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Redsfan1507
It is what it is
For 2 unnamed players...salary dump...he is owed $9m next year, the same figure Ludwick makes this year, except Mr. Longneck Ludwick also has an option for a ridiculous 2015 year, and a $3m buyout if the Reds sober up and cut bait on him.
Of course in order to trade a player, you have to find another team willing to take your guy, and Luddy doesn't qualify. Where else they gonna cut ? Couldn't get a taker for BP last winter...but I betcha lots of interest in Reds pitching...Cueto and Latos and Chapman...not so much on the next TJ victim, Mr. Bailey, or one pitch wonder Cingrani, or soft tosser Leake.
I suppose the question is, who's going to set up now ? I guess it doesn't matter if you plan on being down two runs in the 8th...which begs the question about limiting Chapman to pitching the 9th when they have a lead...
With a quarter Billion tied up in Votto, triple digit millions on Bailey, and double digit M's on BP and Bruce for the foreseeable future, the Reds are limited on where and who they can cut salary on. Hope they're saving for a Cueto, Latos, Mesoraco, Frazier, Hamilton contract, instead of offering Hoover a 2 year deal and buying 2 more years of Ludwick, or the next Ludwick free agent signing.
Depressing.
Of course in order to trade a player, you have to find another team willing to take your guy, and Luddy doesn't qualify. Where else they gonna cut ? Couldn't get a taker for BP last winter...but I betcha lots of interest in Reds pitching...Cueto and Latos and Chapman...not so much on the next TJ victim, Mr. Bailey, or one pitch wonder Cingrani, or soft tosser Leake.
I suppose the question is, who's going to set up now ? I guess it doesn't matter if you plan on being down two runs in the 8th...which begs the question about limiting Chapman to pitching the 9th when they have a lead...
With a quarter Billion tied up in Votto, triple digit millions on Bailey, and double digit M's on BP and Bruce for the foreseeable future, the Reds are limited on where and who they can cut salary on. Hope they're saving for a Cueto, Latos, Mesoraco, Frazier, Hamilton contract, instead of offering Hoover a 2 year deal and buying 2 more years of Ludwick, or the next Ludwick free agent signing.
Depressing.