Reds July Game Thread 2024

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(07-20-2024, 12:35 PM)CJD Wrote: Honestly, that kind of makes me feel better about the Burns pick haha. If Condon signed for 10M or something, then it would feel like the Reds drafted the bargain player.

The fact that they signed for the same bonus tells me that the Reds talked to Burns people, talked to Condon's people, knew they wanted the same amount of money, and still chose Burns because they viewed him as the superior prospect, irrespective of cost.

That's comforting :)

Until you remember they let Wade Miley walk for nothing in order to save $10m, and traded Sonny Gray who was under control for 2yr/$22m.... only to then spend $9.5m on Mike Minor rather than keep one of them.

Or that they spent $51m this year on Jeimer Candelario, Emilio Pagan, Frankie Montas, and Nick Martinez... and with that same average you could have paid Mookie Betts and Luis Castillo.

They're just not a good FO.