Reds June 2025 Thread

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(6 hours ago)Goalpost Wrote: The Candelario contract, 3 years/45 million fully guaranteed has just been a disaster.  Still have 1 more year on it...

Year one, he batted .225 with a negative .71 WAR
This year, he's batted .112 with a .87 WAR

I remember that search being flawed from the very beginning. They had the contract that they wanted to give already set in their minds and then went out to find a player who would say yes to it rather than going out to try to find a good player and seeing what contract they could live with.