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I will give Dan some credit. Even he understand how wrong it was to include the 2023 projections. From his twitter account:
Naturally, with a deadline looming, mid-morning I thought HEY HOW ABOUT A REALLY EARLY PROJECTION OF 2023? If an editor ever murders me, it's probably justified.
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man, i'm surprised he didn't laud a franchise that has not won a playoff series in 25 years and is in the midst of one of the most embarrassing offseasons i can ever remember for the reds (and that is saying something).
joshua (02-09-2021),tripleaaaron (02-09-2021)
If the season ends and the Reds have a perfectly predictable mediocre season with a roster that for the most part resembles the current roster, maybe we can start talking about this offseason. I say maybe because standing pat this off-season might actually be in service of going for it next off-season. Now that I’m thinking about it out loud, no. It’s too early to critique this off-season at the end of the year. There are so many players available now and next off-season that the Reds haven’t and won’t acquire that it’s impossible to grade or judge that kind of infinite possibility as anything but tremendous.
*BaseClogger* (02-09-2021),Powder River (02-09-2021)
joshua (02-09-2021)
Jayson Stark disagrees. Here is his list of players left:
It's a post-Super Bowl edition of the All-Unemployed Team!
1B - Mitch Moreland
2B - Marwin Gonzalez
SS - Jonathan Villar
3B - Justin Turner
LF - Brett Gardner
CF - Jackie Bradley Jr
RF - Josh Reddick
C - Yadi
DH - Ryan Braun
All-Unemployed Pitching Staff:
Rotation:
Jake Odorizzi
James Paxton
Taijuan Walker
Rich Hill
Anibal Sanchez
Bullpen:
Rosenthal
Melancon
Kintzler
Greene
Jeffress
Watson
McGee
Justin Wilson
Alvarez
All-Unemployed Bench Patrol:
Infield:
Brad Miller
Logan Forsythe
Asdrubal Cabrera
Travis Shaw
Todd Frazier
Maikel Franco
Brock Holt
Jedd Gyorko
Outfield/1B:
Jay Bruce
Shin-Soo Choo
CJ Cron
Kevin Pillar
Adam Duvall
Nick Markakis
Yasiel Puig
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Wasn't Brock Holt a hot name around here last year when the Reds were looking for a SS?
Jayson Stark doesn't say anything about the quality of the players in that list which is comprised of mostly aging starters, aging corner outfielders, and aging corner infielders. Excluding the pitchers (and especially the relief pitchers, where there's a decent chance the Reds sign someone (please?!)), there isn't a single player on that list that makes this lineup demonstrably better.
What do Taijuan Walker and Maikel Franco have in common? They're both the only non-relievers under 30 on the list AND players I don't want to have to resort to.
joshua (02-09-2021)
I agree there isn’t any position player on that the list that the Reds should sign. But there are plenty of pitchers that make the team better.
But the point I was making is that there is far more talent available at this point in the off season, than any other year at this same point. Covid changed the timeline of this off season. I think that list reveals that.
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