Perez and Gosling to Save the Day
By
Amanda
Posted at 2:03 pm
No sooner has General Manager Wayne Krivsky fired his interim predecessor, but he's wowed us with two huge signings: Timoniel Perez and Michael Gosling.
Perez is a 28-year old outfielder who has played for the Mets and White Sox. He signed a minor-league contract with no invitation to spring training.
Gosling is a 25-year old LHP whom the Reds picked up off waivers from the Daimondbacks. The Reds DFA'd Luke Hudson to make room for Gosling on the 40-man roster, and rumor has it that Gosling will be in the thick of the competition for our highly contested fifth spot in the rotation.
Oh yeah! Can you tell how excited I am?? Woo-hoo!
Aw, you see right through me.
It's nothing against Perez and Gosling. These are perfectly adequate moves. It's just that my expectations are unrealistically high. After the way Castellini swooped in and changed the face of the team so abruptly, I guess I was hoping his man make similarly spectacular moves. Maybe land Clemens like Chad at RLN (and the Reds Choose-Your-Own-Adventure) suggests.
In the meantime, I'll work on getting genuinely excited. After all, the Power Pack went on sale today.
The Perez signing was horrible and makes no sense, because you know he’ll find his away onto the major league team at some point during the season.
The Gosling pick-up is low-risk, low-reward. No problem with that one.
I’m not prepared to condemn Krivsky based on the possibility of Perez making the big leagues this season. Let a guy make a mistake before you blame him for it, I say.
Heck, let a thing happen before you call it a mistake. Maybe Perez will make his way to the bigs and totally kick ass in Cincy this year.
It could happen. It could.