Redsfaithful

Congrats on taking the series guys, hopefully we can avoid the sweep tomorrow. I had a bad feeling about catching the Fish on a six game losing streak.

Good luck to you guys, it should be a fun series. The Reds have been hot, but you never know. The Reds just took a series from the Braves, and it was the first series the Braves lost in something like ten series. They'd been 27-5 in their last 32 games, so you just never know about when you're catching a team. They say in Vegas to never bet the "due", but I'm a little worried about this series as the Marlins seem due to break out a little.

Interesting ramp, but I think they would change there tone "If" Penny continues his trend and become as dominant as AJ. He has the talent but just hasn't put it together. Remember its all about hype and once Penny gets the pub they'll come around. Let me restate I don't want to trade Penny. I look at it like this Florida in the past has trade a young OF for a young pitcher. Kotsay for Clement. Last year Encarnacion for Dempster young pitcher for young OF. So any trade for Penny would have to be for a young OF or another young position player of need. That would leave Dunn and Kearns if the Reds want Penny. Hi guys, just visiting from RedsZone, nice place you guys have here! To be quite honest, if I was making the decisions for the Reds, I wouldn't trade Dunn or Kearns for Burnett even. If you've got a choice between a young great pitcher, and a young great hitter, you're usually better off taking the hitter. The injury rate for young pitching simply makes such a move prohibitive. I think you guys are undervaluing Kearns as well. He's only 23, leading the Majors in home runs with 8 at the moment, and third in the NL in RBI's with 18. He's OPS'ing something like 1.081. Think of him as Lance Berkman in a Reds uniform. Dunn is much more likely to be traded as he's really been struggling with everything but power for nearly a year now. I really don't see either getting moved though. I really wish the Colon deal had gone through last summer for you guys! I definitely liked how the Marlins and Reds came out in that one.