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redhawk61 · 01-15-2008, 02:18 PM

Yeah '09 is our year to be serious contenders. Let Volquez, Bailey, and Cueto (I guess Maloney) take their lumps this year. And who knows maybe 1,2, maybe even all suprise us and put up winning records. We then will have a better idea of our rotation in '09.

Once next offseason comes around with Griff, Stanton, prob Hatty, and maybe Dunn off the books we go out and sign a Carl Crawford or Milton Bradley type outfielder and a Derick Lowe or Ben Sheets type starter and you can look foward to a 2009 Central Championship and possible WS birth w/o losing any of the Big four. The only question we would have would be catcher

We could look at a 2009 lineup of (not batting order)
1b Votto
2b BP
3b EE
SS Keep
C Ross?/Tatum?/ Perez?
OF If Crawford signed
Crawford, Bruce, Dorn
OF is Bradley signed
Dorn, Bradley, Bruce

Rotation
Harang
Lowe/Sheets
Bailey/Arroyo if Bailey doesn't make it
Volquez/Arroyo if E-Vol doesn't make it
Cueto/Arroyo if Cueto doesn't make it

If all three are impressive we got some trading chips in Belise and Arroyo, could net us something useful like a catcher we migth need

01-15-2008, 02:18 PM	#6
redhawk61 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 1,064	Re: Needs and Luxuries: Cincinnati Reds Yeah '09 is our year to be serious contenders. Let Volquez, Bailey, and Cueto (I guess Maloney) take their lumps this year. And who knows maybe 1,2, maybe even all suprise us and put up winning records. We then will have a better idea of our rotation in '09. Once next offseason comes around with Griff, Stanton, prob Hatty, and maybe Dunn off the books we go out and sign a Carl Crawford or Milton Bradley type outfielder and a Derick Lowe or Ben Sheets type starter and you can look foward to a 2009 Central Championship and possible WS birth w/o losing any of the Big four. The only question we would have would be catcher We could look at a 2009 lineup of (not batting order) 1b Votto 2b BP 3b EE SS Keep C Ross?/Tatum?/ Perez? OF If Crawford signed Crawford, Bruce, Dorn OF is Bradley signed Dorn, Bradley, Bruce Rotation Harang Lowe/Sheets Bailey/Arroyo if Bailey doesn't make it Volquez/Arroyo if E-Vol doesn't make it Cueto/Arroyo if Cueto doesn't make it If all three are impressive we got some trading chips in Belise and Arroyo, could net us something useful like a catcher we migth need Last edited by redhawk61; 01-15-2008 at 02:21 PM.