Reds 2018 - We got what we got, now come to the park and get a bobblehead.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqN7G41WsAAV6F_.jpg:small

no goggles, no credibility

We might have the next weirdo outlier player for the Reds here...too bad they cannot go together like Voltron to make some super player.

https://redlegnation.com/2018/11/14/tj-friedl-the-bunt-king/

Looking at the Reds 40 man, this looks like a possible roster prediction for opening day.

1 1b Joey Votto
2 2b Scooter Gennette
3 ss Jose Peraza
4 3b Eugenio Suarez
5 lf Matt Kemp
6 cf Yasiel Puig
7 rf Scott Schebler
8 c Tucker Barnhart
9 util Alex Blandino
10 c Curt Casali
11 of Jesse Winker
12 of Philip Ervin
13 ? ?
13 1 Anthony DeSclafani
14 2 Alex Wood
15 3 Tanner Roark
16 4 Luis Castillo
17 5 Tyler Mahle

18 6 Raisel Iglesias
19 7 Michael Lorenzen
20 8 Jared Hughes
21 9 David Hernandez
22 10 Amir Garrett
23 11 Sal Romano
24 12 Brandon Finnegan / Wandy Peralta

they could be really good if the pitching is decent. the hitting looks fearsome

I guess if you plug in Wood and Roark's numbers from last year in place for the bottom of the Reds rotation from last year (like Homer etc.) - you would expect to see a 10 game improvement.

That's a .500 ball club...

If Garrett and Romano take a step up while in the pen and the others can stay healthy and productive, that could be a wicked good bullpen.

They don't have a true CF. Ervin plays there but he is sloppy in the field. Schebler has played a bit there and some speculate that Puig could do ok out there.

I think the thing with Kemp is to be judicious in using him. I think to maximize what they got, I wouldn't play him every day and I would use him as a split player at times. The more he plays, especially in the field, he will get hurt.

I still could see the Reds making another deal. They got the pitching depth that they could flip Iglesias for a center fielder. They could possibly add in Kemp for a AL DH setup.

Nick Senzel is the X factor player, some have speculated he could be in the CF mix too. I don't know, I'm leary of a player that has issues with vertigo. Hopefully he can stay healthy.

I think for Senzel to get to the bigs, it would be good if Scooter was moved on, so he could play a more natural position.

Got to go with good news when you can get it.

https://www.mlb.com/news/inbox-ranking-nl-central-teams-top-prospects/c-302315802

Jonathan Mayo

I've listed the top five for each organization, ranked by how I would line them up.

1. Reds: Nick Senzel, Taylor Trammell, Hunter Greene, Jonathan India, Tony Santillan
2. Pirates: Mitch Keller, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Travis Swaggerty, Oneil Cruz, Cole Tucker
3. Cardinals: Alex Reyes, Nolan Gorman, Dakota Hudson, Ryan Helsley, Andrew Knizner
4. Brewers: Keston Hiura, Corey Ray, Brice Turang, Lucas Erceg, Tristen Lutz
5. Cubs: Miguel Amaya, Adbert Alzolay, Alex Lange, Brailyn Marquez, Aramis Ademan

It's close at the top for me, but the Reds currently have four guys on the Top 100, while the Pirates have just three. The Senzel-Trammell-Greene trio, all in the top 25 overall, is tough to beat, as good as Keller and Hayes are at the top of the Pirates' list. If Reyes comes back healthy in 2019, he and Gorman make for a formidable 1-2 punch on the Cardinals' list, though Reyes will also graduate the second he records a big league out. (He is at 50 IP for his career, and we graduate prospects once they get past that rookie-eligible threshold.)