07-08-2017, 04:55 PM
I must add a couple things....Votto has the power to veto a trade....but going from a last place team to a possible World Series team like The Yankees and getting the same pay plus Play-Off and World Series money and bonuses might make him go for it.
Also, The Reds say they are getting rid of players in their high priced players over 30, still at the top of their game to get very young players for the new window of opportunity.....The highest priced player over 30 at the top of his game is Joey Votto. ....His trade would be 179 or 157 million they will not have to pay him. With him, Reds are in last place. By freeing up this money suddenly Reds can keep some good young players instead of letting them go to pay Votto. ...Keeping Votto means Dick Wiiliams of Reds rebuilding plan is already broken. If he keeps Votto, he needs to throw out his rebuilding plan because keeping the highest paid player over 30 at the top of his game defeats his entire plan. ..Again, the Reds won in 1990 with Todd Bensinger and a young Hal Morris at first base, both on the cheap.
Cozart WILL be traded soon after All-Star Game. Maybe also Feldman. Why ?...Because they are Free Agents after season and Reds want to get anything at all on a trade while they can...Gennett is not a Free Agent...So look for Gennett at second, Peraza at shortstop where he wants to be, and Suarez at third, none of them Free Agents. ...Much like Bengals losing Whitworth, Zeitler, Free Agency comes into play.
The Reds probably won't trade Votto, but if they were really going by Dick Williams Blueprint, they should.....but they probably won't, making the Dick Williams Blueprint flawed from the start. As for we would need a lot in return, getting a team to pick up this contract in full is a lot in return. What is stupid is the Reds are paying Phillips this year to play for Atlanta. That is stupid. The biggest part of any Votto trade is that the other team HAS to pay all of his remaining contract. If we get a first round draft pick or something, even better.
This is not a HATE on Votto playing great. It's about this small market team of small market money getting out of last and some year back in play-offs. It's not personal Sonny, it's just business...as per Godfather Movie. ..Votto is great and I wish Reds had the money to have him and many high priced players, but Cincinnati is no New York City of deep pockets and unlimited funds. Mike Brown does NOT have the same problem due to NFL Profit Sharing. Mike Brown has no excuse for no play-off wins due to NFL competitive balance of profit sharing...Cincinnati Reds have nothing like that in MLB.
Also, The Reds say they are getting rid of players in their high priced players over 30, still at the top of their game to get very young players for the new window of opportunity.....The highest priced player over 30 at the top of his game is Joey Votto. ....His trade would be 179 or 157 million they will not have to pay him. With him, Reds are in last place. By freeing up this money suddenly Reds can keep some good young players instead of letting them go to pay Votto. ...Keeping Votto means Dick Wiiliams of Reds rebuilding plan is already broken. If he keeps Votto, he needs to throw out his rebuilding plan because keeping the highest paid player over 30 at the top of his game defeats his entire plan. ..Again, the Reds won in 1990 with Todd Bensinger and a young Hal Morris at first base, both on the cheap.
Cozart WILL be traded soon after All-Star Game. Maybe also Feldman. Why ?...Because they are Free Agents after season and Reds want to get anything at all on a trade while they can...Gennett is not a Free Agent...So look for Gennett at second, Peraza at shortstop where he wants to be, and Suarez at third, none of them Free Agents. ...Much like Bengals losing Whitworth, Zeitler, Free Agency comes into play.
The Reds probably won't trade Votto, but if they were really going by Dick Williams Blueprint, they should.....but they probably won't, making the Dick Williams Blueprint flawed from the start. As for we would need a lot in return, getting a team to pick up this contract in full is a lot in return. What is stupid is the Reds are paying Phillips this year to play for Atlanta. That is stupid. The biggest part of any Votto trade is that the other team HAS to pay all of his remaining contract. If we get a first round draft pick or something, even better.
This is not a HATE on Votto playing great. It's about this small market team of small market money getting out of last and some year back in play-offs. It's not personal Sonny, it's just business...as per Godfather Movie. ..Votto is great and I wish Reds had the money to have him and many high priced players, but Cincinnati is no New York City of deep pockets and unlimited funds. Mike Brown does NOT have the same problem due to NFL Profit Sharing. Mike Brown has no excuse for no play-off wins due to NFL competitive balance of profit sharing...Cincinnati Reds have nothing like that in MLB.
1968 Bengal Fan
