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I don't see the Reds going back to the clean cut, no facial hair policy of the old days with Francona. When you go back to his old teams, they had Johnny Damon, Bronson Arroyo & Manny Ramirez with the long hair in Boston.
The India Royals trade appears to be off according to Jim Bowden. Says Brady Singer was the backup plan for Nick Martinez if he signed elsewhere. This would have been a good trade for Cincinnati getting Singer. He would have been much cheaper and gave them 2 years of team control. Reds should have dumped someone else off than the team leader in .OBP, but it would have been a fair trade. Plenty of infield prospects to move. Now that it is dead, they best be looking to trade for a real outfielder instead of a bunch of guys who are 4th/5th outfielders at best.
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Reds Select Tyler Callihan, Luis Mey
The Reds announced that they have selected infielder/outfielder Tyler Callihan and right-hander Luis Mey to their 40-man roster, protecting both …
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Reds owe Hunter Greene $1,000,000 after Cy Young voting - Redleg Nation
Hunter Greene earned himself a nice little raise from the Cincinnati Reds after he finished in the Top 10 of the Cy Young Award voting.
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Reds News: Former OF traded to Mets, Nick Martinez eyes multiyear deal, Noelvi Marte
Nick Martinez agreed to sign his qualifying offer, and Cincinnati Reds infielder Noelvi Marte is playing in the Dominican Winter League.
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Reds, Royals Agree To Trade Involving Brady Singer, Jonathan India
The Royals are acquiring second baseman Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Reds for starter Brady Singer, the teams announced. Robert …
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Color me shocked Bowden is as good of a reporter as he was a GM. We'll see how good of a pitcher Singer is in GABP, but it seems like a good deal for the Reds getting another arm that has ML experience with all of the injuries this team has had in the rotation recently. Better than going after the $25 million injury-prone Sonny Gray for another pitcher in their mid-30s.
Just saw it on ESPN ticker.
Here’s the ESPN headline:
Reds land Brady Singer from Royals for Jonathan India, Joey Wiemer
I like India but this is a good move on paper. Singer brings stability and a proven mlb starter. Don’t have to rely on Lowder who is probably on a pitch limit and can put Ashcraft in the pen where he probably belongs
McLain will be back healthy, Espinal is still there and Tyler Callihan was just added to the 40 man.
I thank India for what leadership he brought and I do like him but it makes too much sense to do this deal.
Now, get a corner OFer or two
McLain will be back healthy, Espinal is still there and Tyler Callihan was just added to the 40 man.
I thank India for what leadership he brought and I do like him but it makes too much sense to do this deal.
Now, get a corner OFer or two
Interesting hire. I like it. Still hoping they bring in Votto for some role within the organization.
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Reds Hire Mike Napoli
The Reds have hired Mike Napoli for an unspecified role within the organization, WEEI's Rob Bradford reports (Bluesky link). Napoli …
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Why don't you let the guy play a few seasons before slapping this premature label on him.
Fair enough. But that is rich coming from you who wouldn't even give Elly De La Cruz a month before shipping him back to Louisville. I bet you shit your pants that anyone would vote for him in the NL MVP race with the 8th most for the NL MVP 1 1/2 years into his career. Contrary to any of your delusions about him, he is one of the top players in the National League.
LOL. I'm sure you already tweeted Sadak to tell him how much of a joke EDLC receiving MVP votes was, right MarkKY58521944?
Former Chicago Cubs coach joins a suddenly daunting Cincinnati Reds organization
Former Chicago Cubs' first base coach Mike Napolis is joining the Cincinnati Reds' coaching staff under Terry Francona.
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I think he will be a good addition as a mentor and a younger coach who was in the game not too long ago. World Series Champion, a lot of postseason experience. He was an offensive catcher in his prime hitting for a lot of power. Been a coach within the NL Central the previous 4 years with the Cubs. I do like Brad Mills coming back to baseball and work with Francona as the bench coach here. Also, saw where Jose Barrero is getting a chance with St. Louis now.
Former Chicago Cubs coach joins a suddenly daunting Cincinnati Reds organization
Former Chicago Cubs' first base coach Mike Napolis is joining the Cincinnati Reds' coaching staff under Terry Francona.
Got an email from Reds.com that Reds games will be available live streaming with no blackouts this year, either on a streaming service, e.g., YouTube, or via MLB.com for approximately $20 per month. Good news for the local fans.
Blake Snell just signed for 5 years, $182 million to the Dodgers and of course some of the money will be deferred. I know the Reds tried this with Griffey and the worst-case scenario of winning absolutely nothing happened. Just finished paying out Griffey this year. Not the Castellini's fault as this deal took place under Carl Lindner. Getting burned like that makes me never want to see the Reds do something like this again. However, I wonder if other teams are going to start doing this more often to even have a snowball's chance in hell at competing unless rules are ever implemented to limit deferred contracts per team.
