Top 3 minor leaguers you would target

[mth123]

How about:

1) Reid Brignac - I think he is available and a change of scenery would probably do him some good. Also an obvious need for the Reds.

2) Gorkys Hernandez - I just really like him. Super fast, young. Season was a little disappointing probably due mostly to an injury.

3) Taylor Teagarden/Max Ramirez - one of them should be available right? right?

Love Brignac, don't need Hernandez, love Teagarden and Ramirez but I'm guessing off limits now that Laird is gone.

Not sure the Reds have anything Tampa Bay would want that wouldn't be a massive overpayment outside of possibly Jared Burton or Josh Roenicke. All the other good young players the Reds have are trumped by better young players in TB's system. I'd deal Roenicke for Brignac and throw in Valaika or Keppinger if they required that.

[Bumstead]

Love Brignac, don't need Hernandez, love Teagarden and Ramirez but I'm guessing off limits now that Laird is gone.

Not sure the Reds have anything Tampa Bay would want that wouldn't be a massive overpayment outside of possibly Jared Burton or Josh Roenicke. All the other good young players the Reds have are trumped by better young players in TB's system. I'd deal Roenicke for Brignac and throw in Valaika or Keppinger if they required that.

I hope I did the quotes correctly...I agree with most of what you said. I think Tampa's asking price is coming down for Brignac so the Reds might be able to attain him for Roenicke/Valaika or something similar. As for Hernandez, to say we don't need him you have to be assuming Stubbs will pan out; I am hoping Stubbs pans out and Stubbs is certainly closer to the majors in theory; if he didn't pan out, the Reds certainly could use a player with Gorkys skill-set. But, again, he is just a favorite of mine, not necessarily someone the Reds would think about targeting. Wade Davis (TB, P) may have been a better #3 but then again, he may be off-limits; he would certainly require better players in return than Brignac IMO.

Bumstead

[mth123]

I hope I did the quotes correctly...I agree with most of what you said. I think Tampa's asking price is coming down for Brignac so the Reds might be able to attain him for Roenicke/Valaika or something similar. As for Hernandez, to say we don't need him you have to be assuming Stubbs will pan out; I am hoping Stubbs pans out and Stubbs is certainly closer to the majors in theory; if he didn't pan out, the Reds certainly could use a player with Gorkys skill-set. But, again, he is just a favorite of mine, not necessarily someone the Reds would think about targeting. Wade Davis (TB, P) may have been a better #3 but then again, he may be off-limits; he would certainly require better players in return than Brignac IMO.

Bumstead

Solid post. You should post more.

I like Dickerson, Stubbs and Heisey better than Gorkys. He seems like another of those all speed no slug guys who need better on base skills that just aren't my cup of tea. His walk percentage improved a lot in '08, so there is some hope for him as a lead-off type.

[Orenda]

Figured I bring this back up since the season is underway.
Michael Taylor of the Phillies is really intriguing. 6'6 great power potential, good numbers, decent athlete.

[JaxRed]

Still love to see us grab Matt Gamel as a LF.

[lollipopcurve]

Still love to see us grab Matt Gamel as a LF.

Definitely. But he's their Fielder insurance -- he's going nowhere.

[BoydsOfSummer]

Kyle Waldrop of the Twins. He's got an 80% ground ball rate.