Contemplating Trading Redding…ing

Tim Redding pitched a damn good game yesterday. Granted it was in a pitcher’s park against a team who could switch uniforms with the Nats and we wouldn’t notice an offensive difference, but still you can’t ask for more than 8 innings of 1 run ball. It’s looking more and more like his career will read - 2003 - Solid pitcher 2004 & 2005 - Injured 2006 on - Solid Pitcher With that in mind, he’d be a reasonable low-rent solution for a team looking for back of the rotation help. Now, of course it’s a given Bowden will ask for everyone’s top 3 prospects and a suitcase full of gold for him so he’ll still be here come year’s end, but the question is should he be traded? The answer varies on what you want to see the team do. “Burn it to the Ground” - this line of thinking, typified by firejimbowden (which by the way, you may not... [read full story]