I thought I’d offer up some Reds prospects that the team could send out for any of those guys, without depleting their system of future talent for the big league club. But there are at least three other intriguing possibilities, if the Reds could put the right package together: Amed Rosario of the Indians, Trevor Story of the Rockies, and Willy Adames of the Rays. The club did just sign Dee Strange-Gordon to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The remaining choices aren’t particularly great: Hanser Alberto, Eduardo Nuñez, Andrew Romine, Jordy Mercer, Jonathan Villar, and former Red Zack Cozart. So far we’ve seen the Reds appear to sit pat while Didi Gregorius, Marcus Semien, Andrelton Simmons all signed elsewhere. Those struggles led to an expectation that the Reds would need to address the shortstop position, at least temporarily, until Garcia can make some adjustments. 194/.206/.194 with no home runs and 1 stolen base. In 68 plate appearances he racked up a 38% strikeout rate and hit. But Garcia struggled mightily, as you might expect for someone who jumped from one season of Low-A and one season of Advanced-A straight to the majors. Top prospects Jose Garcia and Tyler Stephenson both made their debuts, as did Tejay Antone who exceeded expectations, doing an impressive job as both a long reliever and a spot starter. While they ultimately fell flat, with under-performances from Eugenio Suarez, Shogo Akiyama, Nicholas Castellanos, and Nick Senzel, there were bright moments to give fans hope of things to come. The 2020 offseason has been an understandably frustrating one for Reds fans, after the team seemingly pushed all the chips to the center of the table last year (or tried to, at any rate).
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