Jocketty: Reds "Still Looking For A Hitter"

Luke Scott. It's gotta be luke Scott. There's only two names that work here. Likes under team control and has power. Those are the two musts. Add the cheap salary and works. Young hitting for young pitching - malony or Thompson plus somewhere between a medium plus talent like rioenick. He might be a little high. Or a medium low like juan francisco would be perfect.
The only other name that works is alex rios. It would have to be the same as always talked about. Rios for arroyo to match salary plus a mid-level pitching prospect like Thompson.

Not that I'm a Reds fan, but I hope they realize that they're not going anywhere this year and don't make a stupid move. Give Heisey or Stubbs a chance! (preferably Heisey, I'm proud to say a former teammate of mine!) Tavares is brutal and I don't know what his contract looks like, but hopefully they have spots cleared for Stubbs/Heisey/obviously Bruce/Dickerson next year. How long do Reds fans think Nix and Gomes will be around?

there is no way Toronto will take Arroyo since he gave up 20 runs in the last two starts against the Jays. . IMO the Reds would have to center a deal around Harang

Dickerson should be in CF for now and Gomes in LF. Nix is a nice PH, but not an everyday player. Taveras is brutal to watch and quite possibly the worst offensive player in the game.

They need to ship Edwin and get a power bat for a corner infielder.

If the Reds are willing to take on payroll as Jocketty keeps saying, then they shouldn't have a problem acquiring someone like Matt Holliday or Alex Rios. Trade Arroyo and Edwin to Toronto for Alex Rios or Scott Rolen. Either would work really.

Last Fall, Jocketty said the number one priority was to get a power hitter to play Left Field.

Last Fall, Ca$htellini said teh imploding economy would NOT affect what the Reds were going to do.

What did they do? They WASTED money on Willy Taveras, Jerry Hairston Jr., Laynce Nix, Jonny Gomes, Jacque Jones and Daryl Ward (all of whom COMBINED did NOT produce as much as Bobby Abreu did last year) and look where they are at NOW. They STILL are looking for that "power bat" and have NO money to spend for it.

Typical Reds, WASTE money on trash heap, retread players and then HYPE the heck out of them like they are diamonds found in a porta potty.

In fact, having watched part of last night's picthing display, how about Homer Bailey and a PTBN of a mid-tier pitching prospect, for both Garko and Peralta?

I like Travis Wood, but I'd rather sub in another pitcher for the other two. What happened to Kyle Lotzkar? I saw him play out at Dayton a few times last season, and I recall he had some hype, but now I can't find him. Is he hurt?

My thought process with Bailey was that it might be a good idea to have Carmona and Bailey both pushing each other at the AAA level. Plus, people tend to forget that Homer is only 23...he has plenty of time to get straightened out, maybe even spend a season working out of the 'pen.