Who do you want added (inc payroll)?

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(10-23-2024, 12:27 PM)kevin Wrote: As GM, I think the first move is to take a good hard look at your Farm System in you are GM of a lower profit team.  I'm not going in thinking World Series this year, Reds are not money deep NY Yankees or LA Dodgers.  I'm on page with the Owner saying Not Losing Money comes FIRST.  So If I'm looking Making Money, I'm looking now ii October at THE FARM SYSTEM.  Which players down on the Farm are too Old.  At A, Double, Triple A, there has to be a cut off age. I would want Minor  League Players around 18 to 21 years old.  A 25 year old player still clunking around in the Minors is a waste of the Farm Systems time.  

Fans want BIG MONEY FREE AGENTS.  As GM, I don't.  This is the Reds, not The Yankees.  After knowing the Farm System upside and down, and making moves to improve there, I can look to Reds Team.  The good news is no Votto or Moose type Contracts and as GM, I don't want any.   Reds just brought in a new manager who has won the World Series with Boston Red Sox, so as GM, I need some talks with this guy.  As GM, I want to make sure the Manager has good coaches in Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, Base Running. If I as Detroit bringing in Sparky, I would let him have big say in his coaches, and World Series  Francona I would do the same.  

As Reds GM, I'm probably NOT bringing in a higher level priced Free Agent.  I'm going to steal what helps the Tampa Rays beat Big Money Yankees some years, Build From The  Minors UP.   NO JOEY VOTTO BIG MONEY and NO TRADE CONTRACTS, as GM, I don't want a single contract like that. This is The lower profit Reds, not the Deep Pocket Yankees. .....As Reds GM, I'll be glad to try players other teams still have to pay, because as GM I have NOTHING to lose on FREE ball players. I just might get a Scooter Gennett type on THE CHEAP for 2025.

(Some) Fans want to feel confident in the team succeeding when deciding to buy tickets.
Some known FAs are going to help draw the attendance because of previous proven success.
We've seen some external FAs not pan out in Cincy. First one off the top of my head - Mike Moustakas.
But if you look at the Reds' farm system, they don't really have any good hitting prospects, at least not ready to hit the Majors in 2025.

If the Reds go the route you propose and they really do have a great analytical mind like Billy Beane did back in the early 2000's (I don't think they do), it will take until partway through the season for the fans to see the team actually doing well before they start filling the stadium and getting that confidence.

You're right though, Reds aren't going to fork over Gerritt Cole or Max Scherzer type money for FAs.
BEST case we may see is one player at $20-25 mill APY for 2-3 seasons.
But the rest are going to be in the $7-15 mill range, like Candelario.


But you still didn't ultimately answer the question posed for the thread, which is WHO you want added and for about how much to spend on said individual(s).
Who would be your targets given what you said of how you would spend $$ in a general sense (which is TB-like)?