Didi to Philly

[BuckWild03]

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.

So who's out there and available that you prefer over Galvis at this point? Lindor? Pipe dream that we're going to have to give up the farm for. Iglesias is our next best option and then we're the same team as last year.

I don't know why the team was so quick to spend a team record amount of money on Moustakas to play a position that isn't his natural position and that wasn't even a real positional need for us. All of this is super baffling to me.

[Mutaman]

You might already have Didi..... in Galvis. Numbers were similar last year. I know most people expect rebound.....

I predict this post will not age well.

[DocRed]

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.

You may be right, the chatter to add an outfielder seems to be much higher.

[HammerTime]

So who's out there and available that you prefer over Galvis at this point? Lindor? Pipe dream that we're going to have to give up the farm for. Iglesias is our next best option and then we're the same team as last year.

I don't know why the team was so quick to spend a team record amount of money on Moustakas to play a position that isn't his natural position and that wasn't even a real positional need for us. All of this is super baffling to me.

2B was very much a position of need.

[BuckWild03]

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

When a guy signs that quickly, they're probably not getting many other offers, especially considering his contract history. Also, he'll be playing second base, which is not his natural position. I'll take all his home runs and his oh so impressive .310 OBP but if it was at the cost of spending the extra cash to sign Grandal and/or Gregorious, it seems to be a huge miscalculation of where our needs were.

[BuckWild03]

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2B was very much a position of need.

More than SS or CF? No way. Senzel could have slid right back into 2B. VanMeter can play there, So can Farmer and Galvis.

[Old school 1983]

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More than SS or CF? No way. Senzel could have slid right back into 2B. VanMeter can play there, So can Farmer and Galvis.

Didi had to want to sign the the Reds. Looks like he preferred Giardi and Philly. Moose is a better hitter than any of those guys you mentioned and has zero reason as to why the Reds didn’t get Didi

[REDREAD]

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“

What else are Didi and/or his agent going to say? (Or if this source came from the Reds, same applies).
No one is going to come out and say "Well, the Reds weren't going to go higher than 13.5 million, so they lost out when Philly was willing to offer 14 million"...

I would take this comment with a huge grain of salt.
Reds want to be perceived as high rollers this winter to try to wake up a fan base that has fallen asleep and get them to buy tickets again.
The Reds ownership knows they only can abuse the fans so many years in a row before trying to win again.
That's one reason why Moustakas was signed so quickly..

[Wonderful Monds]

If the Reds had paid Didi 19 mil, he’d be a Red right now.

[BuckWild03]

Didi had to want to sign the the Reds. Looks like he preferred Giardi and Philly. Moose is a better hitter than any of those guys you mentioned and has zero reason as to why the Reds didn’t get Didi

It has everything to do with them not signing Didi. The Reds jumped on the opportunity to make their "sexy" (slash not really all that sexy) record breaking FA signing and had to do so quickly, which hamstrung them when it came time to the winter meetings when teams are always going to outbid the small market teams like Cincinnati. Didi may have wanted to reunite with Girardi but without the Moustakas signing, we had $14M more to convince him otherwise with.

[HammerTime]

Didi better put up a 5 war season for the way some are acting about him right now.

[cincinnati chili]

Maybe he took less money to be among the friendly people of the city of Brotherly Love

[BuckWild03]

Didi better put up a 5 war season for the way some are acting about him right now.

Why 5? Is that the pricetag for $14M? What Reds player put up a 5WAR last year?

[DocRed]

Didi better put up a 5 war season for the way some are acting about him right now.

I think the over under WAR for Didi would be about 2.5 and we are likely to get at least 1.5WAR out of Galvis.

[Wonderful Monds]

Didi better put up a 5 war season for the way some are acting about him right now.

He is almost definitely going to be better than Galvis, and the Reds didn’t pay what they had to land him. That’s all I really care about.

If this was more than a one year deal, I could understand not going all out to get him. But he fits in perfectly with their needs and their payroll capacity.