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  1. 03-11-2023, 08:47 PM #1
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    Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Jake Fraley impressing after strong end to '22

    Jake Fraley’s motto this spring has been to stay present in the moment and not worry too much about the future. But with a wide-open competition in left field, it's hard to not look ahead to Opening Day.

    Fraley struggled at the plate in April and spent three months on the injured list, but he batted .283 with an .876 OPS after returning on July 30, finishing the ‘22 season with a .259 average and 12 home runs.

    “Anytime that you're in a trade with guys of the caliber of Suárez and Winker, it's such a huge deal,” Fraley said. “Anytime you have a team that wants you a part of what they're doing, it's a huge deal.

    Fraley’s performance in the latter half of last year certainly put him on MLB’s radar, but so has the work he’s been putting in this spring, with a .375 average and 10 RBIs. A standout spring to follow a successful 2022 is what he needs, especially with players like Will Benson, Stuart Fairchild and TJ Friedl eyeing a spot in Cincinnati's outfield on Opening Day.

    “He's really improving on a daily basis as an overall baseball player.” manager David Bell said. “He's just in a really good place.”
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    He better. Lord, he better. It could save that deal from a near-franchise-worst. But he’s going to have to do it when it matters.
    “And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    He better. Lord, he better. It could save that deal from a near-franchise-worst. But he’s going to have to do it when it matters.
    Near Franchise worse?

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    Frank Robinson
    Suarez

    Didn't have that on my Bingo Card
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
    Near Franchise worse?

    Mathewson
    Frank Robinson
    Suarez

    Didn't have that on my Bingo Card
    I wasn't yet a Reds fan, just a little tot when the Frank Robinson went down but I would agree that trade would have irked me. That and no sand in the sandbox to play in.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Fraley looks to be the most dependable, as far as 2023 expectations, of any of the Outfielders of choice.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
    Near Franchise worse?

    Mathewson
    Frank Robinson
    Suarez

    Didn't have that on my Bingo Card
    I did say “near” and did the Reds not send Suárez in that deal?
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    I did say “near” and did the Reds not send Suárez in that deal?
    Yes, they did, but I'm still gonna let more than one season play out on that trade before I entertain hyperbole that covers all 130 of the franchise years

    This is only because I can name trades that were way worse for the Reds than that one

    Example, Joe Adcock for Rocky Bridges, Perez, Fryman, Eric Davis to Dodgers

    But yes, we will revisit this again for sure
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Wetteland to Montreal is among the worst in my lifetime.

    Konerko to Chicago was bad too (IMO).

    Joaquin Andujar for a PTBNL? Brutal.

    Mike Caldwell for two PTBNL? Just as bad.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Connor Phillips is impressing the Reds in camp this year at 21, but yes the trade is already a failure let's not even see how the next 5-7 years play out.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Curt Flood for ???
    Letting Trevor Hoffman go in the expansion draft.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
    Near Franchise worse?

    Mathewson
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    Suarez

    Didn't have that on my Bingo Card
    Aroldis Chapman was the second-worst behind Frank Robinson IMO. Especially when you factor in the Yankees flipped Chapman a mere 3-4 months later for one of the top prospects in baseball. Just front office malpractice by the Reds, going full panic city with Chapman. Got nothing from the Yankees. Four absolute scrubs.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Of course, the Chapman deal was in the top 3, but we know the extenuating circumstances there.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by JFLegal View Post
    Aroldis Chapman was the second-worst behind Frank Robinson IMO. Especially when you factor in the Yankees flipped Chapman a mere 3-4 months later for one of the top prospects in baseball. Just front office malpractice by the Reds, going full panic city with Chapman. Got nothing from the Yankees. Four absolute scrubs.
    Wait, the 24 innings of 8.64 ERA out of Rookie Davis wasn't enough for you? Rookie has no stats after 2019 at age 26. With all these hangers-on 30 somethings getting major league spots these days, he might be the 7th inning guy here if he'd stuck with it.
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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

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    Re: Jake Fraley Impressing After Strong End To '22

    Quote Originally Posted by Bourgeois Zee View Post
    Wetteland to Montreal is among the worst in my lifetime.

    Konerko to Chicago was bad too (IMO).

    Joaquin Andujar for a PTBNL? Brutal.

    Mike Caldwell for two PTBNL? Just as bad.
    Mike Cameron for Konerko was an awesome trade


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