Comments on: A few quick items for discussion

By: Y-City Jim

Y-City Jim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:39:17 +0000

I can live with the Reds staying pat if Dusty will platoon Taveras and Dickerson, play Janish at SS a majority of the time, and give Hanigan substantial playing time behind the plate. Let’s just stay with the plan and allow the club to mature with the talent in the system.

By: Y-City Jim

Y-City Jim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:33:13 +0000

Fay first said he thought that Encarnacion would be back Tuesday but now he says probably not until Friday based on his conversation with Walt Jocketty. I don’t have a problem with management’s argument that EE was starting from scratch and do not want him to be struggling. I want to see him come out firing on all cylinders.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:01:04 +0000

Call me crazy, but if the Reds are willing to step up to the plate and make a trade it should be for a difference maker. I would love to see the Reds trade for Cliff Lee, who will take pressure off the Reds staff. Yes he will cost us a boatload of prospects, but the guy is a stud and I bet he will be traded this season. Plus he is under contract at reasonable numbers. In order to afford his salary, the Reds should dump Arroyo or Harang on some other team.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:00:05 +0000

Greg, I would have loved to have had DeRosa on the roster if for no other reason than to keep him from killing the Reds!

By: GregD

GregD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:17:34 +0000

Mark in CC – I don’t disagree. My exact sentiment this past offseason. Replacing Gomes with Derosa or Willingham isn’t my idea of getting better ones.

By: GregD

GregD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:48 +0000

Doug – I had some problems last week with that tag. I believe the following works:

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By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:56:28 +0000

Don’t fret, Doug. I’m sure you do some other things well. Do you make a nice souffle? Write touching love songs? Anything?

Blogging is hard… maybe it’s not for you.

By: doug

doug — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:46:11 +0000

I suck.

By: doug

doug — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:45:44 +0000

Well that didn’t work at all did it? I think I forgot to close the tags….
Lets try this one more time. These guys are reportedly included in the PTBNL group that can be chosen from.

Daryl Jones

a href=”http://firstinning.com/players/Jess-Todd-a/”>Jess Todd

By: doug

doug — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:43:26 +0000

Given what is being reportedly given up for DeRosa, I am really, really happy that we didn't match their offer. We know that Chris Perez went to them, but the list of PTBNL guys includes and . If those players are rumored to be true... the Cards probably wind up getting hosed on this deal.

By: Mark in CC

Mark in CC — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:59:50 +0000

Sounds like Arroyo is more concerned with his guitar playing than his pitching.

Chad: Be carefull talking about the Will Farrell look-a-like. You don’t want to get yourself that arroused this early on your birthday.

Greg D: They might be able to play 6 to 7 righthanded hitters against a LHP but when Jeremy Sowers can shut you down you better be on the lookout for better ones.

By: GregD

GregD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:47:48 +0000

“Yes, the Cincinnati Reds wanted Mark DeRosa in the worst way. And on Sunday, two industry sources said the Reds are still very much engaged in their search for right-handed hitting.”

Geesh. Still the fascination with RH hitting. And they already have a lineup that could sport 6-7 RH bats vs. vs LHP.

And they’re supposedly looking for a part-time RH bat who would replace one of the better part-time RH bats (Gomes) that they have? How would playing Willingham (or insert name of your choice here) instead of Gomes help this team in the win column???

By: GregD

GregD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:41:29 +0000

Where would Willingham play?

Thankfully, the Matthews “connection” appears to be writer speculation only because Baker played with his dad. I don’t see the Reds taking on that kind of contract (5yr/$50M thru 2011)for someone who had just one good year three years ago.

Lugo is an interesting name at SS. His production over his career has been so inconsistent that you don’t know what you’ll have with him, though likely a better top of the order option than A-Gon or Janish.

By: GregD

GregD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:29:58 +0000

Where would Derosa have played if the Reds would have been successful trading for him (as they were rumored to be in the bidding)?

I agree partially with Dan. I don’t want to see three top prospects in AAA/AA traded for 2-3 months of a player rental. But I’d be willing to move the “2nd best” prospects for a helpful part. Without knowing the exact players involved, it’s really hard to speculate.

Would you move Maloney, Roenicke and Francisco for Holliday? Would you go much higher than that in terms of prospects?

I still think the best bang for the buck would be going after a Peralta or Tejada or someone like that for SS. Don’t know who in the SS world is available.

As already mentioned, the Reds could get the biggest bang for their buck playing the best 8. That includes

Hanigan more than once per week
Edwin at 3rd when he’s activated
A Gomes/Nix platoon in LF
Dickerson, at least vs RH starters in CF

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:19:17 +0000

Oops, here’s the story I was referring to in my previous comment, about Willingham and Matthews:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9743144/Losing-out-on-DeRosa-has-Reds-looking-elsewhere