Not sure what Votto was thinking here, I think he could have held out his remaining two years in Cincy, then went almost anywhere he wanted and possibly chased a world series. But hey, I'm not complaining!!! Go Reds!! :smiley_baseball:
Joey Votto - 10 year/$225 million contract with Reds
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We've been talking about this for a couple of days and I was shocked to say the least. I thought he'd ride it out and leave. I'm a life long Reds fan, so I'm happy as hell to see it!!!
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I wish they woulda spent some of that money on phillips and signed him to a long term deal also...
Yep they can kiss that goodbye now... unless we want to go back to the 2006,07,08 era when we had two or three great players and that's about it, barely going .500 if we even did that (memory isn't real good).
This will probably be Phillips last year, but without paying him the 12+ million or so a year that he is worth, hopefully we can keep a good pitching staff, keep Stubbs and some other good players, and sign on some good young talent to fill the gaps.
Phillips will be damn tough to replace though.... without a doubt!
I'm more surprised that the Reds made that long of a committment, let alone the fact that Votto agreed to it. 10 years is a long fuggin time... and in baseball there is a ton of uncertainty. Votto is a hell of a player right now, but who's to say he'll be worth that kind of coin 10 years from now? I don't think it was a very smart decision, for either side.
Yep you hope as a 28 year old he can give you 10 solid year, or at least 7 or 8... but in baseball you just never know!!
I just hope Cozart and Mesoraco step up and produce, if they do we will have a chance at playing in the Pennant title.
Never heard of the guy. Seems like a lot of money to pay someone to play baseball. Nobody in their right mind should argue over making that kind of coin!
Reds and Phillips agreed on 6-year 72.5 million deal.... great news if we can keep our pitching staff happy and throwing the ball good!
Lot's of good stuff happening in MLB right now. The Tribe signed Carlos Santana to a 5 year 25 mil deal yesterday. He's young, but has a ton of talent behind the plate and is one of their best sticks right now. He's one of the few on the team that I'm glad to see will be sticking around for a while.
lmao ... close, but no cigar. The Carlos Santana I'm referring to looks like he's black... although, I think he's from the dominican.