We'll be back to contend in 2024

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The blueprint is out there for smaller market teams. It's Tampa. They compete with the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays etc with much smaller salaries and are more successful than the Reds. They have smaller salaries than even the Reds and yet they compete yearly. With Moose gone, and soon to be Votto next year, this will now become a very cheap and young team, albeit with more high end prospects than they have had in awhile.