Originally Posted by
BeanieAntics
Okay, here is a novel idea that I haven't heard anyone mention yet: Buying low on Alex Wood from the Reds. He's coming off injury, he'll only be owed like 4 million dollars for the rest of the year, and he was really good before his injury. Its really hard to gauge what his cost might be, but if we could get him relatively cheaply he would satisfy a lot of the criteria that people seem to want out of this trade deadline.
I mentioned a similar plan when news broke of Wheeler's injury, but I really like the idea of buying low on a player with an expiring contract who is coming off an injury for a non-competing team. It just seems like such a good way to address our issues cheaply. It obviously has some risk associated with it, but I think I'd be willing to take on that risk given then potential upside.