Presser: Re-Introducing Eugenio Suarez To The Reds
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What are the initial thoughts on Eugenio Suarez's signing with the Reds?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford.
First off, I know that some of you have school children that are off today, so sorry about doing this today.
Whenever you guys are ready. Well, you know, I almost said Larry because it says Larry Herms under your name. Nick, what are the advantages of having a guy like Gino that you know well? And to make a move like this and to know just, just as much as you do.
You're muted.
Sorry.
Didn't have unmuted. Um, To bring a guy in that is a middle-of-the-order bat, that did 49 homers last year, that he's a great clubhouse guy, great guy with all of your fans, you know what you're getting with him. He's just a tremendous individual, and it's really been something that we weren't sure we were going to be able to do, but it was great that we were able to get Geno.
Nick, was Geno a player that you guys – kept tabs on for all or most of the offseason, or was it something that came together as the market kind of solidified in recent weeks?
Yeah, I mean, we kept tabs on everybody. Jeff did a good job staying in touch with his agents. And, you know, we talked a lot with folks, but we didn't know – we didn't really negotiate and, you know, come to a, hey, this is going to be the road we can go down until probably about 10 days ago.
How much at all did you guys have to kind of extend your budget? I'm sorry. How much – I guess, did you guys have to extend your budget? Did this all fall into what you guys had in mind of spending in the offseason when it started?
No, I mean, this is more. We went to ownership last week, and I talked to Bob and Phil, and we said this is probably where it's going to go and what we're going to need that would be above and beyond our budget. And they approved it, and we're excited to be able to do that and go get it.
How much do you think their familiarity with Juno, who he is, and all that helped them say yes in that? I know you can't speak to it, but you had to feel better going to them with that, right?
Yeah, I mean, it is obviously a guy that we know and that's a guy that's put up a lot of numbers for us in the seven years he's played here. And, you know, obviously when he left here as well. So, but, you know, I think we had a lot of good discussions and it was something that we talked about, you know, regardless of the player. And it was good to be able to do that.
I don't know what you could say on this. I know you don't like to get into the specifics on it, but it seemed talking to you after a couple of the more recent moves, when you talked about flexibility, you'd say, well, we got a little bit, a little bit. It sounded like you were pretty close to your budget ceiling, maybe at least up until the Lux trade. Is that about right? I mean, did you have to extend for most of this?
We extended for it because it's a player we wanted. We made some moves in the Lux deal that saved us a little bit of money, but it wasn't necessarily to make this move. This was something we were able to do above and beyond.
Position-wise, it sounds like...
How does Nick Krall describe the advantages of bringing back Eugenio Suarez?
He'll be mostly a DH, but obviously you have some players. You have Hayes at third base and you have a very similar younger profile player in Stewart who plays DH first base and third base. So how do you think Tito and the club will make all this fit?
I think first off, we're going to go into spring training and let some guys get some, some acclimation to some positions. You know, Hayes, obviously gold glove, third baseman. He's a, top-notch defender at third, and he's gotten better offensively when he came over here. So we think that he's got some room to run. He's going to be mostly at third base, though. And then we've got Geno, who's going to get reps at first, third, and DH. Sal's going to get reps at first, third, second, and DH. Spence is going to get reps at first, second, left, and right. So I think you're going to be able to piece everything together, but it's going to be some guys are going to get some reps at different positions, and we'll see how it goes in spring training.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the initial thoughts on Eugenio Suarez's signing with the Reds?
0:00–4:30
2
How does Nick Krall describe the advantages of bringing back Eugenio Suarez?
4:30–10:23
3
What challenges did the Reds face in extending their budget for Suarez?
10:23–20:11
4
How will Eugenio Suarez fit into the Reds' lineup and positions?
20:11–26:37
Speakers
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