01-28-2020, 02:34 PM
(01-28-2020, 12:45 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: While he would probably be better than MB regardless, the Reds spent the least amount of money on free agents from 2010-2019 than any other team in MLB. That’s less than teams like the Rays and Marlins. This year is an aberration from how Castellini normally operates.
“ I researched free-agent spending over the past decade and discovered the Cincinnati Reds had committed just $121.1 million in free agency during the 2010s, the lowest total of any team. Less than the Rays. Less than the Marlins. Less than the A's. The Reds do not spend in free agency.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28578785/who-team-beat-nl-central-just-cincinnati-reds
To be fair, a big chunk of those years, the Reds were in a full-blown rebuild.
Rebuilding teams aren't prone to spend much in free agency for obvious reasons.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
