zenmaster

Oh no. What ever will we do without this guy. 

What we need: lots of pitching 

Who we most likely sign: JT Realmuto is my guess 

Splash!!

Your mom should be fired. 

Now do the Rays, best record in AL and second best in MLB. 

Every year we want to buy at these FAs absolute peak. I'm all for signing a #1 or #2 but let's not try to only sign when they hit their absolute highest peak imaginable. I don't know the solution but we need to somehow find more Bundy's too. 

It's all about drafting and developing but also winning on trades. This opens many doors. Look at the Rays for example. Most people couldn't name 3 guys on their team yet they had the 2nd best record in baseball and almost made the World Series last year. They have a line of young guys waiting to come in and be productive. Also, everyone knows you rarely win a trade with them.

Did I read it right that we silently extended him a year over the summer and now he’s a goner? Lol

Teheran will be a Cy Young candidate next year with the A’s. 

Limited success in AA doesn't usually translate to immediate success in the bigs. He needs a full season of AAA at least. 

Aaron Boone on the .500 Yankees

They'd probably give it to Abreu if the season ended today.

He played a double header and killed it in 110+ degree heat. Perhaps he needed or even requested a day off? I realize all played all 3 games but who knows what happened, if he didn't feel well after etc...

I say I want to tank in order to cope with us sucking so bad. Winning is much more fun.

Trade his sorry starting ass for pitching!

all of it 

It's dark when you have the absolute best player in the game and another guy that is top 5 and never even had a shot at the playoffs in a year when more teams make the playoffs then don't.

Two anchors (pujols and upton), lack talent development, an owner who prefer the big splash to filling a teams needs, a GM who has whiffed on SP horribly, bad luck (?), the list goes on and on. Sad times.

That’s 2019 Reds MiLB starter of the year Packy Naughton, thank you very much. 

https://redsminorleagues.com/2019/09/12/2019-reds-minor-league-starter-of-the-year-packy-naughton/

Oh and SAY HIS NAME!

www.redreporter.com/platform/amp/2019/7/25/8930084/cincinnati-reds-top-prospects-packy-naughton

I hate to be a Debbie Downer but I still think we are over valuing Bundy. I realize he has a year of control so that definitely helps but a handful of excellent starts and the last few decent won't exactly land us anywhere near what Clevinger brought in for example. I think we are going to be sorely disappointed at whatever we get back.

Padres are all in on this shortened season. A very unique opportunity to kill it for a couple months and take home the trophy. 

We've been clamoring for pitching so long but this board would lose it's shit if we traded Adell and/or Marsh for a SP. It would be interesting to see the reactions here at least. 

It’s insane the MLB seemingly leaves it up to the teams discretion if they want to isolate someone or not for a bit after a trade. 

44 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

Rebound? Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 

So the clock is hitting .083 and Upton is hitting .133
 

Upton > clock

edit: actually the clock is only hitting .001 (2 for 1,440 every day). Upton destroys the clock frankly. 

What AW thinks we will get from the Sox: Luis Robert 

What we will get: 26 yr old 2B in AA

We need to be trading all the guys with expiring contracts for anything we can get. I just hope we ask for a pitcher back instead of more middle IFers. 

We were never going to get much for a month or two of LaStella. I don't know why anyone is upset about the return we got here.