Reds beat writers John Fay and Bobby Nightengale sit down for a conversation with new Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell. Kareem Elgazzar, kelgazzar@enquirer.com
(While my partner Bobby Nightengale is in Las Vegas covering the Winter Meetings, I’ll file some observations from the Westwood Bureau).
The baseball analytics people haven’t done a thorough study, as far as I know, but I’m guessing the rumor/report-to-fruition rate at the Winter Meetings is well under 1 percent.
A lot of stuff gets tossed against the wall by agents and front office types. A lot of that makes it to Twitter.