2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

[Coopdaddy67]

I can't see any way this team contends without Gray and the addition of at least a solid #3 to replace Bauer. We've heard all this speculative pitching talk for years (e.g. so and so is fixable, will have a big comeback year, underperformed in some different pitching environment, is a 'potential' starter etc) and we know the result. As I see it, we now have Castillo, Gray, a possible #4 in Mahle, a nearly completely untested hopeful #5 in Antone, and a very unreliable lefthander in Miley. The others aren't even worth posting at this point. We need to add a reasonably reliable starter, not trade one.

The only thing they'd contend for without Bauer and Gray is the worst record in baseball. If Gray is dealt, safe to say the Reds aren't adding anything of significance and are going to try to reduce payroll elsewhere too.

Is it too much to ask for one of my favorite teams to have a likable owner that simply wants to win and is willing to do whatever it takes?