If a team picks up Moose who Reds cut, do Reds escape paying him ?

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

They'd only get to save what he makes with his new team, which would be around $1m or whatever the minimum a 12 year vet can be offered. So it'd be $21m from the Reds and $1m or whatever from the new team.

Most likely Moose gets a non-roster spring training invite from a team and he does poorly before not making the roster, and the Reds save nothing. He's going into his age 34 season, is always hurt, and has been hitting sub-Mendoza the last two years.

That contract was terrible from Day 1.