Gavin Lux traded to the Reds

[Terminator]

 

[Terminator]

Every man's goal in life should be to find himself a woman that loves him as much as the Reds loving acquiring infielders

Just dumped India to help clear the logjam only to turn around and trade for another 2B 

[Laika]

Wow!

[BTS]

Reds have:

Ely at SS

McClain at 2B

Candelario at 3B

Steer backup 3B

Marte backup SS/2B

 

Not really sure why they needed a slap-hitting 2B

 

[BTS]

 

[wilko]

This is a weird one...

[Laika]

19 minutes ago, BTS said:

Reds have:

Ely at SS

McClain at 2B

Candelario at 3B

Steer backup 3B

Marte backup SS/2B

 

Not really sure why they needed a slap-hitting 2B

 

Ppl said this last year then they still needed to trade for help they all got hurt 

[hanton]

Not a big surprise,

[Brownie19]

Sirota was originally drafted by the Dodgers in 2021, but didn't sign.

[Pendleton]

2 hours ago, BTS said:

Reds have:

Ely at SS

McClain at 2B

Candelario at 3B

Steer backup 3B

Marte backup SS/2B

 

Not really sure why they needed a slap-hitting 2B

 

I believe I recently read a rumor of Steer being shopped or potentially available. 

[Orgfiller]

16 hours ago, BTS said:

Reds have:

Ely at SS

McClain at 2B

Candelario at 3B

Steer backup 3B

Marte backup SS/2B

 

Not really sure why they needed a slap-hitting 2B

 

Steer sucks and Candelario can’t play 3B anymore. I feel like either McClain moves to 3B, or Elly moves there with the former taking over SS duties. Lux could also be a platoon option for some of these guys, Steer and Marte are both RHH.

[Jimcanuck]

Jays need to pounce and get Noelvi

Plant him at 3B and let him work through his issues, much like another Reds 3B that came to the Jays

[Orgfiller]

22 minutes ago, Jimcanuck said:

Jays need to pounce and get Noelvi

Plant him at 3B and let him work through his issues, much like another Reds 3B that came to the Jays

He has options, the Reds don't need to move him. Also, he was WOEFUL at 3B last season, there's a very high likelihood that Ernie is 2+ wins better and that's not even saying much about him.

[Laika]

Is there a position to hide Spencer Steer at? 

He's a pretty good hitter... would maybe be the 4th best stick on the Jays if acquired right now. 

[Jimcanuck]

36 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

He has options, the Reds don't need to move him. Also, he was WOEFUL at 3B last season, there's a very high likelihood that Ernie is 2+ wins better and that's not even saying much about him.

Noelvi is 5 years younger.  Jays need to build for the future that the almost 29 yr old Clement is unlikely to be part of.

[Orgfiller]

2 hours ago, Laika said:

Is there a position to hide Spencer Steer at? 

He's a pretty good hitter... would maybe be the 4th best stick on the Jays if acquired right now. 

He's pretty much a butcher everywhere. The Reds didn't even play him at 3B in 2024 and they continually trotted out some serious butchers at the position in that campaign. He has some decent physical tools, above average as a runner (73rd percentile) and arm strength (78th) so maybe you hope you can teach him routes in LF to become playable?

But the profile is a bad 1B/LF defender with average hitting for the position. It's not like he crushes the ball or is particularly good at squaring it up or hitting it at a good launch angle. You could platoon him, but then why spend resources acquiring a guy like that via trade unless he's basically given away when you could sign a lefty masher like Grichuk for cheap in FA.

[Laika]

11 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

He's pretty much a butcher everywhere. The Reds didn't even play him at 3B in 2024 and they continually trotted out some serious butchers at the position in that campaign. He has some decent physical tools, above average as a runner (73rd percentile) and arm strength (78th) so maybe you hope you can teach him routes in LF to become playable?

But the profile is a bad 1B/LF defender with average hitting for the position. It's not like he crushes the ball or is particularly good at squaring it up or hitting it at a good launch angle. You could platoon him, but then why spend resources acquiring a guy like that via trade unless he's basically given away when you could sign a lefty masher like Grichuk for cheap in FA.

It's funny. If you go on Fangraphs and look at 1B depth chart projections, sorted by fWAR, he is around so many players that have been signed or traded this offseason. So, pretty easy to figure out his market value I guess. The only real wrinkle is the chance to coach up his defense which doesn't rely exist with any of the others. 

 

14	Spencer Horwitz	PIT	113	490	12	56	52	3	12.7%	19.1%	.150	.316	.267	.368	.416	.345	119	-1.0	10.3	-6.6	2.1
15	Josh Naylor	ARI	143	616	24	78	87	7	8.3%	15.9%	.188	.286	.268	.335	.456	.338	116	-1.6	10.1	-10.7	2.1
16	Jake Burger	TEX	143	616	30	76	85	2	6.2%	26.8%	.210	.287	.243	.301	.453	.324	112	-0.8	7.3	-8.4	2.0
17	Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	147	637	24	79	82	8	9.5%	26.1%	.181	.309	.250	.325	.431	.328	114	-0.5	9.9	-12.2	2.0
18	Nolan Schanuel	LAA	136	588	16	71	63	8	11.9%	16.6%	.142	.289	.258	.355	.400	.334	117	-0.7	10.8	-11.6	1.9
19	Nathaniel Lowe	WSN	144	623	18	71	73	2	11.4%	22.1%	.153	.312	.258	.347	.411	.333	114	-2.7	7.9	-10.0	1.9
20	Spencer Steer	CIN	138	595	21	73	73	16	10.5%	21.0%	.187	.279	.244	.332	.431	.333	107	0.3	5.4	-8.3	1.7
21	Michael Busch	CHC	143	616	22	73	76	3	10.4%	27.6%	.179	.301	.236	.322	.416	.322	109	-1.0	5.7	-9.6	1.7
22	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	122	525	20	61	68	3	6.9%	23.8%	.180	.305	.257	.312	.438	.324	114	-0.5	8.0	-9.8	1.6
23	Carlos Santana	CLE	138	595	21	68	73	3	10.7%	18.1%	.170	.257	.236	.322	.406	.318	109	-1.5	4.6	-9.0	1.6

[Laika]

I f***ing love being able to paste tables omg. 

[L54]

Matt McLain was playing CF in the AFL. He might be moving there