The Cincinnati Reds are 8 games under the .500 mark, 8 games back in the tightly packed National League Central, and 7 game back of the second NL Wild Card spot. It’s a rather unenviable place to be for a team that was constructed with so many players in their final years of team control, and with next week’s trade deadline looming, it’s hardly surprising to hear that the Reds are willing to listen to offers on some of their higher profile players.
That’s the case with both Yasiel Puig and Scooter Gennett, as The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported earlier Sunday.