Cincinnati must get creative to find offensive help after the hometown slugger chose to stay with Philadelphia.

Had Schwarber taken the Reds' deal, the quickest way to shed salary would be to trade from their pool of arbitration-eligible players.

How serious were Reds? "I would say that they were not pulling (my) chains, and they were wanting to try to get me to Cincinnati," Schwarber said.

It is being reported that the Reds are now sticking to their original plan of around $10 million for their remaining budget for the rest of the offseason after the Emilio Pagan signing, and that feels like malpractice. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote about the Reds’ decision to pursue Kyle Schwarber and only Schwarber.

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The big theme at this year’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla., was power. There were two major deals struck, each for a premier slugger -- Kyle Schwarber and the Phillies agreed on a five-year, $150 million contract to keep him in Philadelphia,