If you happen to by some means missed the information that broke on Friday evening, the Cincinnati Reds acquired right-handed beginning pitcher Brady Singer from the Kansas Metropolis Royals in trade for infielder Jonathan India and minor league outfielder Joey Wiemer. The deal, which had been rumored a few week earlier, got here as a little bit of a shock as there was hypothesis that after Nick Martinez accepted the qualifying provide that Cincinnati was stepping again on trying so as to add Singer. WRONG.
Each Singer and India are below group management for each the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Weimer is below group management via a minimum of 2028 – but it surely might be additional into the long run relying on how a lot time he spends within the minor leagues in 2025 (he can be 26-years-old at first of the baseball season). How a lot cash is owed to everyone seems to be up within the air, as solely India’s 2025 wage is ready. He’ll be arbitration eligible in 2026, whereas Singer is arbitration eligible in 2025 and 2026. With all of that out of the way in which, let’s check out what a number of the nationwide media is saying in regards to the deal.
ESPN
Bradford Doolittle obtained the project over at ESPN to grade the commerce for every group. He favored the Reds on this one, giving them a B+ on the deal, whereas the Royals solely obtained a C+. Doolittle wrote a variety of phrases, however he closed out the piece with this on Singer:
There’s a threat: When Singer struggles, it’s often due to the lengthy ball and that’s not an amazing trait for Nice American Ballpark. However there may be a variety of upside to this deal for Cincinnati and it doesn’t really feel prefer it has traded anybody that membership officers can’t readily exchange on the depth chart.
MLB.com
Over at MLB.com there have been a number of writers who chimed in on the varied elements of the commerce – together with the beat writers for attain membership speaking about why the deal made sense for the group they cowl, however Mike Petriello was the one who checked out either side of the deal.
With India, he notes that he has one elite talent – not chasing pitches out of the zone – and that talent helps him be a league common hitter and on a group just like the Royals that’s a giant assist. He’s obtained some issues about Singer’s platoon splits and the way his sport may play in Nice American Ball Park.
The Athletic
Keith Legislation thinks that the commerce may assist each groups. These are the most effective sorts of trades – not everybody has to “get the most effective” of the opposite facet. With that stated he favors the Royals facet of the deal because it appears he’s obtained a couple of extra issues about how Singer will pitch in his new house ballpark and struggles in opposition to lefties – just like what Petriello additionally had some issues about at MLB.com.
Whereas Eno Sarris didn’t write an article about his ideas on the commerce, he did publish about it on social media per week in the past when the rumors have been flying. He didn’t seem to be he favored the deal for both membership.
The Singer/India commerce is bizarre to me. I feel each gamers would do terribly of their new parks. Mediocre stuff in Cincy? Meh batted ball metrics in Kansas Metropolis? Good luck.
— Eno Sarris (@enosarris.bsky.social) 2024-11-17T21:58:15.852Z
