The Cincinnati Reds officially announced the signing of Frankie Montas yesterday, and the roster is in a better shape because of it. The Reds roster is, today, better than it was during their September slump because of Montas, because of Jeimer Candelario, because of Nick Martinez and Emilio Pagan.
The Reds offseason - which has now been deemed mostly ‘done’ by Nick Krall - has seen them dedicate upwards of $100 million to free agents, potentially, with some $55 million of that dedicated to just 2024 action alone. It has, without question, improved the quality of the overall roster, and left the Reds in a better place right now than they were last season, or at the outset of free agency.