On Sunday, the Cincinnati Reds surprising ended Jake Fraley's four-year run in the Queen City after designating him for assignment. Based on Terry Francona's comments before Sunday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers, there seemed to be some growing resentment due to Fraley's lack of playing time.
The July 31 trade deadline passed almost three weeks ago, but Fraley's recent DFA feels like a failure on the part of Nick Krall and the Reds front office. While it obviously takes two sides to work out a trade, and Fraley had been dealing with a shoulder injury, one would assume that at least a couple of teams would've taken a flier on Fraley at the deadline, right?