Reds blasted by ex-MLB GM for 'very disappointing' trade deadline originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Cincinnati Reds had one of the quieter trade deadlines of any team around Major League Baseball. Only the Athletics can compare with how lackluster their deadline was.
While other teams bought and sold at the deadline, the Reds really didn't do a whole lot. After not really upgrading the team nor selling off all their expiring ***** ets, the deadline came and went for the Reds with some clear, underwhelming results.
But, after the deadline passed, former MLB GM Jim Bowden for The Athletic blasted the Reds organization, calling them out for a "very disappointing" deadline that the Reds punted away for no good reason.
"Worst job of standing pat: Cincinnati Reds. The Reds didn't buy and didn't sell; they just punted," Bowden writes. "An organization that had so many needs at the major-league level wasn't able to add anything to help this year's team, nor improve it for future years. Very disappointing."

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