The Cincinnati Reds sent hard-throwing pitching prospect Joe Boyle to the Oakland A’s in exchange for lefty Sam Moll and his slicin’ slider, thereby wrapping the entirety of their work on the external transaction front for the 2023 season. Yesterday’s trade deadline came, it went, and the Reds made no further additions despite being atop the National League Central division and, in theory, in a prime spot to make a playoff push.
I digested as much of that as I could quickly yesterday, and after watching Ben Lively get shelled for a dozen runs in last night’s debacle in Wrigley, I like to think I still have the same sentiments now after a couple hours of sleep.