Redleg Nation · Dec 3, 2019
The Cincinnati Reds non-tender Kevin Gausman
It has been a heck of a day for roster moves and signings down at Great American Ballpark. It started with the team announcing they had signed outfielder Travis Jankowski to a 1-year deal. And it seems like it’s ended with the team announcing that they have non-tendered Kevin Gausman. Between all of that they also non-tendered Jose Peraza and signed Mike Moustakas to a 4-year and $64M contract.
The non-tender of Kevin Gausman isn’t surprising. MLB Trade Rumors projected his salary to come in at $10.6M in arbitration for 2020. That’s top end reliever money – and that’s the role that the Reds were planning to use him in. There was not much of a chance that he was going to be tendered.