The Cincinnati Reds and first baseman Joey Votto have agree to a 10-year $225 million extension, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. The deal includes a full no-trade clause and will start for the 2014 season. The deal will keep Votto in a Reds uniform through 2023.
In 2011, Votto hit .309/.416/.531 with 29 HR’s and 103 [...]
04/02/12
Yesterday we talked about the Reds’ intentions of keeping both Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto, and explained how much we believe Phillips should make in a long-term deal. Now its time to evaluate Votto. Tracy Ringolsby of FOXSports.com, believes that Prince Fielder’s nine-year, $214 million deal with the Tigers and Albert Pujols‘ 10-year, $254 million [...]
03/31/12
Two of the best players on the Reds Major League roster, Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto are under team control for two and three more years respectively. Obviously General Manager, Walt Jocketty, would like to keep them both beyond that point but can he?
According to Tracy Ringolsby of FOXSports, Jocketty “has been involved in talks [...]
03/30/12
Cincinnati Reds’ GM Walt Jocketty has denied that he is listening to offers for first baseman Joey Votto, according to MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon. Over the weekend, the Reds had been rumored to be shopping their All-Star and 2010 National Leageu MVP.
“We haven’t talked about it. I wish that people would stop writing it,” Jocketty [...]
10/11/11
Rivals executives are getting mixed signals whether the Reds would shop Joey Votto or not according to Buster Olney of ESPN. Olney adds though, that the Reds are “fully prepared to listen to offers.”
The Reds signed Votto to a three-year deal back in January, and he won’t be available for free agency until after the [...]
10/08/11
If you don’t like reading the juicy TMZ-like content, then stop here. Here’s one from our partners at TerezOwens.com who first reported the rumor:
The daughter of former right-handed pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, Jeff Lahti, is dating the recently divorced golfer Tiger Woods. The 22-year-old Alyse Lahti Johnson is also the stepdaughter of Alastair [...]
03/22/11
5. Washington Nationals: They signed Jayson Werth to a monster contract, acquired Tom Gorzelanny from the Cubs, added some veteran help with Jerry Hairston Jr., Alex Cora (back-up infielder) and Todd Coffey (bullpen arm) and signed power left-handed hitter Adam LaRoche. They might not be contenders for the 2011 season, but with a healthy Stephen [...]
02/22/11
Although right-handed pitcher Edinson Volquez settled with the Cincinnati Reds for $1.625 million at the end of January, he had the opportunity to sign a long-term deal but decided against it.
“They were offering me a four-year contract, the same as Johnny Cueto, but I felt it wasn’t right for me,” Volquez told the Dominican [...]
02/12/11
According to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the contract between the Reds and 2010 National League MVP Joey Votto is official.
Jon Heyman of SI.com was the first to report on January 17, about the potential deal. Heyman later added that the ground work for the deal would be for three years for about [...]
01/17/11
The Reds and NL MVP Joey Votto have agreed on a three-year deal worth $38 million. The deal is pending a physical which is scheduled for Monday reports Buster Olney of ESPN.com.
John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer says that Votto is in Cincinnati for his physical and adds that the deal will become official after [...]
01/17/11