07-06-2021, 08:23 AM
(07-05-2021, 12:12 PM)samhain Wrote: I doubt Naquin goes, but you never know. The guy I wonder about is Senzel. He never seems to find his place position-wise. The rise of India makes that even more apparent. His injury obviously hurts his value, but he could still be viewed as a high upside player by a team looking to sell off assets for a rebuild.Good point about Senzel. I forgot about him . . . He gets a pass for now mainly due to the Reds hyping him so much that parting ways this early in his career would look a bit pre-mature.
He's not exactly been a terrible player when healthy. He's a decent hitter and fields well for a guy that gets dragged all over the field positionally.
I hate to say it about such a highly regarded prospect, but I wouldn't even notice if the guy wasn't on the team at this point.
As far as Naquin goes, they don't need another "barely on the team" reliever, they need a stud closer and a solid set up man. Losing Naquin would cost them nothing. All of the investment into his development was by another franchise so throwing him in with Aquino, Payton or Heineman and a minor league prospect would be worth filling one of those two holes. Akiyama and Senzel can hold down center field if that happens. I highly doubt that they'll pull of two trades for quality relievers. They got rid of their two best relievers for nothing so they could free up some money to sign a SS and it never happened so expecting them to actually do their jobs and get two quality arms at the deadline is a bit naive.
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