Lance Lynn
dougdirt (09-02-2013),Larkin Fan (09-02-2013)
Considering the fact that it's a VERY long contract...there's zero way of knowing if that player is worth that contract. But we can look at it year by year as Doug was. And this year, he is most definitely worth what he's being paid. Odds are very good he will be again next year and the following. I don't think he gets a big bump until like 2016 or so.
mth123 (09-02-2013)
Let's make it real simple: Is there a team in baseball that wouldn't pay Joey Votto $17M this season (assuming they were all actually trying to compete - which means Houston/Miami were going to actually spend some money)? I can't imagine a scenario where they wouldn't.
It's not the $43M we are paying Joey from 2013-2015 that are the issue. The Reds should (and better) make some hay with those years. We're robbing from Peter to pay Paul with Votto and Phillips backloaded contracts.
It's the $192M Joey makes after turning 32 from 2016-2023 that is likely to become an issue and lead to some lean years down the road. You can't look at the $17M this year in a vacuum, that's about 7% of what the Reds are on the hook for over the next decade.
Joey is having a fine year, not an elite year but a very good year. Would I like to see him carry the club offensively as we are in the homestretch and in the middle of a 3-6 stinkfest with a tough week ahead - you bet.
Todd Gack (09-02-2013)
Matt Adams.
Dude is 25, poorly conditioned, allergic to first base, and can't field. People think the Cards have 2 starting calibre 1st basemen. They don't.
Wonderful Monds (09-02-2013)
Votto is worth 17M by any sane metric chosen. It's simply not a topic worth debating.
Gunner44 (09-02-2013),OnBaseMachine (09-02-2013),Wonderful Monds (09-02-2013)
Raisor (09-02-2013)
It's also not our money.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
So did Votto....but just because he won the MVP nearly 3 years ago doesn't mean that he can't be considered overrated or that he's even still a good player....(Josh Hamilton)
*please note I do not think Votto is over or underrated, just saying that winning an MVP 3 years ago isn't a great reasoning.
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