The Cincinnati Reds are one of the 30 Major League Baseball teams, and they’ll continue to champion that they’ve remained as such for so long. They are! They’re one of just 30!
That means they’re participating at this year’s GM Meetings at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, meetings that began earlier in the week and wrap up today, Thursday November 12th. While the GM Meetings typically do not have nearly the fireworks as the annual Winter Meetings in December, the looming lockout on December 1st
has almost assuredly rendered the latter not-happening in 2026, and therefore this year’s GM Meetings have taken on a slightly larger spotlight.
No agent in the sport has a larger gravitational pull than Scott Boras. Boras just so happens to represent Cincinnati Reds superstar Elly De La Cruz. Given that the overriding sentiments heading into the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the lockout that will come with that are that ‘small market’ teams simply can’t compete with ‘big market’ spending, it was unsurprising to hear Boras get asked his thoughts on the topic – and it came through a question regarding the Reds being able to ‘keep’ Elly after having failed in earlier attempts at signing him long-term.
Boras’ answer to the question was revealing in its honesty about how arcane the Reds way of doing business has become, specifically in a division that has seen other ‘small market’ clubs figure out ways to reach the highest of heights. Hat-tip to Gingersaurus Rex for helping relay the video:
Boras pointing out that the franchise effectively operates the way franchises operated 20 years ago is telling given that this message from the current ownership group of the Reds – which took over 20 years ago in 2006 – still lives and breathes because the internet never dies:
Enjoy Elly in a Reds uniform while you can, folks. Just hope you haven’t already seen him in that uniform for the last time.
