2015 MLB group sneak peak

One of the base three is a spot holder for Homer Bailey, who shouldn't miss much time. At this time it would seem that the center of April, so its really conceivable that the Reds could knead the turn with off days and not even need Iglesias to make a solitary begin, accepting no setbacks to Bailey. For whatever its worth, Iglesias and DeSclafani have small time choices cleared out.

Plausible warm up area

Closer - LHP Aroldis Chapman

Setup men - RHP Jumbo Diaz, RHP Sam LeCure

Center men - LHP Manny Parra, RHP Burke Badenhop, LHP Tony Cingrani

Long man - LHP Paul Maholm

The move of Cingrani to the warm up area moderately ahead of schedule in camp came as a somewhat of an amazement, however the Reds undoubtedly would rather have him there in light of his damage history and fastball-overwhelming stockpile. It's totally conceivable he turns into a lock-down, late-inning lefty, particularly given his parts (he has held lefties to a .193/.274/.286 line in his vocation). 

Under-the-radar offseason exchange

For absence of better alternatives here, I figure I'll run with Byrd. The exchange wasn't tremendous news at the time, however he'll be a stamped change over what the Reds got in left field last season. How about we simply do this:

Cincinnati LF, 2014: .233/.288/.339, 30 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 57 RBI, 51 R

Marlon Byrd, 2014: .264/.312/.445, 28 2B, 2 3B, 25 HR, 85 RBI, 71 R

Presently, at age 37, Byrd could certainly hit his divider and winding into the late-profession relapse chasm, yet he's been great in each of the previous two seasons and the Reds got nothing from left in '14.

Dream harm hazard sleeper: Homer Bailey, SP

From Al Melchior's full Reds dream viewpoint:

Since Bailey is falling off a season that offered an average 3.71 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 7.7 K/9 and was abbreviated by surgery to repair a flexor mass tendon, his allure is far short of what it was a year back. Certainly, he accompanies the danger of an indeterminate return date and the likelihood for a moderate begin when he does rejoin the Reds' revolution. Of course, its altogether conceivable that he is prepared to go toward the begin of the season [NOTE: This was composed in January and, once more, it would appear that a sure thing for mid-April at this point], despite everything he has the upside of a pitcher who can approach a strikeout every inning with great control and tolerable ground ball inclinations. Due to decreased desires, you shouldn't need to utilize a pick as a part of the initial 10 rounds in a standard blended class draft to get Bailey, however he merits grabbing as a center of-the-pivot choice.