Trade Candidates?

[Hoofhearted]

(06-17-2015, 01:25 PM)Paul from Dayton Wrote: We
We aren't the type of organization that should have 37 year old 3rd baseman.  We need to constantly be churning out older players for newer/younger players. That's how we got into this mess. We had no business giving BP that contract.  Todd would be the same thing.  By the time we had a team around him that could actually compete, he'd be 34-35 and on the decline.

It sucks and I like Todd as much as any Reds fan, but it's time to take our medicine and really try to get back to the small market philosophy.

The problem with this Paul is you almost HAVE to be right about your prospect; you simply cannot afford to miss on little to any prospects to be a WS caliber team. With that being said, this team doesn't have what it needs in place to do that: an advanced analytic department. Look up what the Cards, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants and all those organizations put into their analytics. They dump millions into developing formulas to decipher what hitter has a better chance vs a pitcher and vice versa. The Reds are still stuck in "the old school way" of experience. Problem with that is people are human and usually cant remember that Votto - for example - bats .189 vs a certain pitcher. Maybe we should sit him vs that pitcher? Old school method would say no - he's our best player and anything can happen.

And most of all, you need a face of your franchise for at least SOME people to come watch. I know I would still come watch them, but there are ALOT that would likely stop coming if we turned into a glorified AAA team. Gotta spend money to make money.