Reds Resurgence

[Redsfan1507]

There's always a kid in the minors. The real problem is, anyone signed to a long term MLB contract, should be producing, and that perpetual minor leaguer should be pressuring your old platoon guy limping his last season out.

I didnt think there was money for Bailey, so it wouldn't surprise me to see them find the cash for Cueto. They need to watch out for small market catch -22, the tightrope between keeping homegrown starts, and painting themselves into a corner they can't move in for 5 -10 years...just in case a few more guys fall back into mediocrity after that fat wallet starts weighing them down.

 

[JohnU]

There is, in fact, no magic potion you can rub on this to make that sort of gamble worth it. Hell, you are better off on slot machines than on predicting how an athlete will work out.
Looking at how this works:
Tampa kept convincing us they had the solution -- cheap players great success. Notice ... it stopped working.
Minnesota, for years, tried to convince us of it. It dried up.
Oakland keeps doing it. It will dry up there too, eventually.
The Angels and Mets ... just ... don't.
Boston has tried to change the metric. It proved that a team that has a great year can win a World Series. Nothing more.
If the Reds sign guys they can't afford, I guess they are no worse off than they were in 2006.
The world didn't stop spinning.
Short-term trades are not worth discussing. The Reds need a hitter but they don't need the first guy they can identify. They need a bullpen. So, who doesn't?
Short relief is like Cheez-Its at the store.
Good catchers are hard to find.
Utility infielders are cheap, available ... and worth their weight in platinum at the trade deadline.
There are NO quality starters on the market.
And minor league systems don't win squat, regardless of who "ranks" them.
You need to harvest one Hamilton or one Votto or one Frazier every couple of years.

 

[JohnU]

BTW, Joey Votto isn't in a hospice program, he has a bad knee.
The Reds aren't getting screwed here unless Votto doesn't do the right rehab treatments.