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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

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MLB Winter Meetings: Live updates, rumors, news and analysis as hot stove week continues Wednesday​

Reds considering Marte and Lowe​

After losing out on Kyle Schwarber, the Reds are mulling over pursuits of Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte and Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe, reports The Athletic. Marte is in high demand, though the Reds are deep in young starting pitching, which is what the D-backs are said to want in any trade. That could give them a leg up in trade talks.

Lowe, 31, slugged 31 home runs in 2025, and will make $11.5 million in 2026, the final year of his contract. As a Rays player making good money, Lowe is definitely available, and Tampa is said to be seeking pitching as well. Hunter Greene and Andrew Abbott are presumably off limits. In that case, the Reds could dangle Nick Lodolo and/or Rhett Lowder, and maybe even Chase Burns.

itll never happen bc Reds duh, but Ive always been a fan of Marte so sign me the fuck up!@
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Non-Playoff Bowl Games Discussion Thread

Games that might not suck based purely on the football or on the intrigue of matching up what's on the helmets:

Kennesaw State and Western Michigan (football)

UNLV and Ohio (football)

Clemson and Penn State (helmets)

BYU and Georgia Tech (football)

Tennessee and Illinois (helmets)

Iowa and Vandy (football, clash in styles)

Texas and Michigan (helmets)

Navy and Cincinnati (football)

That's about all I see
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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

From CBSSports…​

MLB Winter Meetings: Live updates, rumors, news and analysis as hot stove week continues Wednesday​

Reds considering Marte and Lowe​

After losing out on Kyle Schwarber, the Reds are mulling over pursuits of Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte and Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe, reports The Athletic. Marte is in high demand, though the Reds are deep in young starting pitching, which is what the D-backs are said to want in any trade. That could give them a leg up in trade talks.

Lowe, 31, slugged 31 home runs in 2025, and will make $11.5 million in 2026, the final year of his contract. As a Rays player making good money, Lowe is definitely available, and Tampa is said to be seeking pitching as well. Hunter Greene and Andrew Abbott are presumably off limits. In that case, the Reds could dangle Nick Lodolo and/or Rhett Lowder, and maybe even Chase Burns.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

You can also have more time of possession by having more possessions. That's what's a little maddening to me. If we had a slightly above average defense, ok, I can see trying to extend the time of each drive. We don't have that. We have one of the, if not the, best defenses we've had. I would crank up the offensive tempo, try to score more often, trust the defense to get us the ball back on downs, and then score some more. I don't trust our ability to be efficient with a minimal number of drives against above-average teams. We don't have the luxury of slowing things down before we're three scores up, in the playoff.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

I feel like the 5th best SEC/B1G team is way better than the best Mountain West team and don't care to see the MWC team get ass pounded in a tournament just to be "fair" to little guys.

Domer tears are sweet stuff but the 12 team field would be better with them and one more major team in it than this JMU, Tulane nonsense.
The Domers want to get in under their own rules: 1. Independent 2. Semi-conferenced 3. No sharing NBC or playoff money with other schools who helped you get there. 4. Play games in every section of the country to help with recruiting. There's no doubt they'd be in the play offs if they had played in the ACC CCG, but they think they're above that. In short, fuck 'em.
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