rico Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Matt Harvey signs with the Angels. Was hoping he would resign with the Reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, rico said: Matt Harvey signs with the Angels. Was hoping he would resign with the Reds. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Well Trevor Cahill signs with the Angels(another Reds rumored target) and the Padres DFA Clayton Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Cardinals sign Andrew Miller A's trade for Profar from the Rangers and sign Soria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, IU Scott said: Cardinals sign Andrew Miller A's trade for Profar from the Rangers and sign Soria National League Central is going to be brutal next season. In addition to Miller the Cards have signed Paul Goldschmidt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 And the Dodgers just traded Kemp, Puig, and Alex Wood to Reds for Homer and prospects. Toughest division in baseball. Not even close now. Our worst team (Reds) just got better today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: And the Dodgers just traded Kemp, Puig, and Alex Wood to Reds for Homer and prospects. Toughest division in baseball. Not even close now. Our worst team (Reds) just got better today. Hopefully the Reds are not done because now they have to may corner outfielders Hopefully they continue talks with the Indians for Kluber of sign Kiechel. They also need a CF because al they have right now is Schebler and he is not really a starting CF either.. I would love for them to sign AJ Pollock to be their CR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Seeking6 said: And the Dodgers just traded Kemp, Puig, and Alex Wood to Reds for Homer and prospects. Toughest division in baseball. Not even close now. Our worst team (Reds) just got better today. Many Reds fans get an early Christmas present as they get rid of Bailey's big contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Seeking6 said: And the Dodgers just traded Kemp, Puig, and Alex Wood to Reds for Homer and prospects. Toughest division in baseball. Not even close now. Our worst team (Reds) just got better today. That's pretty bold to say it isn't even close. There's three good teams in the NL Central, none of them look like championship teams to me at this point though the Cards may be close. I'll still take the AL East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 30 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: That's pretty bold to say it isn't even close. There's three good teams in the NL Central, none of them look like championship teams to me at this point though the Cards may be close. I'll still take the AL East. The contrarian appears. 38 games vs Orioles and Blue Jays. Even if you assume the Rays split with the Yankees and Red Sox....it isn't even close. No worries. We can chalk this one up to we'll catch up next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: The contrarian appears. 38 games vs Orioles and Blue Jays. Even if you assume the Rays split with the Yankees and Red Sox....it isn't even close. No worries. We can chalk this one up to we'll catch up next summer. I am on board with the Orioles being the worst team in either division, but the Blue Jays, Reds and Pirates are all about the same level of bad. I'll take the Red Sox, Yankees and Rays over the Cards, Cubs and Brewers. Let's not pretend the Red Sox aren't a distant best team of those six and the Yankees aren't easily the second best of those six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, KoB2011 said: I am on board with the Orioles being the worst team in either division, but the Blue Jays, Reds and Pirates are all about the same level of bad. I'll take the Red Sox, Yankees and Rays over the Cards, Cubs and Brewers. Let's not pretend the Red Sox aren't a distant best team of those six and the Yankees aren't easily the second best of those six. I agree the Red Sox and Yankees won over a 100 games and the rays won 90 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 9 hours ago, KoB2011 said: I am on board with the Orioles being the worst team in either division, but the Blue Jays, Reds and Pirates are all about the same level of bad. I'll take the Red Sox, Yankees and Rays over the Cards, Cubs and Brewers. Let's not pretend the Red Sox aren't a distant best team of those six and the Yankees aren't easily the second best of those six. The Rays had 90 wins because they had 24 last year vs Orioles and Blue Jays. Without them on the schedule each year....Rays are a 78-79 win team at best. Red Sox played great last year no doubt...but to say distant best over the past few years? Before last year they were bounced in back to back division series and missed playoffs completely 2 years before that. Back to my original point. The NL Central (top to bottom) is the best division in baseball. It's not close. Worst team in division just made huge improvements to offense in a ballpark that loves to yield runs. No longer is it a guarantee to get 2/3 or 3/4 when visiting Cincy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: The Rays had 90 wins because they had 24 last year vs Orioles and Blue Jays. Without them on the schedule each year....Rays are a 78-79 win team at best. Red Sox played great last year no doubt...but to say distant best over the past few years? Before last year they were bounced in back to back division series and missed playoffs completely 2 years before that. Back to my original point. The NL Central (top to bottom) is the best division in baseball. It's not close. Worst team in division just made huge improvements to offense in a ballpark that loves to yield runs. No longer is it a guarantee to get 2/3 or 3/4 when visiting Cincy. You're going back four and five seasons to justify why the Red Sox and Yankees aren't the two best teams in either division now. Is that really all you've got? The Rays did get to play Baltimore 19 times but they had to play the Yankees and Red So 38. The Jays had to play 57 games against 90 win teams in their division. Against the rest of the league their record was 57-47; they aren't a bad team they're in an incredibly hard division. If by best division in baseball, you mean the worst team is the best worst team then sure. I'll take a division that is better 1-4, personally. Red Sox > Cubs Yankees > Brewers Rays < Cards Jays > Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 AL East is brutal..... The NL Central? Meh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 It will be interesting to see what the Reds do with their new toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiertildeath Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 My Dodgers picked up two very good prospects from the Reds and saved money to use in their pursuit of Bryce Harper ! This is a win-win situation for both teams , imho ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/22/2018 at 9:34 AM, rico said: It will be interesting to see what the Reds do with their new toys. Think Puig will be the starting RF and Kemp and Winker platoon in LF unless they move Kemp to another team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 11 hours ago, IU Scott said: Think Puig will be the starting RF and Kemp and Winker platoon in LF unless they move Kemp to another team. Common wisdom says they will flip Kemp. But the Reds are still looking for a TOR pitcher and they got other trade pieces as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Still waitin' for the Yanks to swoop in and make a big move...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 22 hours ago, hoosiertildeath said: My Dodgers picked up two very good prospects from the Reds and saved money to use in their pursuit of Bryce Harper ! This is a win-win situation for both teams , imho ! TBH, strange deal. Two former all-stars and a SP for two prospects and a washed up guy(who they have already released). They cleared up room under the luxury tax to pursue Harper....but I have to think the Dodgers have a "plan B". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Cub news.... https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1684367 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Pretty in-depth read here concerning the state of the game... https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/01/07/a-warning-about-major-league-baseballs-record-revenues/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 12/25/2018 at 10:43 AM, rico said: Cub news.... https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1684367 Thanks for the article. I had heard that the Cubs had something going on behind the scenes with Harper. I'm not sure what the Cubs are trying to do to reduce payroll. I haven't really seen much so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 11 hours ago, rico said: Pretty in-depth read here concerning the state of the game... https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/01/07/a-warning-about-major-league-baseballs-record-revenues/ Thought the Reds were going to spend a lot more money to get top pitchers but have not happened yet. I like the moves they have made so far but I was hoping for a little more from the Reds this off season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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