Vlad Johns

Please?

Please get Taylor Ward or Luis Robert now Reds so I can be happy

Reds POBO Nick Krall said he hopes to have discussions with Joel Wolfe and Roki Sasaki, but has not yet. Wolfe said earlier that it may be beneficial for Sasaki to go to a "maller, mid-market team." Still, most expect him to end up on one of the coasts

You’d be trading a Lowder/Lodolo or Abbott so yes it does when you’re getting a pitcher of that caliber

To me it seems like the Red Sox are the Reds competition for Crochet. Cubs don’t make sense with all the lefties, Yankees don’t have enough to offer, and Phillies got rejected for Bohm and Justin Crawford.

Was looking into this and I’m not sure I love the fit at least with Lane. I feel like you could get Austin Hays for 3 mil less. Could find a way to like Naylor but you’d expect him to play first everyday at his price point which boots Candy to everyday 3B and Steer to just OF and CES positionless.

Would love Santana if we can’t acquire Lamonte

Austin Hays is fine too instead of O’Neill. Probably more flexibility there for Steer and Fraley. Then you could just keep Pagan.

Not sure if the Reds would want to do this but a “screw the bullpen” approach and trading Pagan could work.

Diaz
Moll
Suter
Cruz
Ashcraft
Santillan
Maxwell/Mey
Justin Lawrence?

If you were to add Tyler O’Neill AND Conforto plus a backup catcher, you’re still looking <115 payroll range.

Yeah there’s just no way this happens

Couldn’t take my mind off of the possibility of Michael Conforto being a Red at the dinner table tonight

Also the “Reds have acquired Tyrone Taylor in exchange for Emilio Pagan” notification is going to hit like crack. Goodnight everyone

Wade
Elly
McLain
Conforto
Stephenson
Steer
Candelario
CES
Friedl

Happy Thanksgiving Eve

Marte, Williamson, Ashcraft and Arroyo

Yeah I guess I was thinking in the sense if Casas was traded for a Crochet or something. Obviously didn’t make that clear lol

Does it make any sense to have a Jeimer/Masa swap? Red Sox pay a little cash

YES! (Sign Conforto and we’re cooking with gas)

Lamonte Wade leadoff man 🔜

I’m acting as if Lamonte Wade is already a Red. I want him on my ball team so badly.

Another thing to consider the Phillies were to need to give more, maybe consider getting off at least some of Candy’s deal? Not sure how much Bohm affects that and his role

It continues to be a great day to make Taylor Ward a Cincinnati Red.

Pounding the Spencer Turnbull/ Alex Cobb even Cal Quantrill table

I mean with Bohm under deal for 2 years and Abbott with length and cheap years left, maybe you could fish out a Tanner Banks or Alvarado too. Idk just would make a little more sense.

What deal would you do for Bohm

Here’s Bubic punching out Steven Kwan this season.

Add all of these factors with a 53% ground ball rate and 60% rate in 2024, I think Bubic could be a great get for the Reds. Probably as a reliever who can provide some length, given that Nick Martinez is probably being paid 21 million to be a starter. (Video from Baseball Savant)

FanGraphs deemed Bubic’s value at 7.4 million dollars in 2024. Bubic is only expected to make 3 million in arbitration this year and has two years of team control left.

Pitching models also liked Bubic’s stuff in 2024. His 3 main pitches the fastball, slider and changeup ranked 98, 110, and 86 on the stuff + model (100 being avg) and 110, 107 and 109 on the location + model.

With his improved fastball, he also added some more extension down the mound being close to 7 feet in extension. Also, his expected stats like batting average, slugging and weight on base average (WOBA) were lower than the actual stats themselves deeming Bubic unlucky in 2024.