The Cincinnati Reds have to force the issue with Bailey. This constant wobble between injury status and top line pitcher cannot continue. He needs to get healthy or hit the road for the Reds to be successful in the future.
Bailey is the second highest paid Red behind perennial MVP candidate Joey Votto. In 2017 Bailey will be paid $19-million. To put that into perspective, the entire rest of the pitching staff will likely make less money in 2017. The other eleven projected members of the pitching staff will make an estimated $13-million with some modest increases.