Per a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer’s John Fay, Cincinnati Reds general manager Walt Jocketty says the team will not be trading third baseman Todd Frazier before this year’s deadline.
Frazier is hitting .283/.344/.606 with 25 home runs, 54 runs batted, an fWAR of 4.2 and a wRC+ of 158. Needless to say, teams would be lining up at Jocketty’s door to acquire the third baseman if he was available.
But are the Reds making the right move by hanging on to him?
Most baseball experts and fans agree that players with expiring contracts like Johnny Cueto, Aroldis Chapman and Mike Leake should be shopped, but there’s been more debate on players such as Frazier.