Gson
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There was a Cinci/Phillies trade proposal that had some interesting potentials..
The original deal was the Phillies best prospect catcher, O'Hoppe going to the Reds for Senzel OF and Vellojin C.. This is a deal that has either a soon to be salary dump of Senzel or the Reds fans are of the belief Tyler Stephenson is not going to survive being a catcher.. so, a good one needs to be acquired..
FWIW.. the two back stops are both worthy of consideration even if there is a huge variance in their value.. In the deal proposed.. the Phillies get a CF'er as a collateral benefit to go with a prospect catcher swap. imho, the values for these two guys as a comparison is ridiculous.. they're more even w/ O'Hoppe being valued to highly.. and Vellojin being valued to low.. somewhere in "the middle" or in between is more realisitc..
Now, assuming the values are more to the middle.. if the reds really don't need O'Hoppe.. then the third team, the Guardians, may be able to participate.. The addition of Battenfield and Tena to the Reds in place of O'Hoppe, who comes to the Guardians could make this a better deal for all three teams..
The original deal was the Phillies best prospect catcher, O'Hoppe going to the Reds for Senzel OF and Vellojin C.. This is a deal that has either a soon to be salary dump of Senzel or the Reds fans are of the belief Tyler Stephenson is not going to survive being a catcher.. so, a good one needs to be acquired..
FWIW.. the two back stops are both worthy of consideration even if there is a huge variance in their value.. In the deal proposed.. the Phillies get a CF'er as a collateral benefit to go with a prospect catcher swap. imho, the values for these two guys as a comparison is ridiculous.. they're more even w/ O'Hoppe being valued to highly.. and Vellojin being valued to low.. somewhere in "the middle" or in between is more realisitc..
Now, assuming the values are more to the middle.. if the reds really don't need O'Hoppe.. then the third team, the Guardians, may be able to participate.. The addition of Battenfield and Tena to the Reds in place of O'Hoppe, who comes to the Guardians could make this a better deal for all three teams..