08-05-2019, 04:53 PM
(08-01-2019, 07:05 PM)NKURyan Wrote: Talk about moving the goalposts!
At no point here did I say they never make any moves for good players. At worst I said "they might do just enough to try to convince us all that they've got a shot at grabbing a wildcard spot if things fall the right way", which is a pretty clear reference to what they did last offseason that I guess flew right over your head. You're doing what you always do when you get into it with someone on here and making up your own points and misreading what people said to try to score points off of people, which makes it pretty damn pointless to even try to have a discussion with you. Don't put words in to my mouth.
Like I said in the *exact same post you quoted*, Gray's been a good acquisition. Roark's been average, and now he's gone. Wood just finally played a game for them, and even if he is good for them he's gone after the season. So that's a yay, a big whoop, and a big whoop. Good on the Reds for that, I guess, but let's not pretend this is any indication that the Reds are willing to go all in on winning. But hey, "the Reds tried".
Meanwhile, you're dodging the real question here - do you think the Reds are going to go all-in to build a winner around this amazing rotation they have next year (for one year only)? As far as I'm concerned they sure as hell had better or all of this was for nothing (outside of keeping the "at least we're not terrible" group of fans happy, I guess), and yes, that means doing even more than they did last offseason. I'm betting the Reds buy into every single one of these talking points you and talk radio love so much ("look at the run differential!" and "if they were just a little more lucky!") and use that as an excuse to stand pat, personally, but I guess we'll see.
Do you expect the Reds to go balls-to-the-wall to win next year with this rotation, or not? There's only one acceptable answer.
I don't know how you can claim that adding 3 top starting pitchers and a player like Puig means they "are not trying". That is just ridiculous.
But I guess your idea of a "big whoop" is watching the Reds lose 100 games every year and keeping tabs of some guys in the minors who may never even make the big club. That is a kind of a strange way to define going "balls to the wall" to win.
And I have not avoided any question. I think the Reds will try to win it all next year.
