Redsfan1507
It is what it is
For whatever reason, the recent Reds have been reluctant to be very creative with changing positions. If these concrete constipated minds ran the Big Red Machine, George Phillips was a shortstop, and there was talk of moving him over, but decided they were better off with 6 -1/2 forgettable shortstops over about 6 seasons, IMO, because they didn't have any 2b other than Phillips that could hit either.
The Chapman quagmire is a tired subject. Everyone but Dusty wanted AC to start, then Baker leaves, and they refuse to start AC, even though he was the Reds best SP in 2 consecutive ST, and he could be sent back to the pen a week from his last start.
It was public info the Reds pegged Devin Mesoraco as the 4 hitter last year. No wonder. The problem is that as a catcher only, he would miss about 200 at bats a season due to forced rest without playing a second position...then his hip injury, and guess what ? He still is going to be a part time catcher only, even though not a single player exists in this organization they've mentioned so far as a LF possible, has much experience as a hitter. Duvall is Adam Dunn, less 50 walks and 20 HR a season from Dunn's normal. Yorman Rodriguez is Billy Hamilton, less about 50 steals a year. Waldrop is probably a platoon only hitter, and Winkler is a AA player right now. So, I don't understand what's to risk giving Meso some flyballs in LF this spring...unless they plan on having him back on the DL soon, or worse, keeping him on the roster for a month just to pinch hit, like last year's unfathomable pea-brained fiasco.
They've already said Peraza was a shortstop with a 2b arm, so I'd say he's a 2b to the tunnel vision Reds. Maybe a SS if they are forced to play him there... Peraza said he could play CF, doesn't mean they believe him or will give him a chance. If I were a MLB ready player like Peraza , and they sent me to Louisville on this fucked up inept team because they said they didn't have a position for me, I'd demand a trade.
The Chapman quagmire is a tired subject. Everyone but Dusty wanted AC to start, then Baker leaves, and they refuse to start AC, even though he was the Reds best SP in 2 consecutive ST, and he could be sent back to the pen a week from his last start.
It was public info the Reds pegged Devin Mesoraco as the 4 hitter last year. No wonder. The problem is that as a catcher only, he would miss about 200 at bats a season due to forced rest without playing a second position...then his hip injury, and guess what ? He still is going to be a part time catcher only, even though not a single player exists in this organization they've mentioned so far as a LF possible, has much experience as a hitter. Duvall is Adam Dunn, less 50 walks and 20 HR a season from Dunn's normal. Yorman Rodriguez is Billy Hamilton, less about 50 steals a year. Waldrop is probably a platoon only hitter, and Winkler is a AA player right now. So, I don't understand what's to risk giving Meso some flyballs in LF this spring...unless they plan on having him back on the DL soon, or worse, keeping him on the roster for a month just to pinch hit, like last year's unfathomable pea-brained fiasco.
They've already said Peraza was a shortstop with a 2b arm, so I'd say he's a 2b to the tunnel vision Reds. Maybe a SS if they are forced to play him there... Peraza said he could play CF, doesn't mean they believe him or will give him a chance. If I were a MLB ready player like Peraza , and they sent me to Louisville on this fucked up inept team because they said they didn't have a position for me, I'd demand a trade.