Reds March/April 2025 thread

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(04-01-2025, 05:34 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Tiny sample size obviously, but India for the Royals so far has played 3B and LF and is 6-16 (.375) with 0 XBH, 2 BB, 0 K for a .849 OPS.

Suarez has hit 4 HRs already in 4 games for Arizona.


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Also it looks like Baseball Reference for April Fools Day decided to put on every player's sheet, in the accolades section, a number of "Participation Awards" for every year they played.

The main reason that I'm glad that India is gone is because he would be in the way of players with more upside. I liked his drive, his effort, his commitment and his heart. He went to 2nd base after a life of playing 3B, struggled, yet made himself better. I'll always follow him, root for him and with MLB.tv, I'll watch(mostly listen in the background) a lot more Royals games because of him. The only other reason that I'm glad he's gone . . . Brady Singer.

The 2021-2022 off-season sure was meh.
For Suarez and Winker, Cincy received Justin Dunn, Jake Fraley and Brandon Williamson. It's sad about Williamson and his situation. That kid can flat out pitch. Dunn only threw 3.1 innings for the Reds farm system in 2023 after re-injuring his shoulder as a Red in 2022. He is now in the White Sox minor leagues. He had 8 innings this Spring and only gave up one run. Good luck to him because he had a MLB arm. Fraley is Fraley.

For Sonny Gray, they received Chase Petty . . . one of these days.

For Tucker Barnhart, they received Nick Quintana and he is out of baseball. After hitting .308 between Dayton and AA Chattanooga in 2022, he hit .176 in AA in 2023 and then retired.

They signed Tommy Pham and later traded him for Nicholas Northcut and cash. In AA as a 3B, he hit .216 in 2023 and then .192 last season. He's listed as a 1st baseman on MLB.com, but at 5 foot 10 . . . I'm kind of doubting that. No idea how much cash they got, but that seems to be the best part of the deal.