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Central Notes: Reds, Votto, Pirates, Indians

By Zachary Links | April 15, 2012 at 11:16am CDT

A look at items out of the Central divisions..

  • Reds first baseman Joey Votto told Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun that he wanted to become the highest-paid Canadian player in baseball.  Votto’s ten-year, $225MM extension not only made him the top earning Canadian baseball player, but made him the country’s highest-paid athlete.  There was talk about the Blue Jays targeting Votto down the line but the slugger said that it would be difficult to ever settle for a five-year deal as per their policy.
  • There’s been a lot of talk about the Braves’ low-paying television deal but Bob Cohn of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review points out that the Pirates contract is also undervalued.  The Bucs are in the third year of a ten-year TV deal and will receive $18MM this year, according to industry sources.
  • Even though the Indians are in need of an impact bat, Paul Hoynes of The Plain Dealer isn’t sure that the club should trade Chris Perez to get that done.
  • Drew Stubbs has some level of trade value but the Reds wouldn’t get a whole lot back for him, tweets John Fay of Cincinnati Enquirer.
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  1. TophersReds

    13 years ago

    The Bucs contract undervalued? The Reds are getting $10M a year. Yes it is up in a few years, but $10M isn’t a whole lot compared to other deal right now.

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    • Matthew

      13 years ago

       This is what happens when teams sign 10 or 20 year deals. A good value in the current year can look undervalued in 15, 10, or even 3 years. It’s the same thing with team sale prices and free agent contracts and anything else in baseball. Revenues and salaries have increased at ridiculous percentages when compared to the general rate of inflation and the stagnant economy.

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  2. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    I say again…

    Guys.. Lets have a topic on teams TV deals here.. It’s worth a topic all to itself…

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  3. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

     Preemptive strike:

    Lets not have any Stubbs to Boston talk.. To play for Boston, there has to be some semblance of plate discipline and he has -0-..

    When a guy k’s as much as AGone and David Ortiz combined, yet has less power than Dustin Pedroia? You just ain’t worth much.

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    • explodet

      13 years ago

      Stubbs’ career walk rate of 9% is higher than the Red Sox’s starting RF, LF, CF, C, and SS, and only .4% lower than Pedroia’s.
      The problem is more that he doesn’t hit for average.

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