This week’s mailbag gets into the Reds’ offense, whether Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette, and Jorge Polanco will stay with their respective clubs, trade targets for the Braves’ rotation, and whether the Rangers could trade Jacob deGrom.
Bill asks:
What can the Cincinnati Reds possibly do to fix the mess that is their lineup? They need at least one big bat and probably do not have the money to accomplish that.
The Reds’ offense ranked eighth in the NL with 4.42 runs scored per game. Let’s examine where the lineup stands after the Reds were eliminated by the Dodgers in the Wild Card round.
No one on the Reds had a stellar offensive season. Almost every regular fell between a 97 wRC+ and a 109 mark, with 100 being league average. Where can improvements be found?
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