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    Reds acquire Rob Refsnyder in trade with Arizona

    Doug Gray 31

    The Cincinnati Reds have acquired first baseman/outfielder Rob Refsnyder in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Reds will send cash or a player to be named later in return.

    Rob Refsnyder is a 28-year-old who has played in the Major Leagues in parts of the last four seasons for the Yankees, Blue Jays, and Rays. In his Major League career he’s hit .218/.308/.302 with 47 walks and 80 strikeouts in 423 plate appearances. This season he played in one game for Triple-A Reno. During the 2018 season with the Rays Triple-A team in Durham he hit .283/.357/.402 over 51 games. That came with 18 walks and 46 strikeouts in 207 trips to the plate.

    In his career, power has never been a part of his game. In only one season has he managed to hit double-digit home runs. That came back in 2014 between Double-A and Triple-A with the Yankees organization when he hit 14 in 137 games played. What he has done in his minor league career is hit for a good average and get on base at a high rate. In 578 games and 2465 plate appearances he’s hit .293/.378/.428 with 264 walks and just 394 strikeouts.

    The Reds have announced that he will be assigned to Triple-A Louisville where he will join the Bats. In the previous two seasons he’s played first base, second base, left field, center field, and right field. There’s plenty of versatility there.

    Doug Gray
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    2. I would DFA Duke/Hernandez/Disco. They are a waste. Bring up Wood, Romano and Ervin and go back to a normal bench. Stop hitting Winker in the leadoff spot where he is obviously not comfortable. Try to move Kemp to another team for a CF.

      1. Where exactly do you think Winker would be “comfortable” in the lineup? And when does his being “comfortable” matter? At what point will Winker be judged on performance? Certainly not yet.

        1. Winker’s career numbers in the minors and the majors both suggest he doesn’t do well at leadoff. Don’t post dumb. The Reds need to make some major changes and start moving things around.

      2. Posting dumb is suggesting that Winker’s comfort is relevant. He’s not in the top half of the Reds offense, nor will he be the rest of this year, & probably not next year either. He’s at best a contributor. That’s a full load for Jesse. Can’t run, defensive liability, shown little power, & hasn’t hit lefthanded pitching. If he can’t fit in; he doesn’t fit in.

        1. Cguy, Getting past Winker I think posting dumb is DFAing Duke/Hernandez/Disco in first post.

      3. Doubt another team would give up good CF for Kemp. Not great so far. Made NL All-Star team in 2018.

    4. Agree with DFA Duke.
      Hernandez needs to move out of high leverage situations.
      Too soon to pull plug on Disco, as long as he is healthy.
      Kemp should be sent packing.

      That opens two roster slots. Ervin should be one. Need offense so the other should be a position player with bat potential given the off days coming up.

      Who would have thought Peralta and Stephenson would be the two most effective relievers thus far?

    5. This reeks of a “do something move” – do anything but please do something. Maybe it will let Bob C. sleep for a couple of nights but I doubt it. Looks like a MiLB depth acquisition.

      Strangely I’m not in this is the end of the world crowd. The team is probably playing as bad as they are capable of; unfortunately, it’s at the beginning of the season. The breaks will come soon enough. Hang with ’em. A long road trip starting next weekend – maybe it’s what the doctor ordered.

    6. This team is looking pretty bad right about now. My biggest concern so far is Winker. He looks awful. Maybe he needs to back on the DL and rehab in Arizona for a month or two.
      Our bullpen isnt looking so stellar either. I still think something is physically wrong with Iglesias.
      What change will we see first Duke dfad or someone else being sent down?

      1. Awful? Not at all. Unlucky yes, he has hit a half dozen shots that were right at someone. He will be fine…Kemp I am not so sure about.

      1. Who would want him at this point?
        I hope you are right, but we probably have to eat 20 mil of his 21 mil salary (or 13 mil if you include the 7 mil from LA)

    8. Barry Larkin for Reds manager.
      If Buddy’s kid still needs a job we can offer him one in our analytics department where he belongs.

    9. We are not going to accept posts like this. If you want to voice your displeasure, you can. But we aren’t having those kinds of “nicknames” being thrown out there that are belittling and insulting.

      This is your warning.

      1. There is sage advice in your 2 sentences. But with that said a few players are not looking healthy.

    11. I really don’t think you can blame this start on Bell. And I am in no way a fan of his. But, I think he is making the start look worse by the game. His thought process at times is hard to figure out.

      I would like to see Winker/Senzel/Ervin in AAA outfield everyday together until the trade deadline. Play Dietrich in LF. When Scooter is back move Peraza to CF. Play Puig in RF. Maybe a few of Dietrich/Scooter/Iglesias/Puig will get really hot. Trade who you can at the deadline then bring the kids up (if they are producing).

      And Kemp–OK, I was wrong. He is done. It is time to cut the cord. Lets face it. The Red’s are now playing for 2020. Make the moves…

      1. My guess is on the off day—there will be meetings on what to do. Iglesias (pitcher) will go on the DL/Il with shoulder fatigue or the like. If they are serious about competing this year they need to shake things up otherwise it is repeat of last years start. Cincinnati fans are starting to see Puig ‘s good and bad points. Great plays and throws in the outfield and then playing “cool” and coming very close to not making some catches . Jogging to first (lost interest in the play) and then losing composure during the fight. These type of antics wore thin on the Dodger players and staff and it will on the Reds soon enough. This weekend you saw Hurdle have 3 bunts in a row and start run and hit plays. Anything to make something happen—remember they weren’t scoring much either. Our best bunter and fastest player (Peraza) is batting way down in the lineup and two very slow runners (Winker and Votto) are batting first and second. A lot of 3-0 and 3-1 counts were swung at instead of taking the next pitch–same goes for first pitch swinging when down by some runs and their pitcher is showing some command difficulties.Some very strange pitcher/ batter match ups later in today’s game. Now all this is very easy to say—but what and how to do to change up the momentum will make or break the new staff that is in place. They have to try some changes if for no other reason than to keep the fan interest alive.

    12. Wally Backman got to enjoy just 4 days as Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks: https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/560828-mike-haywood-award-top-20-shortest-coaching-stints-in-sports-history.amp.html
      So, honestly, unloading Bell after a 1-8 start wouldn’t be an unprecedented thing.
      Reds legend Tony Perez (and others) haven’t lasted very long as Manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
      This team, even after all the hard work that the front office put in during the offseason is going nowhere this year with Buddy’s little boy steering the ship.
      How badly do the Reds have to tank before the front office shows Bell the door?

      1. Until ownership is ready to swallow their pride and admit they don’t know how to win- it doesn’t matter. Giardi took himself out of the running for job when he realized how much control ownership wanted to keep. You have to go outside of your good ol boy club and hire and winner or you’ll just end up w exact same results over and over again

        1. Girardi was so in demand for a managers job that he’s working for zero baseball teams right now.

      2. Little more to story than performance. Backman had some personal baggage he withheld in interview process.

    13. Well said Kevin. That’s what I was thinking too when reflecting on last season.

      I’d still put him on a short dl stent then max time in Louisville batting in middle of order then bring him back up. Let him reset his mind and approach and get some confidence

    14. I suggest you all read “Big Data Baseball” by Travis Sawchick. It studies the transition to analytical strategy and play by the Pittsburgh Pirates that ended a twenty year losing streak. At the beginning of their first season things went poor. But they stayed the course and slowly started to believe in that process and have turned their franchise around. The season is 10 days old, have some faith in rhe process.

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