Reds traded Amir Garrett to the Royals for Mike Minor and cash considerations.

[MoneyInTheBank]

Minor was a former 1st round pick. Amir was a 22nd round pick. When you account for the salary difference, I think the Reds won this trade by 13 Friedls

[RedTeamGo!]

Yeah this makes absolutely no sense

[LeatherPants]

Only thing I can think of is durability.

Reds decided at the end of the day to get an innings eater who generally pitches a full season.

The type of pitcher one gets in a rebuild to protect the kids.

Mike Minor missed the last month of the season with a shoulder injury, and Wade Miley threw more innings last year, so that's probably not it.

[Ron Madden]

We need an Owner and a General Manager

[Old school 1983]

Only thing I can think of is durability.

Reds decided at the end of the day to get an innings eater who generally pitches a full season.

The type of pitcher one gets in a rebuild to protect the kids.

About $8M net for the guy. Remember when they made an offer to Heaney. Bet it was similar.

[NebraskaRed]

"Ok, so we messed up with Wade Miley, can we find another pitcher who has a name with the exact same number of letters? SIGN HIM NOW"

[WildcatFan]

Who is going to fight the Pirates now?

Pretty sure you're not allowed hit a Minor.

(this is all so stupid)

[LeatherPants]

About $8M net for the guy. Remember when they made an offer to Heaney. Bet it was similar.

Reds could have non-tendered Amir and picked up Miley's option for essentially the same net. So what's the plan? How does this make sense?

[M2]

I’ll never say a bad thing…ever…about Amir. He should always be revered for the way he went 1 vs 25 and charged into the Clint Hurdle Pirate dugout with bad intentions. Eternal respect and best wishes from this Reds fan to Amir in his post-Red life.

[Old school 1983]

Reds could have non-tendered Amir and picked up Miley's option for essentially the same net. So what's the plan? How does this make sense?

No idea. But we can’t look at it with hindsight. When Miley was put on waivers there had been no lockout. No deal for Gray and no deal for Winker and Suarez. Maybe they thought they’d need that money if nothing materialized on the other fronts. Then it did so they could use that money. That’s my best guess anyway. lol.

[Tom Servo]

Trying to parse what the Reds are doing here seems next to impossible, but I’m real glad to see Garrett gone and have liked Minor, especially with the Johnson connection. So I guess put me down as liking this trade.

Really makes no damn sense though on the macro lense.

[Mitri]

I think this guarantees at least one of Castillo or Mahle is gone very soon.

[Kc61]

Mike Minor missed the last month of the season with a shoulder injury, and Wade Miley threw more innings last year, so that's probably not it.

Still, Minor has a history of durability. Threw over 200 innings in 2019. Miley hardly pitched in 2020, had some injuries last season.

Or maybe Reds just acted too quickly to cut Miley loose. They tend to act fast when they want to save money. Then they found themselves short of starters and had to replace him.

I don’t see it as a big deal, frankly, since Reds aren’t likely to contend this season. And I’m sure DJ vouched for Minor whom he knows from Vandy days.

[Tom Servo]

I think this guarantees at least one of Castillo or Mahle is gone very soon.

Rosenthal said last night that they’re staying, for what that’s worth.

Maybe this really is the Reds bizarre attempt at a “retool”. I have no clue.

[Playadlc]

This is incredibly bizarre, but also encouraging.