Belisle
Standridge
Shackelford
Weathers
Schoeneweis
Majewski
Franklin
Cormier
Coffey
Bray
Do you make a trade? Put Bailey at closer like St.Louis did with Wainwright? Do you sign guys in free agency like Stanton, Rhodes or Timlin? Do you lock up our own guys like Schoenweis and Weathers?
Make a trade with Detroit for RHP Fernando Rodney.Originally Posted by icehole3
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Take em to Kings Island and hope half of them get lost and can't find their way back.What would you do with this bullpen?
Belisle - LR and spot starter
Standridge - middle relief only (6th or 7th)
Shack - Loogy
Weathers - sign him for this year, use him in the 7th or 8th in close games, possibly close a bit
Schoenweis - gonna be too expensive probably
Majew - 7th and 8th innings
Franklin - call him a cab and make him pay for his plane ticket home
Cormier - Pitch him in close games only, and late, possibly even the 9th.
Coffey - 7th or 8th innings, in close games - possibly some in the 9th if the matchup is good
Bray - I would try to limit him to lefties, but use sparingly against RH'ers, close games only - 7th and 8th inning
There is a possibility of Claussen in the pen too. If that is the case, then two of the above won't be playing for the Reds at the start of the season. W/out Claussen still one of those is not on the team, either Belisle or Standridge
Belisle - Rotation
Standridge - AAA insurance policy
Shackelford - Keep
Weathers - Bye bye
Schoeneweis - Keep
Majewski - Keep
Franklin - Bye bye
Cormier - Keep
Coffey - Keep
Bray - Keep
Try Bray as the closer in ST and the beginning of the season. If that experiment doesn't work, plug someone else in. I don't see Krivsky going out and trading for an actual closer, so let 2007 be another committee year.
I'd keep S-weis and Coffey. I'd make Maj and Bray earn a spot out of Spring Training. Throw the rest in the quarry.
Belisle in the rotation for now.
Sign a couple of FA; make a few trades for the rest.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Out of curiousity, why is everyone getting rid on Stormy?
Here was a previous post of mine on him:
Weathers: Did people miss how dominant he was this year...that is right, that is what I said. Look at his numbers! Since the break he has a 1.64 ERA in 29 appearance. 33 ip, 15 h, 7 runs, 6 earned.
ERA by month:
3.75 - April
2.77 - May
10.80 - June (yikes!) but....
2.77 - July
1.84 - August (only gave up a run in 1 appearance in 14 games!)
0.82 - Sept
He's only given up 1 ER in his last 20 2/3 innings or 18 games. This guy has been SOLID.
Magik was overused last season... he'll be rested for next season and return to his normal form IMO so I dont think there will be a spring training battle involving him.
Flush them all for Don Nottebart and Bill McCool
Deal four. In the same trade.
Majewski, Belisle, Standridge, and Coffey (along with Arroyo, LaRue, and Dunn) for Wily Mo Pena, Jon Lester, Coco Crisp, Kevin Youklis, and prospects.
Then deal either Youklis or EdE (along with Dunn) for ARod.
Sounds like a plan to me
I'd keep Belisle, Bray, Coffey, Cormier, and Majewski. After that, I'd sign/trade for a closer. Four out of five of them are 26 years old or younger, which tells me that Cormier should be the only one who's career is winding down while the other players, theoretically, should be improving.
Code:Name W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR BB SO Matt Belisle 7 9 4.22 96 7 0 0 1 6 134.1 154 72 63 17 47 91 Bill Bray 3 2 4.09 48 0 0 0 2 3 50.2 57 27 23 5 18 39 Todd Coffey 10 8 3.97 138 0 0 0 9 14 136.0 169 67 60 12 38 86 Rheal Cormier 71 64 4.02 677 108 7 1 2 - 1218.2 1244 601 544 120 316 759 Gary Majewski 8 9 3.70 160 0 0 0 2 14 177.1 187 85 73 9 71 105
Call me crazy, but all I remember is Bray, Majewski and Coffey drove me nuts all summer, seemed like every clutch situation they didnt come thru.
I trade Maj and get a replacement. I think he will be cincy's version of Ed Whitson. The pressure of justifying the trade seemed to get to him IMO. Let him move on and he'll be decent somewhere. I wouldn't just give him away though.
Weathers and Schoenweiss were pretty lucky in 2006 and depending on a repeat is foolish IMO. I dump Cormier $ on some team looking for a LH.
I keep Coffey, Bray, Belisle and Shack. Need to get a couple hard throwers with closing potential from outside the organization. Can fill in with the AA guys and Claussen.
Cut Standridge and Franklin loose.
How you going to trade Dunn to the Red Sox then to the Yankees?
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