Reds August 2023 thread

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(08-29-2023, 11:24 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: It was a better season and more fun to follow than I anticipated. Let's hope next year the bats remain alive and pitching emerges.

Agreed, it was.
It made for an interesting June through August, unlike last year.
September will be interesting too, at least for the first week or two.


Really hoping we see some effort put into some veteran pitchers (bullpen if anything), maybe another catcher next year.

Reds currently only have about $26 mill on the books for next year, but that just includes Votto's $20 mill club option (likely getting declined), Hunter Greene's new contract of $3.33 mill, and Curt Casali's mutual option of $2.5 mill (likely declined?).
If Votto and Casali are off the books, the only veteran salary is going toward Greene.
The rest of the money will go toward the pre-arb and arb money for the rest of the guys.
I have no idea what that will come out to be, but since all the Reds' arb look to be around $2.5 mill or less for each player this year, I would bet they still have $20-40 mill left to put toward guys next year. Should be enough to bring in a couple good relievers, a starter, and a backup catcher, if not more.