It just seems like the news hasn’t stopped coming in for the Cincinnati Reds since the season ended. First it was announced that Turner Ward wouldn’t return as the hitting coach next season. Then the team announced that it had hired Kyle Boddy to be their new minor league pitching coordinator, and expand that role to also include their director of pitching initiatives.
Then it was reported by Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer that the Reds are expecting to raise payroll for 2020. President of Baseball Operations Dick Williams had this to say about the payroll:
I believe we’ll have more financial resources at our disposal.