Below is the link on Walts thoughts on keeping all our starters. Basically said it's going to be tough to keep everyone, but would like to get long term deals done with both Bailey and Latos.
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...s-wont-be-easy
Below is the link on Walts thoughts on keeping all our starters. Basically said it's going to be tough to keep everyone, but would like to get long term deals done with both Bailey and Latos.
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...s-wont-be-easy
Translation, "We won't resign Arroyo"
I like what Arroyo has done since he got here, but is this not going to be his 'off' year? Good one year, not so well the next? If Bailey picks up where he left off, then resigning him, would seem like a no-brainer.
Interesting that there interested in signing Choo long term
How does Choo fit in the long term?
The way I see it, one season of Choo in CF (or Bruce) is fine to fill our leadoff need. But I don't want him there long term. Ludwick is signed for 2 seasons, so would 2014 have them as platooning with BHam holding down CF for most of the games? Signing Choo (a Boras client) and having Ludwick for what, 7.5mil? in 2014 seems expensive.
Yea, I see what you are saying. I almost think the Ludwick signing could hurt the Reds. I wouldn't mind having Choo as the LF for a couple years, and I think Luddy will regress quite a bit. And with what's going on with Bourn, it is a pretty good possibility a team could sign him to a 1 year deal so he can enter the market again next year. He would fit perfectly in Cincinnati for a year. But with Choo and Luddy there is no room.
But back to the point of the thread, I would love to see Latos locked up long term. Would like to see Bailey locked up too, but Latos has to be the priority imo.
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