The summer trade deadline has long been one of my favorite times on the baseball calendar. Speculation and gossip run absolutely wild, the power dynamics of the league can shift seismically, folks unawares on twitter can be hoodwinked by fake accounts peddling fake rumors, and in the end the results hardly ever live up to the fevered intrigue of the run up.
Fortunately, we are just now getting into the run up, and it’s gonna be all wild gossip, seismic intrigue, and fake-ass rumors. It’s gonna be hecka fun.
As we gird our loins for the annual speculation bacchanal, let’s have a look at the Reds’ options over the next few weeks.