The Scooter Gennett conversation is one of the more frustrating aspects of Reds fandom. The Homer Bailey conversation is easy: he used to be a promising prospect, the front office took a gamble, Bailey got hurt, the end. It sucks, but it’s straightforward.
Scooter is:
· Valuable (6.6 bWAR over the last two years), and
· A bargain (still in arbitration years), and
· The best 2nd baseman in the franchise, but also
· Difficult to project on (a BABIP-fueled season at age 28 suggests relative decline from here on out), and
· Due for a big raise in 2019, and
· Potentially blocking Nick Senzel or Dilson Herrera or Shed Long
The two teams that just played for the World Series would know what to do with Gennett.