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MrSativa
Tough to turn that money away. He’s had his TJ surgery so he’s probably safe to not get injured soon. Good luck and nice try Reds.
Since_77
Good for him. Wish more players thought like him.
The_BiRDS
Uh oh.. you say no to Walt Jocketty he’ll cut you. Literally.
Jake
he showed me the knife!
David Bauer
I like his thinking though. Sucks Reds dont have him locked up past this year, but I see what he is getting at. Now the pressure is on him to have a phenominal year so that he will make some big bucks, and the Reds would have to offer him more money.
It would be great if that happens!
Brian
Kind of wish we knew what the terms of the proposed deal were. With 1.6 mil this year, the deal had to of been very team friendly considering Volquez’s potential. Maybe 1.6, 3.5, 5.5, 8.5. 4 yr/~20mil
I don’t mind players waiting for more when they are early on in their careers and aren’t exactly financially set for life yet. It’s the players who already have over 100mil in the bank and are crying for more that I have a problem with.
musicman
Yeah, I’d hate to have to work for 4 years and get around 25 million – I may have to eat Spam a few nights a week to scrape by…give me a friggin break!
Matty 2
Jealous much?? Guess you should have become a professional athlete so you could be rich. How many spots are there in the WORLD for pro ball players? How many lawyers, accountants, teachers, doctors etc etc in the world? It’s about supply and demand, and I don’t think people would pay to see a guy squib one to the pitcher every AB. They will pay to see the best however
robdicken
A few Cards fans hitting up the Reds threads for cheap shots, I see.
The fact is, Volquez not agreeing to 4-years and working on trying to better himself is good for him, the organization, and the team in general. If he doesn’t have a good year, the Reds organization got off well in not locking into a long-term deal with him for more money. If he does well, it’s good for Volquez and good for the team.
The fact that these Cards fans keep crapping on Jocketty and the Reds organization is funny. They won the division last year and signed their best player. The Cards are 0-2 in those categories.
MrSativa
Well put Rob. This was simply a great move by the Reds front office and better move by Volquez. Like it has been said if he ghets injured again this year then a contract like Cueto’s would have been pretty nice. If he pitches lights out the Reds will need to show him the money. Jury is still out to see if this guy is a 18-20 win pitcher. Cardinals look like chasers again this year.
kittycatman
pretty big talk coming from a team who got crushed, and I mean crushed, in the playoffs. you can say the scores were close, but in reality, you only had a chance to win one game. and you decided it would be easier just to hand that one over
robdicken
Crushed? In what way…pitching? That’s the only thing that crushed the Reds in playoffs. The Phillies batted barely .200 for the series. The Reds weren’t far behind them, batting wise. They made some errors and didn’t hit against Halladay. Cueto and Arroyo pitched excellent games, and the relief pitching was awesome.
So either you didn’t pay attention to the statistics, or watched the game from a completely biased view (going with a combination of both there)…but really…who cares? The Reds made the playoffs last year and Cards didn’t. They were second place in the NL Central, which simply isn’t good enough.
And this year…haha…I am doubting they will be any better with Wainwright on the shelf with arm issues and the looming Pujols contract issue. Not “pretty big talk” at all…baseball common sense, bud.