This headline is terrible. It’s a valid thought, but I hate it. You should hate it, too.
Don’t hate me for putting in writing, though - hate the Cincinnati Reds for making you think it before I write it.
With last week’s trade of Kyle Farmer to the Minnesota Twins, the Reds embarked even further into their deep, dark rebuild, one that has trimmed the payroll down nearly to the levels of the Oakland A’s and Tampa Bay Rays. All that remains at this point are a few arb-eligibles set to make barely twice the league-minimum and the duo of Joey Votto and Mike Moustakas, both of whom will be off the payroll entirely at season’s end.