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    So if the Reds turn it on over the next month or two, who should they target in trade to help them? My choice is Max Scherzer.
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    Re: Buy?

    100% a real SS

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocRed View Post
    100% a real SS
    jose barrero is the real SS. it's just a matter of when they call him up. no need to trade for a SS now when we know who our SS of the future is.

    the time to trade for a SS was the offseason. now? might as well roll with farmer until they call barrero up. which i imagine won't be long from now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JFLegal View Post
    jose barrero is the real SS. it's just a matter of when they call him up. no need to trade for a SS now when we know who our SS of the future is.

    the time to trade for a SS was the offseason. now? might as well roll with farmer until they call barrero up. which i imagine won't be long from now.
    Agree. Need to be a little more patient with Jose. Prior to this season he's only had two seasons of low/high A ball. Doing well at AA Chattanooga, a true test, for the moment ...

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    Address the pitching woes they created (lol). Of course young arms like Greene, Lodolo, Santillan, and Gutierrez may correct that. Just get a couple to hit and that's a huge improvement to this rotation with a Gray and Mahle. They still have Castillo under their control relatively cheap. Keep fingers crossed he can figure it out. But at the soon-to-be age of 29 the clock is ticking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JFLegal View Post
    jose barrero is the real SS. it's just a matter of when they call him up. no need to trade for a SS now when we know who our SS of the future is.

    the time to trade for a SS was the offseason. now? might as well roll with farmer until they call barrero up. which i imagine won't be long from now.
    Barrero is not getting called up this year IMHO. He needs more development. Story is a perfect target IF the reds are in the hunt, which I don’t think they will be.
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    The problem with picking up an infielder or specifically a shortstop is who do you sit when Moustakas comes back. You have to sit Suarez, Moustakas, India, or Votto. You could trade 1 of the 4 but I feel Suarez, Moustakas, and Vottos are untradeable because of contract and or performance reasons. The Reds would be crazy to trade India to make a hole for a shortstop. The only way to make it work in my opinion is to only play Suarez at 3rd against left handers and Moustakas vs righties.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sdm24 View Post
    The problem with picking up an infielder or specifically a shortstop is who do you sit when Moustakas comes back. You have to sit Suarez, Moustakas, India, or Votto. You could trade 1 of the 4 but I feel Suarez, Moustakas, and Vottos are untradeable because of contract and or performance reasons. The Reds would be crazy to trade India to make a hole for a shortstop. The only way to make it work in my opinion is to only play Suarez at 3rd against left handers and Moustakas vs righties.
    I don't think its a problem to worry about. I'll believe Moose will be back when he's back. Right now, there isn't even a timeline.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I don't think its a problem to worry about. I'll believe Moose will be back when he's back. Right now, there isn't even a timeline.
    Right. This.
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    Re: Buy?

    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    I don't think its a problem to worry about. I'll believe Moose will be back when he's back. Right now, there isn't even a timeline.
    Agree. And adding a SS doesn't really change things either way, because Suarez should not really be playing there anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sdm24 View Post
    The problem with picking up an infielder or specifically a shortstop is who do you sit when Moustakas comes back. You have to sit Suarez, Moustakas, India, or Votto. You could trade 1 of the 4 but I feel Suarez, Moustakas, and Vottos are untradeable because of contract and or performance reasons. The Reds would be crazy to trade India to make a hole for a shortstop. The only way to make it work in my opinion is to only play Suarez at 3rd against left handers and Moustakas vs righties.
    Having too many guys who can start on winning teams isn't a bad problem to have.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WrongVerb View Post
    Having too many guys who can start on winning teams isn't a bad problem to have.
    Especially when one of those guys shouldn’t even be starting in the first place, to put it mildly lol

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    Schrok for Scherzer.

    Schtraight up.

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    Re: Buy?

    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Schuler View Post
    Schrok for Scherzer.

    Schtraight up.
    Can we get Mark Schramek involved? Perhaps as the PTBNL
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    If they turn it around, I'd trade for Trevor Story and some relief help. The Reds will never spend the money to add and shouldn't spend the controllable talent.
    All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mth123 View Post
    If they turn it around, I'd trade for Trevor Story and some relief help. The Reds will never spend the money to add and shouldn't spend the controllable talent.
    Like the idea but I think Story will cost you talent. More likely course, should this possibility arise (i.e. of our being buyers), is to buy the last part of Simmons' contract from the Twins. Shouldn't cost any more than the cash.

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