Three-way trade news: Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a deal that will send outfielder Josh Lowe to the Angels, infielder Gavin Lux and right-hander Chris Clark to the Rays, and left-handed reliever Brock Burke to the Reds, sources tell ESPN.

So players are supposedly dead set against any kind of salary cap and say they aren't afraid to sit out an entire year to make their point. Owners are dead for a cap of some sort. Are we having for another lockout? Think we might finally get a cap? What are your opinions of the upcoming cba talks.

I know there are a lot of salary cap backers in Reds fandom. As expected, it sounds like a complete No-go from the player's union. I would doubt they ever come off of that stance, and honestly they probably have 6 or 7 team owner's on their side as well.

Hopefully they find other ways to balance, or we may get a very long offseason after next year.

The article goes into more detail about how these deals work pre contract deals work, but here's the basics:​

"The Cincinnati Reds have reportedly devoted $2.8 million of their future international free agent budget to a 12-year old.

And no, that's not a typo.

According to reporter Wilber Sanchez, the Reds have reached a pre-contract agreement with 12-year old Julio Ramos, an outfielder from the Dominican Republic.

Sanchez quotes an unnamed source comparing Ramos to Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez."

Side note, the kid in that pic does not look 12.

Given that these top tier guys are realistically not coming to Cincy, what do you think Krall should do to fix this outfield? Should he just roll out the same guys? Is there a trade you think will or should realistically happen?

We probably have room for one or two more guys depending on whether they put Ashcraft in the pen or not as I understand it and then they have their roster.

Of course during his year with the Reds. SMDH....

"Puig initially pled guilty to a felony charge of lying to federal agents investigating an illegal gambling operation. He acknowledged in an August 2022 plea agreement that he racked up more than $280,000 in losses over a few months in 2019 while wagering on tennis, football and basketball games through a third party who worked for an illegal gambling operation run by Wayne Nix, a former minor league baseball player"