OT Reds get Puig, Kemp and Wood from LA for Bailey and prospects

[HerrosHeroes]

Merry Christmas to me....
Kemp in left, Schebler in Center and Puig in right.
Wood is a lefty with an ERA under 4.
Castellini is serious again!!!

http://www.espn.com/

 

[kev69]

Merry Christmas to me....
Kemp in left, Schebler in Center and Puig in right.
Wood is a lefty with an ERA under 4.
Castellini is serious again!!!

http://www.espn.com/

Take it to the baseball thread.

Just kidding.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Take it to the baseball thread.

Just kidding.

Can you believe this ish Kev?
Castillini anteing up big time!!!

 

[kev69]

I'll have to check the fine print, but if the news was simply that the Reds got nothing and the Dodgers took Bailey, that'd be a huge deal.

The Reds also threw in Votto and Suarez.

 

[kev69]

Can you believe this ish Kev?
Castillini anteing up big time!!!

Interesting on the surface. I’m still wondering what’s in this for the Dodgers.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

Better do something next year. Puig and Kemp are both free agents at the end of next season.

 

[uky8unc5]

Puig....what a head case.
But at least the Reds have given this diehard loyal to the end fan a reason to hope.

 

[SpamburgerHamburger]

I'll be interested to see if they all make it to the season. Moves breed moves a lot of times.

 

[sefleming]

Read somewhere Dodgers getting rid of salary.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Read somewhere Dodgers getting rid of salary.

Clearly but damn!

I'll be interested to see if they all make it to the season. Moves breed moves a lot of times.

Thought the same thing Spam but GM Williams said Reds were in good shape to add salary so we shall see.

Im pretty stoked right at this minute.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

Puig....what a head case.
But at least the Reds have given this diehard loyal to the end fan a reason to hope.

I feel your pain. This is the longest drought I can ever recall without the Reds in a World Series. They went from 1961 to 1970; 1976 to 1990, but now it's close to 29 years.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Pereza
Gennett
Votto
Suarez
Kemp
Puig
Schebler
Barnhart

Thats a dangerous lineup!

 

[BlobUK]

Great trade! Love to see them in the playoffs again.

 

[kev69]

Bryce Harper is in it for the Dodgers. Clears Cap Space, salary and centerfield for Harper. This is a clear win for the Reds. I know they only happen every couple decades, but embrace it.

Sounds good to me.

 

[drew_ukfan]

As someone who watches 95% of the Reds games, i love it.

Decent prospects going to LA but Josiah Gray is a pitching prospect and you never know how that’ll go, Homer Bailey was the worst pitcher in baseball last year and owed a ton of money, and Jeter Downs was a decent prospect who may turn out to be a good mlb player.

Puig is going to rake in GABP, Alex Wood is pretty solid, and Kemp is still decent but could be flipped to an AL to be a DH. And Kyle Farmer was once a well regarded catchin prospect

Overall, the prospects given up weren’t a huge loss in my eyes. Good to see the reds active, haven’t seen that in a number of years

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I feel your pain. This is the longest drought I can ever recall without the Reds in a World Series. They went from 1961 to 1970; 1976 to 1990, but now it's close to 29 years.

This is why I laugh at people who want to bail on the Kentucky Wildcats because they haven't won it all in six years or been to the Final Four in three.

I've only ever loved two sports teams in my life -- the Kentucky Wildcats and Cincinnati Reds. Both date back to the 1960s. I've seen a total of seven championships in those 50-plus years, along with a handful of very near misses, and consider myself richly rewarded. If you pretend to love a team but don't have the stomach to ride out a few decades of misery, as with the Reds, you are just kidding yourself.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

The Reds also threw in Votto and Suarez.

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Bryce Harper is in it for the Dodgers. Clears "luxury tax" room, salary and centerfield for Harper. This is a clear win for the Reds. I know they only happen every couple decades, but embrace it.

Md I think you are spot on. Nothing else would make sense.

 

[uky8unc5]

I feel your pain. This is the longest drought I can ever recall without the Reds in a World Series. They went from 1961 to 1970; 1976 to 1990, but now it's close to 29 years.

Small market teams should all be eliminated or funded.
With few exceptions, the system is rigged so that the rich get richer.

 

[USSLair]

Dang. I might have to start watching again next year.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Small market teams should all be eliminated or funded.
With few exceptions, the system is rigged so that the rich get richer.

Agree, baseball needs a salary cap

 

[uky8unc5]

Agree, baseball needs a salary cap

I remind myself that I have no problem with Cal recruiting #1 classes, and then stomping Ole Miss. So there is a tad bit of hypocrisy in me!

But in pro sports, I despise bandwagon Red Sox fans who feel their franchise is the GOAT.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Still think there’s another trade coming in the next few weeks

Man I’m excited! Now let’s beat UNCs ass tomorrow!!

 

[crawfords corner]

About time that dead ass arm of Homer Bailey and his albatross, albeit last year, of a contract are gone.

