07-31-2018, 01:18 PM
(07-31-2018, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This Duvall trade is a perfect example of what I try to tell people about "trading for prospects". Sometimes it is just spinning the wheels.
We traded a nice young (27) starting pitcher in Mike Leake (3.87 ERA in 5 years with Reds) for Duvall and another prospect. Now we still need starting pitching and we are trading Duvall for prospects.
At some point you have to keep enough of your talented players together long enough to make a run.
I think that’s the goal of this trade. All three prospects are big league ready or close to. Williams has been saying the team’s goal is to contend next season. If that’s the case then we should start seeing what you recommend.
