Alex Wood

[Bob Sheed]

You do understand how free agency works, right?

If the Reds added a couple of quality middle relievers to replace the ones Bell has burned through, I think they can still make the playoffs.

They need to add, not subtract.

And yes I know what free agency is.

Do you know what annual 90 loss seasons are?

Me too. Tired of them.

[TNRED]

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If the Reds added a couple of quality middle relievers to replace the ones Bell has burned through, I think they can still make the playoffs.

They need to add, not subtract.

And yes I know what free agency is.

Do you know what annual 90 loss seasons are?

Me too. Tired of them.

Right now the Reds would have to replace their entire roster with the Dodgers roster to have a chance.

[UKWhoDey]

[RedTeamGo!]

This gif will never get old.

[RiverfrontRed]

Get one last start out of Roark before he's traded.

[tripleaaaron]

We've been waiting to get out from under Homer's contract for years, and as soon as we do we're going to turn around and throw nearly 20 million at a SP with a bad back who hasn't pitched over 150 innings since 2015? Puig is the only pending FA we should even be considering giving a QO to. The biggest thing the Reds have going for them heading into next year is payroll flexibility. We can't waste 1/3 of it on a huge question mark.

There is a big difference here. We’re not talking about signing a guy at his peak value. More or less the opposite. A guy with a 3.3 career ERA who might be at an all time low cost. No one is advocating giving him $20 mil a year.

[M2]

If the Reds added a couple of quality middle relievers to replace the ones Bell has burned through, I think they can still make the playoffs.

They need to add, not subtract.

And yes I know what free agency is.

Do you know what annual 90 loss seasons are?

Me too. Tired of them.

They aren't making the playoffs. They'd need to go 40-22 to even have a sniff of the playoffs. A couple of middle relievers isn't going to do it. It's over.

[adkindo]

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Right now the Reds would have to replace their entire roster with the Dodgers roster to have a chance.

let's give that a try

[HammerTime]

Including the Reds. I hope they work on an extension, honestly.

I keep telling people the QO for him is gonna look mighty juicy. Unless you can get a proper return I think you wait this one out.

[TheBigLebowski]

If the Reds added a couple of quality middle relievers to replace the ones Bell has burned through, I think they can still make the playoffs.

They need to add, not subtract.

And yes I know what free agency is.

Do you know what annual 90 loss seasons are?

Me too. Tired of them.

It's easy to be tired of 90 win seasons. And hanging on to assets like Alex Wood for a non-existent playoff chase, when he can be re-signed after the season anyway, is how your team ends up on that 90 loss hamster wheel.

We're all sick of it, but whining about the only legitimate path this franchise has to break the cycle is a bit silly.

[RiverfrontRed]

It's easy to be tired of 90 win seasons. And hanging on to assets like Alex Wood for a non-existent playoff chase, when he can be re-signed after the season anyway, is how your team ends up on that 90 loss hamster wheel.

We're all sick of it, but whining about the only legitimate path this franchise has to break the cycle is a bit silly.

I could get used to some 90 win seasons!

[TheBigLebowski]

I could get used to some 90 win seasons!

BAH.

I meant 100 win seasons. We've had enough of those.

[Kc61]

We're all sick of it, but whining about the only legitimate path this franchise has to break the cycle is a bit silly.

I understand the importance of prospect drafting and development. But if trading off players like Alex Wood at the deadline is the “only legitimate path” forward, the Reds have no future. It’s overstatement. Trading off FAs coming back from a long injury absence isn’t the key to anything.

[757690]

Wood is pitching a strong game today.

Do the Reds have a chance of turning this outing into a trade for prospects?

[WrongVerb]

Wood is pitching a strong game today.

Do the Reds have a chance of turning this outing into a trade for prospects?

At this point the Yankees might be that desperate.