Let's try to keep this thread to Reds discussion - push other offseason discussion to the other thread.
Thanks
Let's try to keep this thread to Reds discussion - push other offseason discussion to the other thread.
Thanks
Ron Madden (12-13-2019)
ya'll got any more of those Reds rumors
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Ron Madden (12-13-2019),The Operator (12-13-2019),wolfboy (12-13-2019)
I’m not following what you are arguing here? I just stated the Reds would be after Roark as a starter. It would make zero sense to try to sign him as a reliever and I can assure you the Reds didn’t attempt to do that. The Reds could have very well offered him $10-$12M for one year but balked at the guaranteed second year, a reasonable thing for the Reds to balk at this early in the off-season.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Ron Madden (12-13-2019)
SS - Seager, Correa, Story (longshot trade category)
Corner OF - Ozuna, Castellanos, Calhoun, Shogo (FAs/IFA)
SP - Price, Keuchel, Gio
I think this is about where we are picking up
REDREAD (12-13-2019)
What do y'all think of this one?
Reds fans get: cold reality that the Reds will never be a large market team with access to the resources needed to be a great team
Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers fans get: unlimited opportunities to see their team compete for a World Series
The first statement is not true. A lot of teams have less or similar resources as Reds do and compete often for a WS.
The second statement is not true. Dodgers haven’t won a WS since 1988. Red Sox won twice in a century. Yankees lately have been competing on the same pace as the Rays, who have a smaller market than Reds do.
Baseball has the best parity of any pro sport. If your team is smart, you have windows of years open for competition. Some teams are smart enough to keep those windows open perpetually with a fraction of the resources as the big teams.
REDREAD (12-13-2019)
That’s a big part of it. Which makes Dick’s tenure a new foray into the mix. Can his team do what it takes? There are obviously a lot of variables, which makes forums like this interesting, and makes it worthwhile to still root for them.
If it’s just money, what are we doing here?
On CBS Sports, they were listing the best remaining FA's/trade options and the only players they listed the Reds being in top contention for was Ozuna and Price. They listed 2-5 teams for each player.
REDREAD (12-13-2019)
Edd Roush (12-13-2019),Griffey012 (12-13-2019),marcshoe (12-13-2019),ochoa30 (12-13-2019),OhioRiverBarge (12-13-2019),RedsfaninMT (12-15-2019)
by Adquino.If I lived in the area, I think the days Luis or Sonny is pitching would always be worth the cost of admission.
Not really, I've been to too many games where the Reds starter pitches great, there's no offense, and if the Reds are leading, the bullpen blows it. Saw 5 games lost by JJ Hoover alone.
If the Reds fix the bullpen and get a real starting CF, I will go see them in person this year.
I can see the argument that in the big picture, maybe OF defense doesn't matter much over the course of the season, but it's really aggravating to see poor OF defense "live", so that's a criteria for me.
Not going to pay money to see Schelber, Winker or Ervin flop around CF.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
REDREAD (12-15-2019)
OhioRiverBarge (12-13-2019),wolfboy (12-13-2019)
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