Reds June 2025 Thread

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(06-07-2025, 10:16 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: If you look at total payroll allocations, the Reds are a little over $45m from 15th.

They don't even need to spend top-10 money ($83m from 10th)... but it's easy to see a potential future where if they had spent enough to get to the middle of the pack they would be in one of the wildcard spots right now.

Hyesong Kim: 3yr/$12.5m (+$2.5m to his former team)
Paul Goldschmidt: 1yr/$12.5m
Pete Alonso: 1yr/$30m
Alex Bregman: 3yr/$120m (really 1yr/$36.6m with player opt outs after and a ton deferred if he doesn't)

Yep that's exactly my point.
They operate about the same or lower than they did ~10 years ago.

Here is their Payroll by year going back to 2015:

2015 - $112 mill 
2016 - $87 mill
2017 - $96 mill
2018 - $100 mill
2019 - $128 mill
2020 - $55 mill (shortened season)
2021 - $126 mill
2022 - $115 mill
2023 - $95 mill
2024 - $102 mill
2025 - $115 mill

It's no wonder the team isn't as competitive as they should be given they are only paying about the same they did in 2015 and how much more inflated salaries are now compared to 10+ years ago.
With another 1-2 consistent hitters and 1-2 better (relief) pitchers, Reds could really be right there in one of the WC spots or possibly even pushing CHI for division lead.