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Bruce doesn't have to go next year, he still has a few years of control left. Chapman has to though, there is no need for him anymore on this team, and his value could be huge this winter.

I think every single member of city council conveniently owns some property along the route. Nothing surprises me with that city anymore. Thank God I'm in NKY not Cincy

Which is really shocking considering UC's campus is mostly white.

In hindsight, Cueto should have been traded last summer. But he didn't and the Reds still got a very good return. The Reds weren't going to be able to sign Cueto with or without Baileys contract anyway. The Reds had to choose which pitcher had the best value to keep, and they chose Bailey, which I still think could end up being the right call. Bailey still has the stuff of an ace but the head of little leaguer. Leake will always be a middle of the rotation guy. The Reds don't have the ability and should pay around 15 mil for a number three starter.

Those sports have caps, so there is only so much they can spend anyway. Apples and oranges. Most NBA, NFL, and NHL teams spend close to the same amount of money. The Jaguars spend just as much as the Cowboys. The Hornets spend just as much at the Mavs. Only the MLB is the salary differential is huge. The top spenders will spend 100 million dollars or more than the lowest level ones. Once the new TV deals kick in the Reds will have more money to spend. The only problem is other teams are getting deals as well so prices will go up for players anyway. The only way for the Reds to start out spending is if you love them to New York/LA where they can actually afford to. Also The Bengals have a higher payroll than the Cowbys

Was a big fan when he was drafted. He is going to be a star. Crazy how many young and up and coming superstars there are. The future of baseball looks awesome.

The Cardinals have the perfect mix of high salary guys and young controllable talent, and that is really hard to have. The Reds could have been that way if they drafted better the past few years. They turned Albert Pujols into Wacha and Pescotty somehow. Sometimes teams just get lucky. Look at the 2011 Cards roster and look at it now, completely different. It's not like they've gotten all this talent and have kept it around for years, they've been shuffling players in and out as well. The Reds have had almost the same core of guys for 6 years.

They actually spend more... but anyway they have drafted better than the Reds in the past 6-7 years. They are going to have issues as well when contracts for guys like Wacha, Carpenter, and Wong come up.

If you want to afford to compete then be prepared to spend $50 per ticket on bleachers and $100 on upper leavel seats. Every single owner in sports has to make money, it's a business first. Castillini or any other club isn't going to lose money just to have a chance to win.

Here's the messed up part about saying the Reds got rid of these guys. They can still resign them lol. They won't even touch em with a ten foot pole but they could if they wanted to.

Well the Dbacks are idiots. That's not a terribly high asking Price there for the best pitch for pitch, pitcher in the game.

Also if the Reds have managed contracts as they have with their players, minus Bailey, Votto, and Phillips. They are in awesome shape. They've had a good history of doing really good deals and buying out some FA years. So these players they got could be here 6 years or so.

And that was a problem the Reds have addressed a bit in this trade window. Trying to get the payroll down a bit and get younger cheaper and potentially really good players. The over spending caught up to them the past 2 years. That's why this had to happen. Not that hard to understand

Every group of players from any team has a window to win. The Reds had a 4 year window to win it and should have. A team like the Reds can't resign every player that is worth over 100 mil. Heck most teams only have 1 or 2. The Reds missed their window to win another one. These trades that have happened and that will continue to happen will open another window 2-3 years down the road. Only a handful of teams can spend their way to the top

He wasn't a five tool player, cause he only hit .250...

I've parked in that lot before Reds games and always wondered what that was lol. My problem with the street car is that not only does it not go many places, but it's not going to be fast transit at all. If you catch the train up by Findlay. They say you could walk to GABP faster than it would take the streetcar to get there. And I can't wait to see how terrible traffic will be especially during rush hour. And the amount of wreck its will cause. It's going to be a disaster

I really like how in the article it was how he visited like OSU, Alabama, LSU but yet still wants to check out UK and Southern Cal... Which one shouldn't belong?

Now that it's over time to grade their performance. I'll give them an A-. They needed to get a offensive prospect, but the pitching prospects they got in the deals were way above what I thought they would get. The only way this deadline could have been better was if they traded Chapman for a nice return.

[video=youtube_share;91P24mGwsmA] Pujols isn't making any of these plays. A comment on that video summed him up nicely. He has the glove of Mays, the speed of Henderson, and the bat of Gherig. He's going to be one of the greatest when all is said and done

I'm relieved Bruce did not get moved

Can't hate on the Reds for not trading Chapman and Bruce. They have the advantage of having to control them after this season so they didn't have to get rid of them. If they want to move them in the winter they will have more teams in the mix and the price will still be high.

Walt has gotten 4 stud pitchers for 2 future FA's. Well done

That's trght now that I remember that. Crazy! Might be a big bat off the bench at max. Great asset in GABP though.

Big arm, struggles with giving up HR's. But hitters have only hit .213 off of him in the minors. Potential Ace material. I am absolutely giddy... And he's not even 21 yet

And Adam Duvall who hit his first MLB HR off Leake lol