I absolutely hate it. It is bullshit that the Dodgers deferred Teoscar Hernandez last year on a 1-year deal, now Snell and deferred $68 million of Shohei Ohtani's $70 million per year. Imagine if Juan Soto would agree to do the same with them as they are one of the teams that have presented a contract offer to him. If teams are going to do this, should be required to pay a large percentage of the annual salary of the contract rather than paying a league MVP a base salary of $2 million every year until 2034. Small market teams will never have a chance as long as this keeps happening.
I absolutely hate it. It is bullshit that the Dodgers deferred Teoscar Hernandez last year on a 1-year deal, now Snell and deferred $68 million of Shohei Ohtani's $70 million per year. Imagine if Juan Soto would agree to do the same with them as they are one of the teams that have presented a contract offer to him. If teams are going to do this, should be required to pay a large percentage of the annual salary of the contract rather than paying a league MVP a base salary of $2 million every year until 2034. Small market teams will never have a chance as long as this keeps happening.
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Small market teams won't compete for World Series Championships in the current landscape of MLB as long as this continues. MLBPA will never allow for a salary cap like the NBA and NFL and are the players agree to the deferred provisions in the collective bargaining agreement. Teams like LA & NYY scoff at the Competitive Balance Tax and are just fine paying a luxury tax, while the Dodgers continue to exploit the system to defer contracts on multiple star players. Maybe take top round draft pick away of the next MLB Draft for teams that are deferring outrageous amounts of money on these contracts.
Teams who can't afford to pay the agreed upon yearly deal with the player and have to defer have no business signing these guys. In 10 years these guys will all be gone if not sooner and will be past their prime. LA is really going to fall on their ass when this happens. If other teams did this, owners may think it is worth it for 3 or 4 World Series Championships in a decade. Selloff when they don't want to pay up and a new ownership group is left assuming the debt. Will set many teams back who can't afford to spend with the likes of LA & NYY. Leaving the Reds out of this who can never afford to do it. Middle of the pack teams in spending will really feel the effect much more than teams the big market spenders.
As long as the Reds have the mindset that big time additions are signing jokes like Mike Moustakas to make him the Reds most expensive FA signing in team history, acquiring middle of the rotation pitchers, stock piling the organization with infielders and won't trade any of them for veterans in their prime they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford with giving up prospects. They will always come up short to teams like the Dodgers and have narrow windows to compete in before trading off players while under arbitration to trade for more prospects. Continuously rebuilding. Rinse and repeat. Spend half a decade just to appear in the NLDS once, maybe twice and that is as far as Cincinnati gets.
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Didn't the state of California sue the Dodgers over the Ohtani deal in an effort to collect state income tax? What happened to that litigation? That might stop the deferral business if the players have to go ahead and pay state income tax.
It is not going to fix the system with tax reform laws. It is in the CBA that there are no limitations on the amount of players a team can sign to deferred contracts as well as the amount of money too. The MLBPA will never agree to it. They can make players like Ohtani pay more now changing the law, but it won't stop a team like the Dodgers from loading up their rosters with players like Teoscar Hernandez to 1-year deals who won't command as much money. It is less of a burden on a player of Teoscar's stature to be effected by any such change with a smaller contract than a long-term lucrative deal like Ohtani. More players will just sign shorter deals as Hernandez did. Like I previously said, the Dodgers will laugh at the notion of paying a luxury tax so long as they are winning. Closing this tax loophole which is what the SJR 14 legislation aims to do wouldn't effect the club from signing players to deferred contracts.
No it’s not, the Homer Bailey contract was far worse. 1 year deals don’t hurt you that much if the player does badly. And if he’s doing well and the team is doing badly, he’s easy to trade at the deadline
LOL, no. Great human being, had some very good years, great sense of humor, but he's got some things that will give the rebuilding Reds pause.Interesting hire. I like it. Still hoping they bring in Votto for some role within the organization.
Reds Hire Mike Napoli
The Reds have hired Mike Napoli for an unspecified role within the organization, WEEI's Rob Bradford reports (Bluesky link). Napoli …
Your evidence for this is based on what? Elaborate on the details of those "things" you are alluding to. Krall has already said the team has reached out to Joey about finding him a role in the organization. Votto has a high baseball IQ and his intelligence expands outside of baseball. He has taken on learning different languages to communicate and get to know his international teammates which would be very beneficial in coaching with players from all different nationalities in the game. Multiple players have praised his abilities to help them get through slumps offering his insight on hitting. The Reds coaching staff has already been filled so any role as an advisor/guest instructor in ST will not hinder the development of this team in any way as you claim.
