Cincinnati keeps hunting for an outfield answer.
Every offseason seems to start the same way for the Cincinnati Reds: identify the outfield problem, ponder on how to address it, then spend three months arguing over whether the answer should be a star trade, a value play, or a patchwork platoon.
The infield pipeline is overflowing, the pitching depth chart keeps producing arms, but the grass has remained the weak link. If Cincinnati is serious about unlocking the next level of this core, the conversation has to move past “hope the kids figure it out” and into “add a bat that actually moves the run-scoring needle from Day 1.