Cincinnati Reds reyɛ adwuma dennen sɛ wɔbɛnya free-agent designated hitter Kyle Schwarber. Nanso, sɛ wobɛtumi ayɛ saa ade a ɛyɛ nwonwa no ampa a, ɛyɛ asɛm foforo koraa.
Schwarber fi Middletown, Ohio, bɛyɛ akwansin 35 wɔ Cincinnati atifi fam. Nnipa a wɔama wɔn ho nsɛm no kyerɛ sɛ n’ani gye ho sɛ ɔbɛsan akɔ fie, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a. Reds no ma no hokwan sɛ ɔbɛsesa wɔn lineup a mmerante wom no na ɔbɛbɔ bɔɔl ama agodie no sohwɛfo a wɔabu no yiye sen biara no mu biako, Terry Francona.
Ɔhaw a ɛwɔ hɔ ma Cincinnati ne sɛ ɛkame ayɛ sɛ Philadelphia Phillies de sika pii bɛma Schwarber. The Athletic’s Tim Britton hyɛ nkɔm sɛ Schwarber benya mfe anum, $145 million apam. Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall aka sɛ kuw no sika a wɔde tua ka no bɛkɔ so atra hɔ te sɛ nea na ɛte wɔ 2025 mu no ara pɛ. Sɛnea Fangraphs akontaabu kyerɛ no, ɛbɛma Reds anya bɛyɛ $20 million a ɛbɛka ho sɛ wɔde bɛbɔ gua.
Schwarber, a ofi career-high 56 homers mu reba no, bɛka sika pii sen saa afe biara. Na Reds no da so ara behia sɛ wɔhyɛ wɔn bullpen mu den. Wobetumi atɔn utility man Gavin Lux, a wɔahyɛ no nkɔm sɛ obenya $5 million wɔ arbitration mu, na ebia agofomma foforo bi a wɔwɔ sika a ɛte saa ara. Nanso gye sɛ wɔyɛɛ nsonsonoe maa Schwarber, anyɛ yiye koraa no, ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛhu sɛnea wobetumi ama sika no ayɛ adwuma.
Schwarber, a wadi mfe 33 wɔ March 5 no, ebia ɔrehwɛ n’apam kɛse a etwa to. Ɛnyɛ nea ɛbɛyɛ sɛ ɔde fieka kakraa bi bɛma Reds, sɛ ɛwɔ hɔ mpo a. Sɛnea free agency si kɔ no, kuw akɛse te sɛ New York Mets ne Boston Red Sox nso betumi aba mu.
Reds no Apɛdeɛ
Reds no da so ara wɔ gua so ma Kyle Schwarber, Mark Sheldon a ofi MLB.com kyerɛwee. Saa abusuabɔ no abɛyɛ nea ɛtaa ba efisɛ Schwarber nyinii sɛ Reds fɛn wɔ Cincinnati akyi pɛɛ. Kuw no nso hia sɛ wɔde impact bat bi ka ho, ɛwom sɛ ɛda so ara yɛ nea ɛsɛ sɛ wohu sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔde afɔrebɔ a ɛyɛ akansi ma anaa. Schwarber ne slugger a eye sen biara a ɛwɔ hɔ.
Reds no wiee 14th wɔ MLB mu wɔ scoring mu ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔrebɔ wɔ agumadibea a ɛyɛ hitter-friendly sen biara no mu biako. Na wɔwɔ .245/.315/.391 slash line na wɔwiee 21st wɔ home runs mu. Elly De La Cruz ne kuw no kannifo a ɔde 22 homers, na wɔn hitters baanu pɛ a wɔde slugged bɛyɛ .450 wɔ plate appearances bɛboro 100 mu (Miguel Andujar ne Austin Hays) yɛ free agents. Reds no hia offense kɛse na wobenya mfaso afi power bat bi mu titiriw.
Ɔreba abɔɔlbɔ bere a ɔbɔɔ 56-homer bere a ɔbɔɔ .240/.365/.563 bere a ofii ase bɔɔ agoru 162 nyinaa maa Phillies no. Ɔmmɔɔ homers a ennu 30 wɔ bere a edi mũ mu fi 2018, na ɔne Shohei Ohtani abɔ mu wɔ nea ɛto so abien wɔ MLB mu (wɔ Aaron Judge akyi) wɔ longballs mu wɔ mfe anan a atwam no mu.
Cincinnati nni obiara a wɔato mu wɔ da biara da DH dwumadi no mu. Ebia wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wɔma Sal Stewart a wadi mfe 22 no bere pii sɛ ɔde hwɛ sɛ obetumi abɛyɛ defender a ɔsom bo wɔ base a edi kan no. Spencer Steer betumi abɔ left field mpɛn pii anaa wɔatɔn no wɔ trade mu ara kwa sɛ Reds de Schwarber (anaa Pete Alonso, fit a wobu no sɛ ɛbɛyɛ yiye) aka ho.
Bere a ɛyɛ fit a ɛda adi fi roster perspective no, ɛbɛhwehwɛ bo a ownership de ma a ɛyɛ hu sen biara. Wɔhwɛ kwan sɛ Schwarber bɛboro $100MM guarantee na obetumi anya $30MM+ afe biara. Reds no de nine-figure contracts abien ama wɔ franchise abakɔsɛm mu: $225MM maa Joey Votto ne $105MM maa Homer Bailey. Saa nneɛma no nyinaa yɛ extensions. Wɔn free agent deals akɛse paa ne four-year a ɛne ne ho hyia, $64MM terms maa Nick Castellanos ne Mike Moustakas. Saa $16MM average annual values no ne nea ɛdɔɔso sen biara maa multi-year free agent sig biara.