Comments on: If I Were the Reds… http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/if-i-were-the-reds/ Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:22:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Geoff Young http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/if-i-were-the-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Geoff Young Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:54:32 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/if-i-were-the-reds/#comment-1139 I was really hoping to find better names for you, but the FA crop is terrible. Prior is interesting. He would seem to have more upside than the other guys I mentioned, but there is so much risk with him. I don't have inside information, but word is that the Padres got scared off by medical reports. Someone will gamble on him and hope that he somehow finds health and the form that made him such a stud only a few years ago. I was really hoping to find better names for you, but the FA crop is terrible.

Prior is interesting. He would seem to have more upside than the other guys I mentioned, but there is so much risk with him. I don’t have inside information, but word is that the Padres got scared off by medical reports. Someone will gamble on him and hope that he somehow finds health and the form that made him such a stud only a few years ago.

]]> By: Doug Fulkerson http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/if-i-were-the-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Doug Fulkerson Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:18:09 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/if-i-were-the-reds/#comment-1145 Good list. Out of that bunch, I agree Hernandez would probably fit the Reds best. What do you think about Mark Prior? When he's healthy he can really pitch. If the Reds offered him around the same deal he had for this year, about $3.5 milllion with an option for '08 (though they might be able to whittle that down some), he could be an asset. At 26 he could still come back from this injury by May '08 and have his best seasons yet ahead of him. Dusty Baker likes him. On the down side, his agent says he may not be ready to pitch until the '08 All Star break, and who knows if he can ever get back to form. Also, he's injury prone. If I were Cincy, I might gamble on him. Good list. Out of that bunch, I agree Hernandez would probably fit the Reds best.

What do you think about Mark Prior? When he’s healthy he can really pitch. If the Reds offered him around the same deal he had for this year, about $3.5 milllion with an option for ‘08 (though they might be able to whittle that down some), he could be an asset. At 26 he could still come back from this injury by May ‘08 and have his best seasons yet ahead of him. Dusty Baker likes him.

On the down side, his agent says he may not be ready to pitch until the ‘08 All Star break, and who knows if he can ever get back to form. Also, he’s injury prone.

If I were Cincy, I might gamble on him.

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