The winter 2015 three team trade of fan favorite and Home Run Derby star Todd Frazier to the Chicago White Sox brought back right fielder Scott Schebler, infielder Brandon Dixon, and the current Reds second baseman, Jose Peraza. After slow starts the past two seasons, Schebler’s power (he currently leads the team in home runs) has swung the outcome of the trade to the side of the Reds, but the jury is still out on the supposed centerpiece at the time of the deal, Peraza.
Following the spring trade of Brandon Phillips to Atlanta, Peraza was installed as one half of the team’s current, and perhaps future, middle infield.