09-30-2019, 01:40 PM
(09-30-2019, 11:10 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Right
The only way Votto is going anywhere is 1. He has to agree to leave, he's already stated he's not. Could things change ? very doubtful
2. The Reds would have to continue to pay a large hunk of his salary. It's one in a million any team out there is going to roll the dice that a 36 year old clearly in decline, slow, fairly bad baserunning 1Bman is going to turn it around and pay most of his salary.
I won't say it's impossible, they got rid of Bailey, but highly, highly unlikely.
I think that the reason that Votto doesn’t want traded is because he gets that failure in another city won’t be as kind as it is with the Reds. The owner and the fans don’t demand excellence here. He also knows that his starting role is safe because of how he played 3-4 years ago. Why would he want to give that up? He’s not accountable here! Another thing that I hate is that Votto never embraced a team leader role so he doesn’t even offer that in his declining years. I could see him hitting.300 one of the next 2 years but he’s probably not gonna hit more than 15 HRs or drive in more than 60 or 70. I see it playing out as fans disliking Votto by the time it’s over. Sacrificing a power position for half a decade isn’t a good plan.
