Redsfan1507
It is what it is
I hate this, but...Other than a pre-MLB player wanting a chance, or an unemployed MLB castoff, or someone who grew up in the area just wanting to return there to retire, I can’t fathom why any player with talent would want to play for the Reds.
They don’t pay much, they don’t win much, the weather isn’t great, it is a media desert, and fans haven’t had a sane reason to show up in droves for decades.
Trades, given this Reds regime’s limitations/goals, are tough to improve the team with. You can’t get diamonds for dung. Homer Bailey wouldn’t bring a batboy in return unless it came with more cash than his salary. They can’t meet payroll by trading for a player with even the average MLB salary.
Teams don’t trade multi year locked up value players with upside or High level MLB probability, for the resumes on the Reds roster.
If the Reds can’t buy them, they have to grow them, a lot better and more frequently than recent times.
I’m sure it’s hard to do, but I wish they would stop calling this a rebuild until they actually have some lumber, some nails and someone that can build to a blueprint on site.
They don’t pay much, they don’t win much, the weather isn’t great, it is a media desert, and fans haven’t had a sane reason to show up in droves for decades.
Trades, given this Reds regime’s limitations/goals, are tough to improve the team with. You can’t get diamonds for dung. Homer Bailey wouldn’t bring a batboy in return unless it came with more cash than his salary. They can’t meet payroll by trading for a player with even the average MLB salary.
Teams don’t trade multi year locked up value players with upside or High level MLB probability, for the resumes on the Reds roster.
If the Reds can’t buy them, they have to grow them, a lot better and more frequently than recent times.
I’m sure it’s hard to do, but I wish they would stop calling this a rebuild until they actually have some lumber, some nails and someone that can build to a blueprint on site.