Reds make terrible trade
Cincinnati gets:
Bill Bray
Gary Majewski
Royce Clayton
Brendan Harris
Daryl Thompson
Washington gets:
Austin Kearns
Felipe Lopez
Ryan Wagner
This is insane by Cincy. Two solid starters for nobody of consequence. Hell, adding Clayton makes them instantly worse. Even worse, it makes Jim Bowden look intelligent.
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Wow...
If Kenny made a move like this, I'd be on my way to 35th and Shields with a hammer.
Krivsky.....
I mean come on
Krivsky
i'm not going to slam this deal
i personally like majewski. maybe because i remember when he was in the sox organization and was traded away and i was pissed. then we got him back. then we lost him again. and i wouldn't say his numbers at RFK have been markedly different than they were away, certainly not to suggest he's going to "blow up."
Majewski
His G/F ratio is way up this year and his BABIB is way down. His HR/F is also freakishly low.
He's relatively young at 26 and I guess he has some upside, but he's certainly nothing special.
the reds pen
another thing in their mind was how they're 2-8 in their last ten games. they had to make a move now or else they could have been out of it by the end of the month. i think things will be even more of a seller's market in a couple weeks so it was probably good to strike now.
I don't get this White Flag Trade crap
They gave up a ton to get relief pitching for this year, and that might be fine, but they somehow managed to decimate their current lineup at the same time.
It's a White Flag trade that sells out the future to try to win in the not now.
?!!!?!?
Yep
It's like the saved their arm to cut their nose off, or however the hell it goes.
their best offensive pieces?
you're all acting like trades should be about getting something for nothing. or only give up prospects. but not too good of prospects, of course, because that's giving up the future. can't have your cake and eat it, too.
disagree
AVG .274 | HR 16 | RBI 50 | OBP .351 | SLG .492
He plays right, but could probably play center. Also, he is only 26.
Felipe Lopez is posting a line of:
AVG .268 | HR 9 | RBI 30 | OBP .355 | SLG .394
I've heard his defense at short isn't very good, but he does get on base and last year he posted the following:
AVG .291 | HR 23 | RBI 85 | OBP .352 | SLG .486
Oh, and he is also only 26.
Perhaps an equivalent could be Crede & Uribe for those 4 from the Nationals. Kearns & Crede are both guys who underachieved and now are putting up identical OPSs. Lopez is better with the bat then Uribe, but Uribe has a better glove. Also, Lopez & Kearns are younger, so I think all in all, it evens out and becomes a decent analogy.
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Hehe that's funny
Funny when one of your best offensive players doesn't even have an everyday spot... Clayton is taking over at short (barf), and Denorfia is taking over in right.
Oh, yeah, and I'll repeat again -- Royce Clayton is taking over at SS (hee hee hee).
Really, a bad, bad trade from Cincy.
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i saw them rated
BA rated the Nats as 24th; probably pertinent here is that the Reds were dead last and what little talent they did have is in A. this obviously suggests that if the Reds wanted to get some pitching, they were going to be hard-pressed to do it with anything other than guys already on their major league roster. also, by getting some of the Nats prospects, they helped their near major league level talent pool. i don't think this deal is as bad as first blush suggests. but the Reds better be in the hunt for the rest of the year or this GM is going to be in a world of trouble. acquiring arroyo and phillips will only protect this guy so much in the eyes of reds fans.
BA pre-seaspn
what's crazy
alright
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