Like yer Fugeeboy Wickliffe Jean said earlier, the Reds need to be kicking a few bucks into the pot before the end of the month. They can’t afford to check down. Peer pressure is a bitch.
The catch, of course, (foreshadowing pun!) is that the Reds are at least decent at just about every position on the roster. With no real glaring weakness, the only gains to be made would be inherently marginal. A marginal win here or there is absolutely going to be the difference between making the post-season and missing out in this year’s street brawl in the NL Central, so it is totally worth it.