08-26-2019, 02:17 PM
Reds need to dump the highest paid Red on team. If they can get a team to pick up the majority of the Joey Votto contract, small market Cincy has to do it. Jack McKean would dump that big contract and he would be right. Just as McKean said if he had stayed in Cincy he would have never added the Griffey Jr highest paid Red contact at the time.
So Reds can be loyal to Votto and spend a lot of payroll on him. Or they can try to shop him off asking little to nothing in trade return just to dump payroll. Freeing up money is needed to put a winning team together.
The Reds need a less expensive first baseman and the guy could easily beat out Votto numbers last 2 years.
People ask what was missing from 2019 Reds. I'm in Reds Fantasy Leagues and nobody wants Votto. Reds Fantasy Leagues and nobody wants him. They want other Reds, but not him. I've picked him up out of free agency a few times, but always had to throw him back. Last year was the same story.
Maybe Peraza and Iglasias up the middle. Suarez at 3rd. Aquino is in Right. Senzel, Van Meter, Winker in OF . This Ervin looked awful Sunday in CF, but he gets on base. Give the dude a 1st basemans mitt and have him practice it in off season. I saw Stargell & Dunn and other OF of not great D make the move to 1st. Ervin won't be a Gold Glove, but would put up good bat numbers for much less pay than Votto. There are others they can put at first also such as Farmer.
Votto is the highest paid Red that needs to go if a team picks up most of his contract.
So Reds can be loyal to Votto and spend a lot of payroll on him. Or they can try to shop him off asking little to nothing in trade return just to dump payroll. Freeing up money is needed to put a winning team together.
The Reds need a less expensive first baseman and the guy could easily beat out Votto numbers last 2 years.
People ask what was missing from 2019 Reds. I'm in Reds Fantasy Leagues and nobody wants Votto. Reds Fantasy Leagues and nobody wants him. They want other Reds, but not him. I've picked him up out of free agency a few times, but always had to throw him back. Last year was the same story.
Maybe Peraza and Iglasias up the middle. Suarez at 3rd. Aquino is in Right. Senzel, Van Meter, Winker in OF . This Ervin looked awful Sunday in CF, but he gets on base. Give the dude a 1st basemans mitt and have him practice it in off season. I saw Stargell & Dunn and other OF of not great D make the move to 1st. Ervin won't be a Gold Glove, but would put up good bat numbers for much less pay than Votto. There are others they can put at first also such as Farmer.
Votto is the highest paid Red that needs to go if a team picks up most of his contract.
1968 Bengal Fan
