Last night the Cincinnati Reds made another trade, this time by acquiring Gavin Lux from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a prospect and a 2025 draft pick. We wrote about that here if you want to read a little more detail about Lux. A bit after the trade was announced, President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall met with the local media to discuss the trade. Below is the … [Read more...] about Reds’ Nick Krall on the Gavin Lux trade with the Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds trade for Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux
The Cincinnati Reds seem to be close to acquiring Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Cincinnati is sending the Dodgers outfielder Mike Sirota and their competitive balance round A pick in the 2025 draft (following the 1st round). Sirota was the team’s 3rd round pick out of Northeastern in 2024. He did not play after the draft and was also … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds trade for Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux
The Reds could be the sleeper team in MLB in 2025
There’s some good news and perhaps some bad news depending on how you want to look at things. ESPN released their first “power rankings” for the 2025 MLB season. The bad news is that the Cincinnati Reds rank 19th on the list and that’s only good enough to be ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cardinals among teams within the National League Central. The good news could be that … [Read more...] about The Reds could be the sleeper team in MLB in 2025
Hiring Terry Francona was great, but the Reds need to do more
I like to skim the comments here at Redleg Nation. Even when I’m not actively participating, I’m around. Make of that what you will. Anyway, there’s a contingent on here who insists that now former manager David Bell was costing the team LOTS of wins every year and that newly hired manager Terry Francona is going to give them a lot more wins. Manager is a position that is … [Read more...] about Hiring Terry Francona was great, but the Reds need to do more
ZiPS Projections: The Reds must improve in order to compete
The ZiPS projections by Dan Szymborski are now out for the Cincinnati Reds. There are now 18 teams that have had their projections posted over at Fangraphs. Cincinnati, though, is only the second team in the National League Central to be posted. Despite that, ZiPS clearly believes the Reds have to add more talent in order to compete in the division. The other team that was … [Read more...] about ZiPS Projections: The Reds must improve in order to compete