11-11-2015, 04:42 PM
(11-11-2015, 02:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I forgot about Chapman. He is probably the most likely to be traded.
Frazier is not going anywhere.
Getting rid of Votto would be crazy. You can't blame our poor record on one of the best hitters in the league. There is ZERO logic behind that.
The logic behind trading Votto from what I've read would be that the club believes that they're going to be bad for several years. Votto may or may not still be the player he is now by the time the retool starts bearing fruit. No reason to have a contract like that on the books if you have no intention of competing. Same with Frazier. If they could get out from under Votto's deal or get a good haul of prospects for Frazier, I think they'd consider it.
Realistically, though I think a Votto trade is incredibly unlikely. It's a massive amount of money over a long period of time for a partner to take on. That fact alone would limit the return the Reds would receive in terms of prospects. In the unlikely event that they moved him, it would be a money-saving move.
