MLB Insider Slams Cincinnati Reds For Their Trade Deadline Decisions

It’s a three-peat until proven otherwise.

The best team in baseball got the best player at the deadline, and they did it without losing any big-league talent or decimating their farm system.

Cincinnati called up its No. 3 prospect, outfielder Héctor Rodríguez, from Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday and he will be in the lineup vs. the A's as their right fielder.

Brandon Sproat’s margin for error shrank before he ever threw his first pitch Monday night.

Later that night, he slugged three homers and helped St. Louis to a 13-7 victory over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.