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Red Reporter — Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports The headline number for Eugenio Suarez in 2019 is, without question, his 49 home runs, narrowly missing becoming the 2nd player in franchise history to hang half a hundred on the board. Not only was the home run total impressive in isolation, but it also represented a significant increase (+15) over Suarez’s previous career high. And yet. Baseball statistics are always in need of two elements of understanding: context and trade-offs. First, the context. Comparing Suarez’s 2018 and 2019 seasons, we see that he exactly matched his doubles and triples...

Red Reporter — Photo by Jim McIsaac/ Wheelin’ and dealin’, y’all If you thought the Reds would (reportedly) sign Mike Moustakas and then sit around playing Battleship all winter, you’d be an idiot. The word is that the Reds are all up ons the Zack Wheeler negotiations and that they might even resolve here before the end of the week. The Phillies could be frontrunners at the moment, but the Reds are not afraid to spend some of their hot wet wad of cash right now. As you might remember, the Reds rotation is already stacked. With Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray fronting the group as co-aces and...

Red Reporter — Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports In 2017, Tucker Barnhart had a career year. His offensive numbers had steadily increased each year of his short career, to the point where you could foresee a handful more years of a competent bat with solid doubles power and a discerning eye. His defensive numbers popped in a way that probably does injustice to the word “popped”, throwing out an astounding 44% of would-be base stealers and otherwise being excellent with the glove (perhaps with the exception of framing pitches…). We’ve reviewed this movie before. Barnhart signed a contract that bought...