-LTlabnerIf you can't build a winning team with that core a fire-sale isn't the solution. Selling the franchise, moving them to Nashville and converting GABP into a used car lot is.
I would like to see the Reds go 'all in' on Schilling for a one year deal. They will likely have to pay $3-5M more than the next bidder and really sell him on the team. 2007 will tell us a lot about Belisle & Bailey and give Cueto a year in AAA.
I think the Reds have the money if they want to spend it on Schilling ( ie Milton's & Lohse's contracts are gone )
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While it is true that there are times a team needs to take a risk like that, this is not the time. If Santana was the final piece the team needed to make a championship push, then my all means go all in, because small market teams generally have smaller championship windows. However, the Reds have too many holes to fill before we are a playoff contender, and the pieces Minnesota would need for Santana (Bailey, Bruce etc) are the Reds best chance of filling some of those major holes.
Here's hoping that Bailey is the next Santana. I hope they both turn out to be good players. I do think this team needs to take some kind of a risk though. Would it be too much to go after a Farnsworth, or Rodney? We need a guy that throws really hard out of the pen. When I look through the program nobody scares me. I need somebody that I know the other team doesn't want to face.
-LTlabnerIf you can't build a winning team with that core a fire-sale isn't the solution. Selling the franchise, moving them to Nashville and converting GABP into a used car lot is.
Anybody know what Kerry Wood's contract situation is? Anybody think signing Wood, promising him a chance to get back to starter status, might be worth a try?
I'd pay him $500,000 to try it.
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