The Cincinnati Reds have spent the past few days gutting the roster, but one question still remains of the current players: why isn't Jose Barrero being penciled in as the shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds? Jeff and Steve discuss this in tandem with David Bell's comments to the media about his feelings on the subject. They then expand this into a conversation about the lineup and who the Cincinnati Reds can trust to produce. They also talk about what must be going through David Bell's mind with all this teardown stuff.

Jose Barrero is the shortstop of the future. Kyle Farmer played admirably at shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds last year. His performance should not be distracting from the fact Barrero should get the majority of the playing time at shortstop, this year. David Bell even said his shortstop is Kyle Farmer. This is faulty thinking...but is he really just making a statement, or is he juggling locker room egos?

With the questions about shortstop now seeming much smaller than simply, who will be in this lineup today, Jeff and Steve look at what aspects of the Reds lineup we know anything about. There are so many questions that it's worth remembering the Reds have their lead-off man, Jonathan India. They have key parts of the middle of the order in Joey Votto and Tyler Stephenson. They also have a right-handed pitcher killer in Tyler Naquin. Outside of that? Well, that's where David Bell will make his money managing the Cincinnati Reds.

Speaking of David Bell, what on earth is going through his mind right now? Bell just signed a two year extension and now half his team is gone. How can we evaluate him, now, when the front office isn't trying to build a win-now roster?

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