Comments on: The Reds’ Gambit Has Failed https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/the-reds-gambit-has-failed/ Ideas Involving Pittsburgh Mon, 06 May 2019 15:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: Kevin https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/the-reds-gambit-has-failed/#comment-14987 Mon, 06 May 2019 15:20:34 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=13972#comment-14987 So is the Reds’ gambit failure supposed to make us Pirate fans feel better?

“Yeeeaaah, we won’t be in last place !!! See, it’s bad and not smart to spend a lot of money trying to win. Look what could happen when you decide to spend a lot more to try to win. Better to always play it safe with acquiring cheap players.”

]]> By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/the-reds-gambit-has-failed/#comment-14986 Mon, 06 May 2019 14:48:32 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=13972#comment-14986 Agree about the need to fill out the lineup, but they chased ‘names’ instead of just using their $25M to go into the depressed FA market and get guys like Michael Brantley who is actually productive now, not 4 years ago.

]]> By: wkkortas https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/the-reds-gambit-has-failed/#comment-14985 Mon, 06 May 2019 14:19:30 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=13972#comment-14985 While the burbling about the Reds as a sleeper NL Central champion was always bat-shit crazy, it’s not like these acquisitions are blocking guys–aside from Senzel, the top-end guys in the Reds’ system are all a year or two (or in Greene’s case, probably more.) It’s certainly possible that Puig can bounce-back to his normal level of production, and it’s possible that Roark and/or Wood can get you something resembling a prospect in a trade. Understand, I’m not applauding the Reds’ brain trust, as the former and the latter is giving them considerable benefit of the doubt, but they still need to put eight guys on the field.

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