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Anyone Can Play First Base, Right?

It’s the offseason, and because it’s the offseason, we get to hear silly Joey Votto trade rumors. To that end, I tweeted what I thought were a couple of fairly obvious and innocuous observations last week.

The thing about Votto trade rumors is this: There are no 1Bs in the Reds' system. None. And they haven't shown interest in developing one.

— Jason Linden (@JasonLinden) December 3, 2016

It's almost like they have the best hitter in franchise history at first right now or something.

— Jason Linden (@JasonLinden) December 3, 2016

But, well, at least a few people decided to take issues.