According to the Reds official Twitter.
http://twitter.com/CincinnatiReds#Reds sign free agents SS Edgar Renteria and OF Fred Lewis to 1-year contracts through the 2011 season.
According to the Reds official Twitter.
http://twitter.com/CincinnatiReds#Reds sign free agents SS Edgar Renteria and OF Fred Lewis to 1-year contracts through the 2011 season.
Is this good or bad? Don't know much about some of those American League guys.
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Willis, Hermida, Renteria and Lewis. Time to throw down with NL Central in 2011.
Bill James likes Lewis in 2011. He has him posting this slash line: .276/.353/.414/.768.
Last edited by texasdave; 01-10-2011 at 06:02 PM.
Wow I cannot wait until I find out how much his 2011 Salary is...
Raise your hand if you thought going into the off-season that Edgar Renteria and Fred Lewis were the two missing pieces to the puzzle.“These two players address a couple of needs we had identified for our club,” Jocketty said. “Edgar is a veteran middle infielder who we expect to have a positive influence on our younger players, and he is a proven winner. Fred gives us a left handed bat capable of playing all three outfield positions, with speed and a lot of experience leading off.”
Both my hands are not raised.Originally Posted by texasdave
Disasterous offseason. Kind of embarrassing.
I love the signing and the money, and I like the off-season so far. There was just no good fits in the Reds budget to really improve. And while I know some still are pushing to deal an arm, that's something you don't force. I don't mind letting this team take the field opening day and then looking at that route a few months in when the picture is a little more clear...
With Lewis now around and able to at least make due in center if need be, I'm really hoping Hermida can have a good spring and make his way on the roster instead of Heisey. That would at least give us one lefty bat off the bench.
A platoon partner for Gomes in LF against RHP. He can lead off those games too, which is a big plus. I've always liked him as a solid 4th outfielder, platoon partner. All around decent, but not great at anything. A bargain at $900K
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Ditto
31 Doubles Production for 900,000 is relatively a steal
Neither are mine.
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Meet your new starting CF.
Big fan of this signing, as it takes AB's away from Gomes vs. righties. Lewis has a career .354 OBP against right handers and I can live with that coming out of my lead-off spot.
Vs. Right
Lewis LF
Phillips 2b
Votto 1b
Rolen 3b
Bruce RF
Stubbs CF
Hanigan C
Janish SS
Pitcher
Vs. Left
Phillips 2b
Renteria SS
Votto 1b
Rolen 3b
Bruce RF
Gomes LF
Stubbs CF
Hanigan C
Not overwhelming but not too shabby.
I see Lewis and Lance Nix light, so to me it's not that big of a deal.
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