Reds August 2023 thread

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(08-24-2023, 09:45 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Reds are taking a gamble on Greene with a relatively cheap contract for a SP.

Under $9 mill APY is pretty good for a #1/2 SP, but Greene has to get the consistency to justify spending that much.

Identifying building pieces early and extending them is a good practice and one of the best ways for a team to stay competitive without spending a mountain of money. Just have to make sure you're actually investing the extensions in long term building pieces rather than doing it on the hope a guy will get better as you're pretty much locked into a guy for years then if he doesn't get better as you hoped.

I think the Reds need to extend McLain this offseason. Sets the price for the rest of his team control years and get another 2 years on top of that, perhaps in the form of options. More Ks than I would like, but everything else from him is very promising.

Steer (25), Benson (25), Friedl (27), and Fraley (28) are all already controlled at least through their age 30 seasons.
DLC (21), Marte (21), and Strand (23) need to show more/more consistency before I would want to tie my wagon to them for 6+ years.

Abbott (24) could be an option, but I want to see what he does next year before extension talks. It was an amazing 10 starts/61.2 innings, but that's a risky sample size to commit to. (Sure felt like he was good for us longer than that.)

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Unrelated news: 

Votto went to the IL with shoulder soreness on his surgically repaired shoulder. Explains why he has looked so rough the last two weeks, even his swings weren't looking good. This might be it for him, which is a bummer of a way to go out. I was hoping he'd at least continue that power streak to finish his career.