Votto has always taken his craft very seriously and didn't become a franchise icon by being a goober. Only in Votto's later years did he start to show some personality and expressed it on the field. Nothing wrong with having fun in the game. A stark contrast to how he conducted himself on the field as a perfectionist when he first arrived in MLB and became a MVP early on. Enjoying the game and being serious don't have to be mutually exclusive. Something Votto learned to balance as his career went on. He was still receiving MVP votes and hit 36 HRs, 99 RBIs in 2021 at age 38.
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Everyone is the worst contract and a horrible player on the Reds according to him. Harps on his career numbers in Texas and going to Japan while accusing others of using numbers from baseball reference to formulate their opinions. Far be it someone actually improves as Martinez has. A one year deal won't kill the Reds long-term rebuilding phase when Cincinnati needs pitchers who are durable and have proved to pitch well in GABP as he did this year. Will never give an ounce of praise to anyone.
Granted not a lot of positivity was warranted last year, but the strides Hunter Greene made in 2024 clearly is a positive sign going forward that any rational Reds fan has to acknowledge. Stephenson won't ever be Bench or Barnhart behind the plate. However you aren't going to find many catchers that hit for power and aren't a liability on offense. His durability lasting all season was needed due to the lack of production behind him with Maile & Wynns. Giving Shogo a 3 year, $21 million contract was another bad contract signing by the Reds in recent years. Didn't even last half of that contract in a Reds uniform. Gone in 1 year, 2 months of regular season play.
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A lot of talk about a Jesse Winker reunion with the Reds. While he is an upgrade from Will Benson which isn't setting the bar high at all, Winker is not the same player he was the last time wearing a Reds uniform. He was decent last year but still can't hit lefties. Not a good defender. Cincinnati needs to put their focus in acquiring a legit RF such as Teoscar Hernandez or someone by trade. Brent Rooker with the A's would supply the power Cincinnati needs like Hernandez can, but he is primarily used at DH because of his defense.
^Winker is par for the Reds course though - free agents looking for their 3rd or 4th contract who are the downhill backside of their career
Nick Krall Sheds Light on Reds' Offseason Plan to Bolster Roster
Will the Reds make a significant addition to their lineup?
Not always the case. Krall has managed to sign Nick Castellanos when he has stated the Reds have had payroll flexibility in the offseason going into 2020 the last time they were looking to contend. Dumped Homer Bailey and brought in Yasiel Puig who had a great arm, 22 HR & 61 RBIs before the Bauer trade at the deadline in 2019. From the article above at the Winter Meetings.
“It’s the best position player you can get—being able to play defense and offense," Krall said. It isn't necessarily a bad thing to have older veterans for leadership in the clubhouse which is something this team was sorely lacking after Votto and even more now without India's presence. Rolen was on that downhill slide 15 years ago when Cincinnati brought him in from Toronto and was the right fit for the Reds at that time with his leadership and a stop gap until Todd Frazier was ready to take 3B over full-time.
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Signing Profar coming off an All-Star season hitting 24 HRs, 85 RBIs & 94 runs scored playing his home games in Petco Park. I see no reason why the Reds could not afford to bring him in. He'll make more than his $1 million with $1.5 million in incentives-based contract in 2024, but no way he signs for anywhere close to Teoscar Hernandez who would be a huge boost to the lineup. He will be more expensive with the competition on the free agent market for his services. Regardless, they have the means to move infield prospects and some of these young arms recently drafted out of College Baseball that would make the rebuild faster for other teams that might entice them more to trade a star outfielder.Nick Krall Sheds Light on Reds' Offseason Plan to Bolster Roster
Will the Reds make a significant addition to their lineup?www.si.com
Profar is not a RF. A cheap alternative with mediocre numbers for his whole career coming off his best season and there is no guarantee he duplicates it regardless what park he plays in. That would only add to the depth of players that are either in LF now with Steer or should be in LF like Fraley who is a serviceable RF with a solid bat. He won't fix the biggest need on this team to find themselves a RF that hits and not a liability on defense.
The FO has to start utilizing the trade market for players that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford with prospects that can be moved. He is a gamble with entire seasons in his prime hitting .218, .227 and the low .240s. If anything gets done, it will be in the offseason. Krall unless it is through a fire sale is not active act the trade deadline. Sam Moll two years ago was the only noteworthy addition in 2023 for a team that lead the NL Central going into August.
There are plenty of players better than Profar, but you need to be realistic on Reds terms for the caliber of players they bring in. Juan Soto is never going to be a Red. Anthony Santander & Teoscar Hernandez would be nice but not holding my breath. Profar would not set the Reds back and is a trade piece at the deadline if the Reds are below .500. If the Reds spend on a player that who can play RF, someone likely is Michael Conforto who I wanted a couple years back. Finding a player that is durable, can hit and solve the poor defense the Reds have been plagued by is who the Reds should be targeting.
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