November 11, 201510 yr Reds finally willing to trade Chapman, Bruce, others | FOX Sports By Ken Rosenthal Nov 10, 2015 at 7:30p ET BOCA RATON, Fl. - The Reds finally are serious, finally are willing to trade closer Aroldis Chapman, right fielder Jay Bruce and possibly other pieces, too. “We’re in a tough division,” president of baseball operations Walt Jocketty said of the NL Central. “We’ve got to be realistic about it.” The Reds traded potential free-agent right-handers Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake at the non-waiver deadline, but balked at deals for Chapman and Bruce, both of whom are under control for 2016 and in Bruce’s case, 2017 as well. Are they more willing to deal those players now? “I would say probably,” Jocketty said. “We still wanted to be somewhat protective of our club last year. We had certain guys we just didn’t want to move. We started at the deadline knowing that we would gear up – ’16 would be a transition year and in ’17 and ’18, we think we could be stronger and more competitive.” Owner Bob Castellini is “on board” with the need for a more extensive retooling, sources say. Chapman, projected to earn $12.9 million in his final year of arbitration by MLBTradeRumors.com, should bring a quality return. Bruce, under contract for $12.5 million in ’16 with a club option for ’17, will be a more complicated sell.
November 11, 201510 yr Author No reason to go about this half butt at this point. Just go all the way and rebuild the right way.
November 11, 201510 yr Believe it when they are traded. This is just PR talk. PR talk? Do you think the front office saying that they're going to trade major pieces in exchange for prospects and expect to be terrible in 2016 is good PR?
November 11, 201510 yr Chapman is my current favorite Red to watch...If they are giving up on next year what are we looking at...100 losses? No wonder they kept Price, probably couldn't have hired a decent manager to come into this hot mess for next season.
November 11, 201510 yr Winter meetings are this week, aren't they? Would be nice to see a few big deals go down.
November 11, 201510 yr Winter meetings are this week' date=' aren't they? Would be nice to see a few big deals go down.[/quote'] Not yet. Winter meetings are December 7-9 in Nashville this year.
November 11, 201510 yr Not yet. Winter meetings are December 7-9 in Nashville this year. Wow, I was way off. :lol2: Thanks!
November 11, 201510 yr Wow' date=' I was way off. :lol2: Thanks![/quote'] I was a bit surprised to see Walt come out and say this already, since they're about 30 days out. I like it, though. Hopefully he's able to get a few other GM's liquored up and make a few deals. :lol:
November 11, 201510 yr On a side note, I would absolutely love to attend the Winter Meetings. I'd rather do that than attend the Super Bowl.
November 11, 201510 yr Wow, I was way off. :lol2: Thanks! You were thinking of the GM meetings. They are this week in Boca Raton.
November 11, 201510 yr On a side note, I would absolutely love to attend the Winter Meetings. I'd rather do that than attend the Super Bowl. Absolutely. I think it'd be a blast. This would've been the year to do it too with it being only a short drive away.
November 11, 201510 yr So I'm pretty safe scheduling a wedding in early October? Won't have to worry about missing out on slinging beer during any home playoff games in 2016? Haha!
November 11, 201510 yr Chapman is my current favorite Red to watch...If they are giving up on next year what are we looking at...100 losses? No wonder they kept Price, probably couldn't have hired a decent manager to come into this hot mess for next season. I'm pretty sure we are looking at 100 losses anyhow :lol2:
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