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Checklist for what the Cincinnati Reds need to become serious contenders:
> New ownership (group) willing to boost payroll spending by at least $50 million.
> New front office and manager hired from outside the organization that will be guided by modern baseball thinking.
Mark it down: The Reds will overpay for a closer. Old-school, out-of-date thinking.
Cincinnati Reds closer Emilio Pagán declined a $10 million option for 2027 to enter free agency. Neither Pagán nor the Reds has ruled out a reunion. cincinnati.com/story/sports/…
Read this before you accept the simple “old school” narrative lessons being pushed about the Brewers’ success.
Also, why do I feel like the Reds are about to make every mistake warned about here?
How did the 2026 Brewers get here? Some thoughts on what you can and can't take away from the best team in baseball -- and how easy it is to see someone trying to emulate them and failing.
mlb.com/brewers/news/2026-br…
With mention of baseball sweeps in the air, it’s worth recalling the 1976 Big Red Machine swept the Phillies (3-0) and Yankees (4-0) outscoring them 41-19. The Reds out-homered them 7-2, hit 15 doubles, 6 triples, stole 12 bases and drew 27 walks in 7 games.
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If the 2026 MLB season is proof that small-market teams are not at a structural disadvantage, then it is also proof that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Cal Raleigh are two of the worst players in baseball.
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During the last 2 CBA eras.
Small Markets have made the championship series 8 times. Zero World Series.
Major Markets 28 times. 6 World Series.
I’m glad in 2026 Small Markets got it done- but miss all of us with the “SEE- There’s not an advantage”.
Please. Stop.
Career: .237/.293/.344, run production 20% below league average. 2023-2026, produced 0.0 WAR.
Giving Cabrera a major league contract is a clear signal from the Reds that nothing in their approach to roster building will change. More dreadful mediocrity. More of the same. Awful.
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The Brewers are playing small ball, in that they're bashing the hell out of the small ball over the fence to score runs
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Since 1995 (31 years of results)
62.9% of WS participants had a top 10 payroll
89.% had a top 15 payroll
74.2% of WS winners had a top 10 payroll
93.5% had a top 15 payroll
77.4% of WS participants ranked in top 1/2 of markets
80.6% of WS winners ranked in top 1/2 of markets
Major League Baseball wants a salary cap and says it's to ensure smaller-market, lower-payroll teams can win in the postseason.
Milwaukee, Cleveland and Tampa Bay are winning without one.
Free at ESPN, how to reconcile the 2026 postseason and cap talk: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/5016…
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
So Just How Pissed off Is Pat Murphy? blogs.fangraphs.com/so-just-… blogs.fangraphs.com/so-just-…
Although, I suppose "we will continue to build this team around mediocrity, underachievement, out-of-date thinking and curb shopping with a goal of finishing no higher than third in our division" wouldn't sell many season tickets. But at least it's an ethos and honest.
Seriously, are there organizations other than the Cincinnati Reds that so consistently fail to reach their own stated organizational goals yet suffer no accountability or repercussion for their ownership or management failure?
The team Nick Krall "built around defense" gets zero of 30 Gold Glove nominees. Only two other NL teams (PHI, SFG) were shut out. Meanwhile, every other team in the Reds division got at least two.
More evidence the Reds organization is complacent with mediocrity and failure.
The 2026 National League @RawlingsSports Gold Glove Finalists 🤩
Winners will be announced on Sunday, November 1st on @ESPN
ALT Rawlings Gold Glove Awards National League Finalists Catcher - Freddy Fermin (SD), Gabriel Moreno (AZ), Luis Torrens (NYM) First Base - Ty France (SD), Matt Olson (ATL), TJ Rumfield (COL) Second Base - Brandon Lowe (PIT), Brice Turang (MIL), JJ Wetherholt (STL) Shortstop - Geraldo Perdomo (AZ), Dansby Swanson (CHC), Masyn Winn (STL) Third Base - Alex Bregman (CHC), Max Muncy (LAD), Javier Sanoja (MIA) Left Field - Jackson Chourio (MIL), Ian Happ (CHC), Daylen Lile (WSH) Center Field - Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Michael Harris II (ATL), Andy Pages (LAD) Right Field - Carson Benge (NYM), Corbin Carroll (AZ), Seiya Suzuki (CHC) Pitcher - Michael McGreevy (STL), Nolan McLean (NYM), Chris Sale (ATL) Utility - Mauricio Dubón (ATL), Jared Triolo (PIT), Ildemaro Vargas (AZ) Pictured: Photos of Pete Crow-Armstrong, Matt Olson and Corbin Carroll in various action poses sit on the right side.
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I like this.
MLB has proposed returning to a 154-game Regular Season, best-of-seven Division Series, and opponent selection in the Wild Card and Division Series
Starting in 2029, shortening the season to a 154-game schedule would create a standard weekly off day benefiting player health, and it would allow the addition of up to 8 more Postseason games by moving to a best-of-seven Division Series format
Beginning in 2027, higher-seeded clubs in the Wild Card and Division Series would select their opponents
ALT MLB Proposes Return To 154-Game Regular Season, 7-Game Division Series, And Opponent Selection
Hmm … Francona managed *under* the Reds Pythagorean number in 2025. In his 11 seasons with Cleveland he was under four seasons and over four seasons. Net, his team’s record was 6 games worse than its run differential. If that’s why Karl hired him, he’s an idiot. It’s random.
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Owning the Reds is not a commitment to the city.
Doing absolutely everything possible in order to deliver a Reds championship is a commitment to the city.
These are different things.
Why Phil Castellini says owning Reds is a 'commitment to this city' cincinnati.com/story/sports/…
