Everyone knows it.
Me, Chad, The Nation, everybody.
The Reds need to obtain a veteran starting pitcher who can reliably show up on the mound every fifth day, give them (dare I say?) 180 innings of work and anchor the pitching staff. Given that the Reds are a small market team, getting one through free agency probably won’t happen. It’s been tried before, without good results. Everybody remembers the Eric Milton experiment.
So an acquisition by trade is probably the best way to acquire one of these pitchers. Historically, it has been a mixed bag that has worked at times.