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None of the core guys except for Castellanos are upcoming free agents. Castellanos has an opt out if he chooses to use it but he likes the team and city. The Reds also aren’t big on losing or trading popular players in their prime so I don’t think it’s a given that he leaves or even opts out since their are some uncertainty’s around this offseason.

Baez

He should be the day 1 SS. Farmer should be the utility guy that plays almost daily but move around the IF including 1B if there is a DH next year.

That’s what happens when you trade for an overrated player who’s more flash than substance.

He’s not playing for Overtime Elite so that’s nothing to worry about

So the Reds drafted him as a 3B then moved him to 2B. Then they wanted to test him at SS but didn’t think he was good enough. Then 2 years ago when they decided to move him to CF in spring training. A position he’d never played and he learned it in a month. Then they kept him in the minors for an extra month before calling him up because of service time manipulation. Then several of his injuries have come from diving for balls in centerfield or running into the fence. Now we get to this past week and it sounds like he was rushing to get back and the Reds decided to keep him in triple A because they felt their were guys on the roster better than him. Then it came out that his injury hadn’t fully healed yet. All the while Krall made several comments to the media making basically bashing Senzel. That’s the short version of most of it.

Some Reds fans on Twitter are complete morons that just complain about everything 247

You’d get a bucket of baseballs. Senzel’s biggest problem has been mismanagement by the organization

They made him an offer but he’s picking between Indiana and Tennessee on Tuesday.

I’m not sure about that but he would definitely fill that type of role.

He’d be smart to go to Butler. He fits a major need for their current roster construction and could play a major role.

Some more notes on Moran. Glant originally recruited him to AU out of high school. This summer he pitched in the MLB Prospect League, Grand Park League, and Cape Cod League. He has had MLB scouts showing interest the last 3 years his fastball has topped at 94-95 but sits high 80’s to low 90’s with a really good slider. Here are his college career stats in the links below. https://aua.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/Joe_Moran?view=career&pos=p https://www.taylortrojans.com/sport/baseball/2020-21/roster/joe-moran

Grad transfer from Taylor using his COVID year and was the conference pitcher of the year in his 1 year there. He was at Anderson University before that where he was also the conference pitcher of the year. He’s been a successful hitter at those levels too but who knows if he’ll hit at all at IU.

They can't get out of their own way this year.

Pat Kelly gave a good answer. Krall sounded like an idiot with his answers yesterday when he should’ve just said he wasn’t ready.

Same here. Never bet against Kenya and Woody at this point.

The Reds just called up Jose Barrero and put Winker on the IL. I'm shocked they made a smart roster move but now I'm curious to see if Bell will actually play him.

Nick Krall is an idiot that doesn't know how to be a GM or he doesn't want the team to win. He'd rather keep a bunch of waiver wire pickups on the roster than younger players with higher upsides. I seriously think that I could do a better job than that guy at this point. He seems totally incompetent.

If I was Brohm I don’t know if I would’ve taken James if a player pulled a stunt like that. It’s one thing for a player to give intel after he transfers from memory and stuff like that but to take the whole playbook is ridiculous. If he gave it to Brohm then he should’ve burned it right in front of James. The IU staff should’ve gotten that playbook before he ever even finished informing the school he was transferring.

I get that but the whole reason to jump to the league has been to make money. That is now an option in college. Decisions will be a little different moving forward depending on the draft slot projections for players.

Don’t take to much from a couple of summer games in the Bahamas against a team that didn’t have any kind of scouting report. More than likely Bates is at least a 2 year guy. Could that change? Sure it could but I wouldn’t jump the gun thinking he’s a 1 and done.

I'd rather wait and see what our resident Purdue fan has to say first

If you aren't good enough to play at IU then you might as well go and play for the little brother in West Laffayette LOL

Can someone explain to me the Indy media's infatuation with QB's that can't take shots down the field and are easy to scheme for. They did it with Brissett and now with Ehlinger who has a weak arm by NFL QB standards and can't take deep shots without floating the ball. It's just comical to me.

1. Johnson / Lander 2. Phinisee / Bates 3. Kopp / Stewart 4. Thompson / Geronimo 5. TJD