REDREAD (12-10-2019)
I can see Didi's logic. He signs a 1 year "prove it deal". Comes July and he's killing it, he's already on the team with "stupid money" they can just extend him a mega-offer. Reds won't.
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Crumbley (12-11-2019)
I think Didi was an opportunity for the Reds but not the only opportunity. Let's see if they do something with a trade. I could certainly see them moving Winker or Aquino for a SS if they sign Ozuna. I wouldn't write Galvis in pen next to starting SS yet.
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I am very disappointed they didn’t sign Didi, but anyone complaining that the Reds don’t have an adequate backup at SS needs to cool it. Plenty of time left in the offseason to address the SS depth chart behind (or in front of) Galvis.
DocRed (12-10-2019),Old school 1983 (12-10-2019),Shoeless Jeff (12-12-2019)
Now i hope they focus on Story or Siemen as a plan B
So frustrated. I thought Grandal and Gregorious were the pieces we needed this offseason. We've missed out on both to sign Mike Moustakas, which doesn't make our team much better than last year. Ugh.
REDREAD (12-10-2019),Redsfan6272 (12-10-2019)
Yea, I am pretty confident that the Reds did not want to spend big on Didi.
They supposedly had the cash to make Wheeler a competitive offer.
My guess is that Didi really was not a high prioirity, the Reds were just bottom feeding to try to get a bargain.
Now, if the rest of the winter moves are good, I can forgive the Reds for not signing Didi, but some people here are apologizing too much for the front office. If Didi was a priority, the Reds could have given him a 2 year deal or more money for a single year (whatever Didi wanted)..
1 year at 14 million was certainly beatable.. And let's not pretend Didi was willing to take 2-4 million less to play in Philly instead of Cincy. Philly was a 500 team last year. Sure, that's better than the Reds but not exactly a "winner".
All we can do is hope the Reds have a better plan that does not have Didi in it.. let's see. I am skeptical, but let's see.
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Benihana (12-11-2019)
Would have loved to have him but Didi's numbers were never really that great (one year over .800 OPS) and last year they were bad. What has always improved his value was his defense which I think is likey to continue to downtrend even if his offensive numbers rebound.
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REDREAD (12-10-2019)
How on Earth does Moose not make the team much better than last year? How did the team miss out on both to sign Moose? Judging from all of the the reports connecting the Reds to FA I doubt Moose has stopped them from signing anyone else that they are realistically pursuing
Ron Madden (12-10-2019)
From CTrent:
“From what I’ve been told, #Reds were in it with Gregorius to the end, but the comfort level with Joe Girardi helped make the decision“
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