|Lucid| Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 My first response was to jump out of my chair and holler in joy and amazement.. Then I read the details and started to get a little concerned.. Don't get me wrong Votto is one hell of an offensive player who may well be worthy of the term "Great" before long.. But I worry about the wisdom of a small market franchise sinking this kind of money into 1 guy.. And this contract will continue to be a huge part of the payroll even when he is in his late 30's. I sure hope they will have the bank roll to continue putting other pieces in place around him. and that he continues to play at a level worthy of this compensation.. Otherwise it's going to be a long decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent_Orange Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Remember all the talk about Yonder Alonso? Hmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 if true, that makes this deal much more affordable for the Reds in the future. [quote][left]Say this for Reds owner[url="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Robert+Castellini"]Bob Castellini[/url][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]: He took a big market risk on Votto, who would have surely commanded a Pujols-like deal when he hit free agency after 2013, but [/size][/font][/color][b]did so by using the $25 million per year revenue sharing money he’s been saving up over the last 10 years.[/b][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] That’s what revenue sharing was designed for. It remains to be seen how the Votto deal impacts All-Star second baseman [/size][/font][/color][url="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brandon+Phillips"]Brandon Phillips[/url] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]with whom they’ve been negotiating for over a year — although Reds [/size][/font][/color][url="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Walt+Jocketty"]GM Walt Jocketty[/url] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]said the two sides are expect to get a deal in the next few days.[/size][/font][/color] [/left][left]Read more: [url="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/baseball-opening-lines-alex-rodriguez-bobby-valentine-yu-darvish-early-stories-article-1.1057960#ixzz1rSXRPpmu"]http://www.nydailyne...0#ixzz1rSXRPpmu[/url][/quote] [/left] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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