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ilikebaseball 2
Votto’s eye at the plate is something that isn’t going away anytime soon. Out of all the big money deals out there it seems like this 10 year deal might actually give the return on value to the very end.
tico8
Pretty sure vision is the first to go for an athlete. votto contract hasn’t turned into complete crap after 2 years (unlike puljos). That’s doesn’t mean that’s it’s a great deal it’s means it’s still destined to be doomed just not at the moment. In 2 years they have paid him 26 mil. They got a long way to go
mattdsmith
Vision is not the first thing to go for an athlete. Speed is. Fielding metrics and stolen base totals decline early. Then, bat speed starts to deteriorate which leads to a drop in power. Then, they sex drive falls apart. Then, they’re skin gets wrinkly and their posture gets bad. Then, temperament, memory, and hearing fade. And right about here, eyesight betrays them.
seth3120
I’m not sure if it’s true but that’s funny stuff
alt2tab
People said the same thing about Albert Pujols
Acuña Matata
Oh Brandon you so silly. By his own admission (via the double negative) he does in fact know something about his decision to invoke his own no-trade rights
GoRav114
The Reds seem to have really done a bad job with their rebuild. Not sure if they started to late or just valued their assets incorrectly. Even their best deal, the Todd Father, was mediocre returns. Gonna be a long few years and even worse is a 200 million dollar contract still left on a rebuilding team. Now they can’t even dump an affordable Bruce, go figure.
sigurd 2
I’m not supremely confident in the rebuild, but im not so sure the moves are as bad as generally portrayed. It seems like we are trying to accumulate a lot of high floor / low ceiling guys (Peraza would be the epitome of this) which I don’t think is the worst strategy.
Another poster said here recently something to the effect of “The Reds are the most talented bad team” and it seems like a good characterization to me. Votto, Mesoraco Suarez, Bailey…
The FO is hardly blameless, but we were the victim of horrible sequencing last year.
sigurd 2
I meant to expound, I think the biggest flaw is a lack of depth and high floor players are a key to solving that issue. Last year early on Jason Marquis started in the rotation and Kevin Gregg was pitching relief in high leverage situations.
Painful.
dtwb93
Votto is the worst heavy paid 1st baseman. If he plays on a team as bad as the Reds his skills go to waist. As he will just walk all season and see nothing to hit without protection in lineup. Imagine if he was on a team were they needed to pitch to him???