05-28-2022, 06:49 PM
The Rays can operate this way because they have a quality farm system. They have guys ready to fill expensive vet contracts coming up through their pipeline. They can afford to trade a guy having a career year for more top prospects before having to pay a guy $200 million.
We do not.
I’m all for getting out of Joey V’s contract but he has a full no trade clause, is content with losing and collecting a check. He isn’t going to waive that. And I would be all about trading off Moustakas, but who is really going to take him? He would have to be a toss in on a bigger trade just to dump payroll at this point. Plus you add the fact that the Reds Front office usually waits to trade guys when their value as at an all time low, so if they trade everyone off who is going to replace these already subpar players? Surely no one down on our farm system!
We do not.
I’m all for getting out of Joey V’s contract but he has a full no trade clause, is content with losing and collecting a check. He isn’t going to waive that. And I would be all about trading off Moustakas, but who is really going to take him? He would have to be a toss in on a bigger trade just to dump payroll at this point. Plus you add the fact that the Reds Front office usually waits to trade guys when their value as at an all time low, so if they trade everyone off who is going to replace these already subpar players? Surely no one down on our farm system!