 

[HagginHall1999]

Merry Christmas to me....
Kemp in left, Schebler in Center and Puig in right.
Wood is a lefty with an ERA under 4.
Castellini is serious again!!!

http://www.espn.com/

I wouldn't be surprised to see Senzel in center to start the year...

That is unless they trade him to get Kluber and/or move Scooter. Schebler and Winker could be a trade piece...hell Kemp might be too.

Kemp and Puig are both FA's at end of year. They won't trade Puig because he will sell some tickets. Everyone else is fair game.

Plus added a legit starter to rotation.

I would trade Senzel and Iglesias for 3 years of Kluber in a heart beat.

Love to see this!

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Still think there’s another trade coming in the next few weeks

Man I’m excited! Now let’s beat UNCs ass tomorrow!!

Reds blockbuster
UK v UNC
UK v UL
UK v Penn St Citrus thats a full 11 day sports slate!

 

[crawfords corner]

LF-Winker
CF-Kemp
RF-Puig

Im liking this OF

 

[drew_ukfan]

LF-Winker
CF-Kemp
RF-Puig

Im liking this OF

Kemp can’t play CF
More like
LF - Kemp/Winker platoon
CF - Schebler and Senzel
RF - Puig

 

[HerrosHeroes]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Senzel in center to start the year...

That is unless they trade him to get Kluber and/or move Scooter. Schebler and Winker could be a trade piece...hell Kemp might be too.

Kemp and Puig are both FA's at end of year. They won't trade Puig because he will sell some tickets. Everyone else is fair game.

Plus added a legit starter to rotation.

I would trade Senzel and Iglesias for 3 years of Kluber in a heart beat.

Love to see this!

Totally forgot about Winker!

Rotation is setting up nicely

Wood
Roark
Castillo
DeScalfani
Lorenzen

Pen

Mahle
Garrett
Hughes
Iggy

 

[drew_ukfan]

Don’t forget Lorenzen can play CF lol, dude can rake

 

[HerrosHeroes]

The Reds have some pieces to contend with finally!

This rebuild is in year five and its time to contend.

 

[BassProCat]

Welp the NL central will be quite competitive this coming year.

I’m a stl cards fan and we picked up Goldschmidt and Lefty Reliever Andrew Miller so far.

I don’t know who the Brewers and Cubs have returning but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the NL central will be the toughest division next year.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I cried as a little boy when the Reds traded Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Wayne Simpson. And my dad said to me, ‘be brave son. Someday the Reds will get the better of a blockbuster deal.”

Puig is no Frank Robinson. But getting him, another legitimate hitter a starting pitcher AND dumping Homer Bailey - while getting $7.5 million? This may be the closest day in more than 50 years to proving dad right.

 

[drew_ukfan]

I cried as a little boy when the Reds traded Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Wayne Simpson. And my dad said to me, ‘be brave son. Someday the Reds will get the better of a blockbuster deal.”

Puig is no Frank Robinson. But getting him, another legitimate hitter a starting pitcher AND dumping Homer Bailey - while getting $7.5 million? This may be the closest day in more than 50 years to proving dad right.

Lol the Reds got Joe Morgan, Geronimo, and Billingham for Lee May and Tommy Helms! That’s highway robbery looking back on it. They also gave up nothing for George Foster, Tom Seaver, etc

 

[StubbornPenny]

Interesting on the surface. I’m still wondering what’s in this for the Dodgers.

Salary dump to get under the luxury tax. They’re releasing bailey.

 

[crawfords corner]

Kemp can’t play CF
More like
LF - Kemp/Winker platoon
CF - Schebler and Senzel
RF - Puig

I don't care how they do it. I'm just glad I don't have to watch Billy Hamilton and his pathetic OBP anymore. A dude with that speed who can't draw walks or put the ball play enough to use his speed is unbearable to watch even if he can play defense like nobody's business.

 

[drew_ukfan]

I don't care how they do it. I'm just glad I don't have to watch Billy Hamilton and his pathetic OBP anymore. A dude with that speed who can't draw walks or put the ball play enough to use his speed is unbearable to watch even if he can play defense like nobody's business.

I swear he’d struggle hitting against high school pitching sometimes. I was ecstatic when they released him

 

[kev69]

I don't care how they do it. I'm just glad I don't have to watch Billy Hamilton and his pathetic OBP anymore. A dude with that speed who can't draw walks or put the ball play enough to use his speed is unbearable to watch even if he can play defense like nobody's business.

Truth.

I will add that I really like Billy as a person.

 

[StubbornPenny]

Nothing but positive for the reds

Kemp has been decent lately, maybe flip him to a contender at the deadline
Either hope Puig gets his head on straight or hope for a good year and flip
Wood, though often injured, is a very good pitcher
Bailey just needed to go for a multitude of reasons

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Poetic license man. Baseball isn’t all stats, it’s history and poetry. I’m seeing the ghosts of Crosley Field avenged the weekend before Christmas. Facts are irrelevant at such a time.