bailey
Arroyo/Bailey
Looks solid.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
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Originally Posted by
fewfirstchoice
James Shields to the Reds
for
Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Todd Frazier, Kyle Lotzkar, and Philippe Valiquette
Its a lot to give up in 2 top 10 prospects 2 top 20 and a top 30 but the Reds need a top end of the rotation guy to go along with Cueto. Plus he's under contract for 3 more years and he's only 29. This would be a good trade both ways.
Ryan Ludwick to the Reds
for
Chris Heisey or Dave Sappelt either or and Donnie Joseph.
Worst part of this deal would be that Ludwick is a FA after the season. But he would be a upgrade to our current LF and clean up hitting situations.
Lineup and rotation after trades.
Phillips
Cozart
Votto
Ludwick
Bruce
Rolen
Stubbs
Hernandez/Hannigan
Rotation
Cueto
Shields
Leake
Willis/Bailey
Arroyo/Bailey
Looks solid.
I would never trade Heisey to rent Ryan Ludwick. I wouldn't even make that trade if Ludwick wasn't a rental.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Heisey is never going to be more than a 4th OF.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
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Originally Posted by
fewfirstchoice
Heisey is never going to be more than a 4th OF.
same 4 stubbs?
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
What about this?
Rays get Alonso, Wood, Grandal, Smith, Duran
Reds Get Shields, Zobrist
and
Giants get Hernandez, Ptbnl
Reds get Javier Lopez
and
Braves get Johhny Gomes
Reds get ptbnl or cash
and
Padres get Heisey, ptbnl
Reds get Ludwick
Thoughts?
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Okay here we go..talk about blockbuster..
Reds send Yonder and Devin M to Rays for Shields
Reds send Bailey and Stubbs to Houston for Pence
Reds send Wood/Fransico/Heisey/EV/another minor leaguer to Rockies for Ubaldo J.
Reds new rotation is:
Cueto
Ubaldo
Shields
Leake
Bronson
BO:
Cozart - SS
Phillips - 2nd
Votto - 1st
Pence - LF
Bruce - RF
Herenandez - C
Rolen - 3rd
Sapplet - CF
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
i like the idea of getting shields, but i wouldn't give up the farm to get him. We will see what happens, but i do think we need to get an ACE and a bat before the deadline. I also think hernandez needs to go.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Trade speculation=good times
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Quote:
Originally Posted by
fewfirstchoice
James Shields to the Reds
for
Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Todd Frazier, Kyle Lotzkar, and Philippe Valiquette
Its a lot to give up in 2 top 10 prospects 2 top 20 and a top 30 but the Reds need a top end of the rotation guy to go along with Cueto. Plus he's under contract for 3 more years and he's only 29. This would be a good trade both ways.
Ryan Ludwick to the Reds
for
Chris Heisey or Dave Sappelt either or and Donnie Joseph.
Worst part of this deal would be that Ludwick is a FA after the season. But he would be a upgrade to our current LF and clean up hitting situations.
Lineup and rotation after trades.
Phillips
Cozart
Votto
Ludwick
Bruce
Rolen
Stubbs
Hernandez/Hannigan
Rotation
Cueto
Shields
Leake
Willis/Bailey
Arroyo/Bailey
Looks solid.
Way to much to give up for Ryan Ludwick.
Heisey is better than Ludwick now.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Why do people want Ludwick? He's an old average rent a player. We have Heisey, Gomes, Sappelt, Dorn and others who can probably give us just as much.
I don't want Ludwick. Waste of a trade.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
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Originally Posted by
brm7675
Okay here we go..talk about blockbuster..
Reds send Yonder and Devin M to Rays for Shields
Reds send Bailey and Stubbs to Houston for Pence
Reds send Wood/Fransico/Heisey/EV/another minor leaguer to Rockies for Ubaldo J.
Reds new rotation is:
Cueto
Ubaldo
Shields
Leake
Bronson
BO:
Cozart - SS
Phillips - 2nd
Votto - 1st
Pence - LF
Bruce - RF
Herenandez - C
Rolen - 3rd
Sapplet - CF
You know, call me crazy and say that's a lot to give up (the three trades combined), but that would be an absolute sick lineup AND statement. Cueto, Ubaldo and Shields? Sick.
Hunter Pence, in my opinion, while people know he is good, is one of if not THE most underrated outfielder in the game. He is a big time player.. I am a huge Hunter Pence fan.
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Why are people willing to give up our top prospect at FB in Yonder when in 2 years they are saying we are not going to afford Votto? Not been a baseball fan for to long so this is a honest question. Is there other options at FB?
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
They need a big bat and a #1 type pitcher
The Bat gets them to the playoffs
The Pitcher gets them out of the 1st round of the playoffs
Do they have enough chips to land two good players?
Shields would be great for the pitcher, hell he shut down the Yankees the last two times he faced them
But what is the bat they could get, Ludwick is no better than what we already have
Ludwick .693 OPS
Current LF'ers on Reds .683
.010 OPS is not worth giving up any players for
Re: 2 trades the Reds need to make
Quote:
Originally Posted by
brm7675
Okay here we go..talk about blockbuster..
Reds send Yonder and Devin M to Rays for Shields
Reds send Bailey and Stubbs to Houston for Pence
Reds send Wood/Fransico/Heisey/EV/another minor leaguer to Rockies for Ubaldo J.
Reds new rotation is:
Cueto
Ubaldo
Shields
Leake
Bronson
BO:
Cozart - SS
Phillips - 2nd
Votto - 1st
Pence - LF
Bruce - RF
Herenandez - C
Rolen - 3rd
Sapplet - CF
I'd love with a capital L to get Pence, but I'd go with this lineup instead
Pence Lf
Cozrart ss
Phillips 2nd
Votto 1rst
Hernandez C
Bruce rf
Stubbs cf
whoever's playing 3rd