Reds Should Make Major Move for All-Star at Trade Deadline
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That'd be a massive deal from one end of Ohio to the other.
At least they got another All-Star selection out of the evening, when MLB announced that left-hander Andrew Abbott joins teammate Elly De La Cruz on the National League squad next week as a replacement for Dodgers pitcher Yosh Yamamoto.
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With the Major League Baseball trade deadline less than a month away, the Cincinnati Reds sit just 1 1/2 games out of the last National League wild card spot.
A Los Angeles Dodgers trade idea would send Andy Pages to the Cincinnati Reds for All-Star starting pitcher Andrew Abbott.
It might not quite be make-or-break time for the Cincinnati Reds this season. But Terry Francona’s upstart, would-be contenders have played just well enough the last month or so to make these next three series before the All-Star break a significant crossroads for their season.
Edwin Arroyo, who was once a major trade acquisition for the Cincinnati Reds, has fallen out of the MLB Pipeline Top 100 rankings. The latest list was released
ESPN's David Schoenfield asks that very question, because he thinks Cincinnati would have an outside chance of lining up for a trade with the Minnesota Twins to acquire Byron Buxton. Schoenfield thinks the Reds would offer Rhett Lowder, Chase Petty and Sal Stewart - two right-handed arms and a power-hitting third baseman.