You may have woken up yesterday, had a glance at the roster of the Cincinnati Reds, and thought man, they’d probably look pretty legit if only they could find a big-boppin’ corner outfielder.
Naturally, the Reds instead traded away a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick and prospect Mike Sirota for infielder Gavin Lux, instead.
Let’s establish one thing up front here: most everything suggests that, if deployed at all correctly, Gavin Lux will make this roster better than it was yesterday morning. He smoked the ball throughout the second half of 2024, an important distinction given that he missed all of the 2023 season with a torn ACL and looked rusty as heck to begin the year.