The Cincinnati Reds are not good this year, nor do they look the part of being good next year, either.
Tyler Mahle, the veteran righty of the Reds, is only under team control through next season.
Considering the idea of this Cincinnati Reds club ‘spending money’ was laughed completely out of the tri-state area over the winter, these are all things that point towards the 28-52 Reds shopping Mahle as the August 2nd trade deadline looms. Of course, that’s if he’s still able to throw baseballs, which is now called into question with his placement on the injured list with a sore shoulder, per the Reds themselves.