Willy Castro was a nice fit because the bench was awful . He wasn’t going to save the offense . He was in a bad slump as well when the trade happened. They have bigger problems than Willy Castro .
They probably won’t play any sort of playoff game this year. This is trending like the year they had about 90 percent playoff odds entering September and somehow blew it . Don’t remember the year 23 / 24 ?
Same garbage every year . We get to hear Hoyer talk about how the offense broke in his end of the season presser .
Lopez is not needed with Castro on the roster . I am tempted to bring Cassie up tbh . Keep him in the lineup most days againts righties while giving the other OFS days off .
Maybe he has a couple of hot weeks in him before the league adjust .
So now the question is , who comes up to take his roster spot ? McGuire will be the backup the rest of the year . Who comes up ? Alcantara , Long , Cassie ?
Might as well try Shaw leading off for a few games ? I know lineup construction doesn’t matter a whole lot , but just have a different look and see what happens ?
I wouldn’t expect much next offseason . Jesse Rogers has implied several times that they aren’t interested in signing big long term money deals until they know how the new CBA looks like . ( That will be the excuse ) .
With the way this team is hitting and 8 of the next 11 againts Tor / Mil / I could see a 3-8 coming . Hopefully the Reds don’t play well the next 2 weeks .