Reds 5 big questions ?

[Hoofhearted]

(10-02-2018, 02:30 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Agree with most of what you say.

They absolutely have to release, cut, fire, trade, or whatever term I'm missing one H. Bailey and take their lumps and move on.

You hear arguments saying the Reds don't have the money to fix the pitching staff and I get it, they're not the Yankees. But, it makes zero sense to retain the bulk of the position players and start next season with this same pitching staff and a couple used up has been journeymen !

Beg, borrow, steal, trade away some prospects, do whatever it takes to get a couple 3.5 and under ERA starters in here.

Or it's all a waste

Look at where the Brew crew is at now.
2018:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2018.shtml
2015:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2015.shtml

2015 they had a similar record as the Reds. 2018 they have one sub 3.5 ERA. You really don't need a team full of Aces, but you need them to have control and make batters earn it. So I don't see a need to go out and spend big $ on a FA. Most of our pitchers are still less than 30 and some are under 25. It takes pitchers a while to get a feel for the game