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Rosenthal: Reds open to trading Sonny Gray; possible suitors for DJ LeMahieu


The Reds are certain to lose the National League Cy Young award winner, free-agent right-hander Trevor Bauer. So why on earth would they entertain trading another valuable member of their rotation, righty Sonny Gray?

Rival clubs report the Reds are open to moving Gray, whose recent performance and affordable contract make him more appealing than most of their players. As teams do with all trade possibilities, the Reds are gauging what they might get in return, and weighing how they might reallocate their savings.

Gray, 30, is under team control at $10 million in 2021, $10 million in ’22 and $12 million on a club option in ’23. He is particularly attractive considering the free-agent prices for starting pitchers on one-year deals this offseason: $8 million for lefty Robbie Ray, who finished last season with a 6.62 ERA, and $11 million for lefty Drew Smyly, who has thrown only 140 1/3 innings since 2016.

For the Reds, the question is one of supply…





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