CHICAGO — Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall said he got down to about 20 minutes before Tuesday night’s trade deadline thinking he might make another deal before realizing Monday’’s acquisition of left-handed reliever Sam Moll was going to be all he would add to his division-leading team.
“We had a lot of conversations. I thought we were getting closer,” Krall said. “But at the end of the day, we just couldn’t pull off a deal.”
Moll, 31, joined the team Tuesday after the trade from the Oakland A’s for a prospect. And while there’s every indication he’ll help the depth in one of the heaviest-worked bullpen’s in baseball, it’s not the kind of move – at least the only move – many expected when Krall declared the Reds were buyers several weeks ago.