12-01-2016, 12:34 PM
This should be the players up for trade provided a team is willing to pay all their salary and Reds get out from under.....and this list will make you all mad.....Votto at 22 mil a year and 33 signed until he is 40.....Homer signed at 17 mil a year and 30 and signed until he is 35......Phillips at 12 mil a year and 35 and signed to age 37.....Mesoraco at 7 mil....Cozart around 3 mil....Alfredo Simon at 2 mil.....that is 63 mil right there for a small market franchise team. ....Now we can probably forget any trades for much injured Homer and Mesoraco. ....Reds could still dump 39 mil and go for youth. ....and IF Mesoraco comes back, he may only be able to play first base. Doctors said not to count on him catching again. ....These are the Reds last place million dollar players, and if we can finish last with them, we can finish last or better without them.....So, assuming nobody wants Homer or Mesoraco....Trade Votto, Phillips, Cozart and just do not resign Simon as a free agent.....Reds already in this youth movement from other trades anyway.
1968 Bengal Fan
