Infrastructure. Due diligence. Circle back. Hit the ground running.
Reboot.
Front offices in the baseball world are just that: they're offices. That means that despite GMs and scouts being in charge of fielding teams that play what we all consider merely a game, there's a major business involved, and major businesses have annoyingly vague, nebulous terms that often seem to arise in difficult or adverse circumstances. For the Cincinnati Reds, the latest example of obtuse jargon we've become privy to is "reboot," which his how Walt Jocketty described the franchise's combination of action and inaction in the days running up to Friday's non-waiver trade deadline.