On Tuesday morning we heard Cincinnati Reds General Manager Nick Krall tell MLB Network Radio that the organization was looking for some help in the bullpen after trading away Raisel Iglesias and non-tendering Archie Bradley. The disconnect of that statement aside, it didn’t take much time to pass from Krall’s statement on MLB Network Radio to The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosecrans reporting that the Reds were showing interest in reliever Ryne Stanek, who is a free agent after being non-tendered by the Miami Marlins two weeks ago.
In 2020 things went about as well for Ryne Stanek as they did for most of us – not well.