Ridiculous Trade Idea Has Reds Landing Game Changing Talent

With all of the Hunter Greene trade rumors this offseason, the team at Just Baseball Media came up with a trade that would send him to Arizona for Ketel Marte.

They suggest the Reds could trade Greene, Matt McLain, and Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Marte.

Respectfully, that would be a wild trade and one that heavily favors Arizona.

Marte is a great player and a three-time All-Star, but he is also already 32 years old and is under contract through the 2030 season. Marte slashed .283/.376/.517 with 57 extra-base hits, including 28 home runs in 2025.

Greene is under a team-friendly deal that puts him up contract through the 2029 season and he's also still 26 years old, the prime of his career.

While the Reds need offense and Marte would certainly help them, suggesting Cincinnati would need to add on McLain and Encarnacion-Strand on top of their ace to land a 32-year-old Marte is ludicrous.

If anything, the Reds would be asking for a prospect or two with Marte in a trade for Greene.

Nick Krall seemed to push back on the idea that the Reds will trade their ace this offseason.

"Guys pitch through a lot of different things," Krall said on the Reds Hot Stove last week. "Hunter grinded through the end of the year. It’s really tough to get rid of a top -of-the-otation starter. I am not ever going to say never, but it’s a really thugh thing to actually do.”

I understand Greene has struggled to stay healthy, but it would take an absolute haul for Nick Krall and the front office to even consider moving on from him.

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