Red Reporter · