Reds July 2023 thread

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

(07-06-2023, 10:56 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Plus, any trade will likely occur around the end of the month since teams will want to wait to the last second to make sure they're getting the best deal, so we may be stuck with this rotation as it is until the end of July anyway.

I've been suggesting that as a possibility for awhile. Some aren't as accepting as you that there's not a lot available. Almost all of the teams looking to trade to a contender will be asking too much for mediocre talent.

(07-06-2023, 01:03 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I get what you're saying dawg, but. In the end I just feel our pitching will be our downfall. The top teams every season, or dang near every team always has upper tier pitching. And I'm just afraid this magic on offense isn't going to be enough down the road.

AS I've said a thousand times it seems, LOL. I realize it's probably next year before we're a true contender for the big show, but... I'd hate to be just on the cusp this season and falter because the pitching staff just doesn't have it. Bullpen is exhausted by Sept. and so on.

In the post season, it's a three or four man rotation. If they can get there healthy, Abbott, Greene, Lodolo, Ashcraft. Nobody that they can realistically trade for will beat out those four.
Our starting five to start the season Greene - IL, Lodolo - IL, Ashcraft - just came back from IL, Overton - IL, Cessa - DFA. They're still in first place even though they've been using bubblegum and stickers to keep it all together. The use of the AAA pitchers has truly made this an organization wide success to this point.

(07-06-2023, 01:43 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: That's true. I'm just worried about the asking price.

It's definitely a tough decision. I wouldn't want to be in Nick Krall's shoes for the decision of whether or not we go for it this year.

@ 6:05, they start talking about the trade deadline . . . they've had calls . . . no one wants to deal right now.




There needs to be two interested parties to a trade and teams with semi-decent starters don't care about Cincy's situation. You can't force a trade with teams that aren't interested in parting with their pitchers right now. These GMs will lose status with their owner if they trade a C level pitcher early and a D level pitcher gets a bigger haul at the deadline. People can get pissy about it all they want, but other teams long term plans don't fit Cincinnati's short term needs.