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TophersReds
Very well written. Just a minor note, though. Janish will likely start in AAA with Wilson Valdez (no options left) getting the backus SS role to Zach Cozart.
GregD
That’s right. They trade LH reliever Jeremy Horst for Wilson Valdez, who’s ahead of Janish now on the depth chart.
GregD
Also agree that this is very well written, thorough overview. I’m glad you didn’t use the “going all in” phrase that many have been using. Yes, they are “going for it” as you noted, but they have been going for it the past couple of seasons.
One other thing worth noting is that although they had a losing record last year, the Reds scored more runs than they allowed. Their exW was 83 games last year. With better luck and improved pitching, they’ll hopefully win 90 or more this year.
skandy1
Hey, if the Tigers could swing the Fielder deal, the Reds surely could figure out a way to keep Votto.
skandy1
notable loss – Dontrelle Willis???
he’s available now for a jelly donut…
Joe C.
Signed with Philly as a LOOGY
jhfdssdaf
And released, so he’s available again
Bryan Harsnett
skandy,
I don’t see your logic. Are you saying that the Tigers and the Reds have similar payrolls? if so you are sorely mistaken.
skandy1
same size markets –
mgarner543
thats just wrong, the detroit metro area has roughly 4.3 million people and cincy metro has about 2.1 (according to the 2010 us census), so the market sizes are nowhere near the same. in fact, detroit is much closer to boston (4.5 million people) than it is cincy.
skandy1
OK-so are you taking into consideration KY fans as well?
skandy1
OK-so are you taking into consideration KY fans as well?
skandy1
…and an owner (over)committed to winning?
ctownboy
Back in the 1970’s, the Reds were second only to the Los Angeles Dodgers in attendance during the decade. Ca$htellini COULD raise payroll to $90 million to $100 million dollars and put a GOOD product on the field. One that people WANT to come out and see.
However, he is more interested in fielding a team that stays around .500 and one which he can make a profit on. You see, if the Reds are bad and out of contention early then people wont come out and buy tickets and spend money and he will have to lower ticket prices and use more promotions. On the other hand, if the Reds are good and stay in contention longer then he is either going to have to pay the good players what they want or trade for guys who the other team wants to get rid of in a salary dump. Either way, the profit margin sinks.
Nope, the “Goldilocks” situation is for the Reds to be a .500 team. Just good enough to keep the fans interested longer in the season but not quite good enough to warrant raising team payroll for.
If that isn’t the case then Ca$htellini shouldn’t have ANY problem in giving Phillips his extension AND paying Votto what he wants….
al11
i think you’re dead wrong…castellini has weathered the very difficult transition from a less-than-mediocre team saddled with too many players not of mlb caliber and an aging superstar…while waiting on the farm system to develop their talent…to a solid team with yet enough ‘holes’ to keep them from being very good. but the transition is made, and while last season developed into one where, more than anything else, the rotation lacked the ability to get to the 7th inning much, it wasn’t as bad as many want to make it out. the need to sign phillips, to me, is important but also somewhat questionable if they have to go more than 5 years, and votto is more important…though even now, i don’t want to give him more than 8 years considering his age…the players, even great ones, who keep up their ‘levels of production’ past age 35 is just way too high for a team like the reds to consider such things and they really can’t sustain any good level of competition if they wind up saddled with huge contracts.
this team is very good on paper, and we all know how that often works out. still, the rotation looks to be solid and even very good, while the bullpen will be fine if given a chance to settle into their roles. the hitting will be fine, possibly very good, and there’s little chance anyone else in the division will equal it. and the defense should approach superb levels. all in all, only a couple of devastating injuries could do much to derail this club.
too many people, also, don’t recognize that baseball now competes with so many things for the ‘fan dollar’, and while i agree that more people will come out for a consistently competitive and winning team, i think markets like the one in cincinnati will be held back by the overall economic strains so many are feeling. i just think that any rise in attendance that comes with having a really good club on the field is still going to be less than what a lot of people think, and therefore not so great as to allow the team to simply spend a whole lot more money, especially when you consider that we’d be talking extended years on contracts which would have to be countered by having the attendance remain so high. it’s circular, i know, but i think it’s just realistic, particularly when you consider that so few players have really stellar years for very long.