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Nicholas Koch
Reds trade Yankees Nunez….
Riaaaaaa
are you serious…?
Ron Loreski
If Carlos Santana can hold his own at 3B, the Tribe could have a really nice looking lineup.
Gnotorious
Reds can trade Soto for Espinosa. It would give them a solid back-up MI who could take over for Phillips if they decide to trade him mid-season.
schellis
Danny Espinosa hasn’t fallen so hard that he could be had for a guy that is likely a AAA/AAAA minor league filler.
Gnotorious
Reds would likely have to throw in an additional prospect but no one ranked very high. Espinosa has no where to play in Washington. Desmond and Rendon are going to man the middle for the next few years (baring injury) and the Nats have nothing as far as 1B prospects and this will be LaRoche’s last year at first for them.
bhambravesfan
Ryan Zimmerman is the future 1B and Rendon is the future 3B. Only way I see Rendon staying at 2B is if they sign a 3B
schellis
You are vastly over ranking Soto. The Reds would have to deal someone in their top ten to get Espinosa, yes he has no place to play in Washington as a starter, but they could just as easily use him in a backup role. A 1B that honestly will likely hit like Espinosa makes no real sense for them, and I would like to think that some other team would offer something of actual value.
Such as the Yankees who really don’t have a 2B or 3B at the moment, just a bunch of bench players.
Every team has someone like Soto playing 1B in their system. The Nationals have Tyler Moore for instance.
bhambravesfan
They could trade for CF backup instead with Billy Hamilton as a backup SS
schellis
If Hamilton could stick at SS he’d still be a SS. Not wise to move him around, perhaps he could play it in a emergency, but I wouldn’t want him to be the teams SS backup.