Quote Originally Posted by pvfan View Post
Pitching and defense, pitching and defense. It's not exciting but it's effective. The Reds have the potential to do to the NL Central what Atlanta did to the NL East in the 90's. With guys like Wood, Chapman, and Mahoney in the minors the pitching talent is deep. They still have an all star pitcher on the DL with Volquez as well. I said at the start of the year that 2011 is the year but they are sure making this year fun. 7teen, it's July 30th you are tied with STL do you trade Alonso for the one piece to put you over the top?
Is over the top a World Series? If so, then hell yes I trade Alonso. If it's just making it to the playoffs then I'd have to think about that one a little more. A lot is going to depend on whether Alonso can play LF on a day-to-day basis. Either that or Votto has to move to LF so Yonder can play 1b. I'd have a tough time swallowing trading Votto, who is rapidly replacing Chris Sabo as my all-time favorite player.