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Jeter knew all this when he looked at the books. Saying he will reduce the payroll seems to me like he already knew that needed to happen, so I'd assume he isn't blind to the process.I'm sure Jeter feels he's saddled with guaranteed dead money owed injured players. Welcome to the Reds world.
Mesoraco will be in his last year at $13M. Extending Barnhart shows the Reds are ready to move past that disaster of a contract.
Homer has two more guaranteed years with an option. Hopefully he can at least take the ball every 5th day. Not sure what the quality will be.
Miami isn't suddenly going to become a successful franchise either. The demographics there are at odds with each other and even if they win, they are still the least attractive franchise in the NL-E.The Marlins were the 25th rank franchise in value according to Forbes in April. Paying $1.2B seems too high for a club in that market and literally one of the worst farm systems in the game.
Jeffrey Loria was one of the more controversial owners in the game during his time in Montreal. Then he's given a franchise in Miami for chicken feed compared to what he sold them for.
I wonder if Bud Selig is getting a cut of the profit?
The Cubs seem to like guys like that.The guy the Reds faced that was always most likely to implode over one bad call was Carlos Zambrano. He was the poster child of a pitcher with all of the tools and a terrible disposition