The Cincinnati Reds are on a quest this offseason to add to their starting pitching staff and have continued to look just about everywhere for available options. The team has already shown interest in starters such as Patrick Corbin, Dallas Keuchel, and trade candidate Sonny Gray. But now they are interested in a couple of other high profile trade candidates.
MLB Network’s Jon Morosi says the Reds are open to a blockbuster trade that would send either Corey Kluber or Trevor Bauer to Cincinnati, but also cautions that there hasn’t been progress on any deal to this point.
Obviously this would be a huge development if the Reds and Indians were to come together on a trade this significant, but the Reds need starters and the Indians are looking to cut payroll and have shown an interest in trading one of their top starters for immediate and lower-cost help on other parts of the big-league roster.
The Indians are looking for outfielders and bullpen help so the Reds would have to be willing to sacrifice in one of those areas to make a trade possible.
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