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If Acosta is it, I don't like this deal. Reds had plenty of time to evaluate Drury, and make an offer which I think he would have accepted.
The other thing is that once you've acquired a guy, how you acquired him should not factor into how you view him going forward.
That isn't to suggest that previous performance shouldn't remain a factor. But just because they got Drury on a minor-league deal doesn't mean he can't continue his current valuable level of production.
Last edited by malcontent; 08-02-2022 at 07:01 PM.
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REDREAD (08-02-2022)
Acosta is a nice return for Drury. Seems like a similar profile to Ricardo Cabrera, except Acosta can switch hit, whereas Cabrera may be a better bet to stick at SS. Combine them both and you get Edwin Arroyo.
As I said earlier today when I theorized the Pads would want Drury until Tatis gets back, I would've preferred Joshua Mears as a return mainly because he's an OF power bat. That said, Acosta is a decent get for two months of Drury. I like this value better than the Mahle trade.
Go BLUE!!!
Here is a way of looking at this. Reds just added 10 additional high upside players to the system less than 2 weeks after the draft.
I'm sad to see Mahle and Castillo go. I really like Drury and proposed extending him.
But it is good that the Reds had a plan here. They had a plan and executed it well.
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Mitri (08-02-2022),RedsfaninMT (08-02-2022)
REDREAD (08-02-2022)
I'm curious to see a ranking of the Reds top prospects after all these trades. Doug doesn't have any mention of today's trades yet, but he usually is reliable for that sort of thing.
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Coopdaddy67 (08-03-2022),Ron Madden (08-02-2022)
Regardless of my overall feelings about how the Reds have handled things this year in regards to giving up before the season began, I like seeing them trade everyone.
Check that I thought keeping Castillo would have been wise but if you are going to tear it down, fricking do it and they are doing just that.
Completely erase the board. The only two pieces left to remove are Votto and Moose, which understandably won't happen due to contracts.
But they can use the new year to find their core with all these prospects and when the time is right, Beef up.the rest of the team.
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