Reds General Manager Dick Williams — and he is the GM now, with Walt Jocketty moving into a more advisory role — met with the legacy media as the season ended, and he had some interesting things to say. Williams began by saying, essentially, that the hardest part of the rebuilding process is now in the rear-view mirror.
When asked what the priority of the baseball operations staff would be over the winter, Williams pointed to the pitching staff:
“I’d say the priorities are to supplement the pitching, and the bench is obviously an area we can improve.