According to Jeff Passon, the Reds are finalizing a
deal to acquire Gavin Lux from LA. Sources tell
ESPN, so Gavin Luxs, there was interest from
a couple of different teams going to the Reds.
I think he fits in with the Reds. Reds
looking for somebody a little to shore up a little
bit that middle infield, you know, they had
, you know, McLean a little bit in middle
infield, Marte. Struggled a bit last year.
Um, you know, L's kind of expendable in
LA with uh with uh the Dodgers signing Kim.
So, um, you know, the Reds taking
advantage of the fact that the Dodgers were looking to
shop Lux, and I think we're all kind of
, at least I was waiting for the, the
, the Reds to do something to supplement their team
to. They, you know, obviously hired Terry
Francona at the beginning of the offseason, which was
kind of a big surprise for a lot of people
and. Um, and this, this is just
a, a guy that they're bringing in that,
that kind of shores up the middle infield for them
, second base, uh, primarily. I think
this situation also maybe gives him a chance to,
to breathe knowing that I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm gonna probably be going into a situation where I'm
gonna get every day at bats. We look at
him as a guy that's gonna play second base.
Uh, play some outfield, uh, and play
, uh, and DH some in spring training.
We'll also give him a look at 3rd and short
and see where it is and see where, uh
, you know, he is defensively with all of
those positions, but, you know, we,
we think that he's a quality left-handed hitter that,
uh, that just lengthens our lineup out. Righty
Michael Lorenzen and the Royals, a team he finished
the year with last year, in agreement on a
one year deal, 7-0. Lorenzen 33, great
down the stretch. Yeah, he came over from
Texas and the deal includes a second year mutual option
, staying with KC and um that's a great.
Over 130 innings last year and a guy you can
count on. Yeah, I mean, passing got
it right there as far as a versatile arm that
I think for KC they enjoyed their time with him
last year towards the end of last year trading for
him. He pitched well last season, can pitch
out of out of the starting rotation, can pitch
out of the bullpen, you know, so versatile
for sure on that pitching staff did well and you
know just you know be able to shore up that
pitching staff for Kansas City. Three teams I was
told over the weekend are in that leading group to
sign Anthony Santander. The Blue Jays, the Angels
, and the Tigers. As a switch hitter,
he would be perfect in that Blue Jays lineup,
and they have been very aggressively looking for free agents
, both pitchers and hitters, and when you consider
Vlatty and Bo, wow, that left-handed switch inning
bat would be perfect in the middle part of that
lineup. Nolan Arenado blocked a trade to Houston.
We know that. If the Red Sox go hard
after him, they won't have trouble getting approval coming
off of a big time down year and now getting
up there in age. Your thoughts on Boston and
Arenao? Well, I think you know it's a
lot of it like we talked about Bregman and the
rumors to Boston as well. You have a right-handed
pool hitter. Bregman, big time pool hitter,
Anato, big time pool hitter like those guys,
they want the ball close to them. Want to
pull the ball. So when you have a guy
like that right-handed hitter, kind of like a la
Mike Lowell, our colleague here, he was there
in Boston, right-handed pool hitter, really played off
that monster really well, um, you know,
so he fits in in in that Boston lineup,
but he's still Nolan Aonnato. So like if,
if I'm a team that feels like I need to
upgrade my third base, uh, or I can
bring a guy in like Aonnado to, to upgrade
my team, I'm gonna try to do that.
He's a future Hall of Famer, one of the
best third basemans I've ever seen. Um, and
, uh, having played against him a lot,
uh, I would definitely want him in the middle
of my lineup. It is still a possibility that
the Mariners would move Luis Castillo to get a bat
, or at least there's some payroll space to then
be able to sign a bat, maybe even like
a Pette Lonzo if they're able to move the entirety
of Castillo's contract. The Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners
have talked before and in recent days about a potential
Castillo trade to Baltimore where a younger bat would go
to Seattle. That is completely accurate. Now we
don't know if necessarily if the willingness of Baltimore to
take on Castillo's money has dropped a little bit because
they've now added both Morton and Sugano, but Harold
was spot on, and I also believe, Lauren
, that Nolan Arenado as the options for him start
to dwindle, especially if if Boston signs Alex Bregman
, Seattle might be the last best option if he's
gonna get traded to a contender and not start the
season in Saint Louis. When I, I initially
got traded, um, I always told myself that
I was gonna come back, uh, like I
understood the, the business part of the game,
um, but, you know, different opportunities presented
themselves and kind of bounced around a little bit here
and there, you know, when I reached free
agency again this year. Uh, I know I
talked to, to Scott and he said that the
Nats like me, and I said, hey,
if you can make something happen, let's do it
. A little bit of back and forth and,
you know, it's, uh, definitely a blessing
for me and my family, uh, to,
to be able to put on the uniform, go
back to spring training, and, uh, and
get situated with those guys again. For more on
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