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.I doubt it will happen, but hopefully Francona implements some professionalism in terms of uniforms and appearance. Lose the long hair, man buns, bandanas, and Elly's clown outfit.
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.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.
Looks like India got traded tonight.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.
Really? I had not heard.Looks like India got traded tonight.
Just saw it on ESPN ticker.Really? I had not heard.
It will only be a good move if the Reds boost this lineup with some impact bats in the outfield. This trade was essentially getting the India equivalent of a pitcher in Singer for your team leader in on base percentage who draws a lot of walks for a team that strikes out too much. Basically this is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Cincinnati hasn't done a damn thing to address the offense yet and it just got weaker after this trade. Keeping my expectations tempered with the injury-prone McLain and CES coming back from a wrist injury that is known to zap the power out of hitters for good. Cincinnati has plenty of infield prospects that should have been traded without a clear path to a starting spot in Cincinnati to use as trade bait for a legit ace who has postseason experience to mentor this young pitching staff similar to the effect Montas had as an influence to Hunter Greene this past season. India caught a lot of hell for his defensive here, but he kept improving to have the 2nd fewest errors at 2B in all of MLB for the 2024 season. Always thought the Reds did a disservice to him by catering to Moustakas and not shifting India to 3B after the Suarez trade when he was a natural 3B.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.