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Originally Posted by Saul Good
So it sounds like the Reds are having a fire sale. Joey Votto is owed $200,000,000 over the next 8 years. How much would the Reds have to eat in order to make it worthwhile to take him?
I'd say $40,000,000 or so would make it tempting. 8 years at $20,000,000 AAV?
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Biggest issue is his age. Votto is 32 years old. And honestly, if you take him out of the bandbox in Cincinnati, you're probably looking at a 20-HR hitter, tops.
He's also been an injury prone guy, and KC has nowhere to play him unless it moves Hosmer now.
If they're worried about Gordon holding up for 5 years at an AAV approaching $20 million, actually getting a more injury prone guy for more money seems like a non-fit.