What Do The Reds See in Jeff Hoffman?

[Ohiohaybaler]

I see Hoffman is taking another beating for the team. What do the Reds see in this guy? It certainly isn’t his 6.15 career ERA. He should be used a “organizational depth” at the very most.

[darrylskale]

My question, why did nick krall acquire hoffman and rameriz

[Mitri]

$570,500

[TheBigLebowski]

Sometimes questions just have no answers.

[Dbrown1291]

I see Hoffman is taking another beating for the team. What do the Reds see in this guy? It certainly isn’t his 6.15 career ERA. He should be used a “organizational depth” at the very most.

Neither do I nor do I see what they see in that guy Doolittle

[alexad]

I agree with all of you and add Jose De Leon to this conversation.

I would rather see Green and Ladoldo.


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[DocRed]

You could ask the same question about a lot of the Reds pitchers that are likely to make the opening day roster. DeLeon, Do-Little, Fulmer etc....that doesn't bode well for us this year. Let's hope Sonny only misses 1 start and our hitters rake this year.

[JayBruceFan]

100 mph fastball
Disgusting breaking ball

[mth123]

$570,500

This is the answer. He makes the minimum and was a prospect once upon a time. Brings back memories of Todd Van Poppel, Paul Wilson, Mark Wohlers, Steve Avery,,,.

[Hamilton95]

I see Hoffman is taking another beating for the team. What do the Reds see in this guy? It certainly isn’t his 6.15 career ERA. He should be used a “organizational depth” at the very most.

I liked Robert Stephenson better. Seemed like he was finally starting to get it together as well. Not that it means much these days but he did throw 100 mph as well. Waste of a first round pick as well. Hoffman is garbage.

[RedTeamGo!]

I liked Robert Stephenson better. Seemed like he was finally starting to get it together as well. Not that it means much these days but he did throw 100 mph as well. Waste of a first round pick as well. Hoffman is garbage.

Stephenson may have touched 100 like once but I seem to remember him being more of a 95 mph right down the pipe kind of guy.

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I would rather see Green and Ladoldo.


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Neither are ready.

[Hamilton95]

Stephenson may have touched 100 like once but I seem to remember him being more of a 95 mph right down the pipe kind of guy.

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Neither are ready.

Both are probably better.

[RedTeamGo!]

Both are probably better.

Great. Greene is coming off TJ surgery and clearly didn’t look ready. Hasn’t pitched in a competitive game in like 3 years. Lodolo hasn’t pitched in a competitive game in 2 years, the same year he was drafted. Pitched like 20 innings of pro baseball. Also clearly doesn’t look ready.

[KronoRed]

This is the answer. He makes the minimum and was a prospect once upon a time. Brings back memories of Todd Van Poppel, Paul Wilson, Mark Wohlers, Steve Avery,,,.

All those guys were better then Hoffman

[GAC]

$570,500

If you look at the "common denominator" of the arms mentioned in this discussion, it's that they're all cheap, low risk, and do have potential. So if you're spreading out 4-5M over 5-6 arms, and they hit on one or possibly two, or even get around league average performance out of them, was it worth that risk/investment? And one way an organization can save money, pinch pennies, is the bullpen. It's comes down to either - what can we afford to spend on a reliever, or how much is left over in the budget?

I'll be honest - I hope the days are gone - as least as far as the Reds are concerned - of spending top dollar, multi-year, guaranteed contracts on a closer (i.e a Cordero). But I think the Reds did a good job when it came to handling recent closers (Chapman, Iglesias) while they had them under their control, were ready to cash in, and the decision to "turn the page".

Now as far as what they got in return, that's another discussion.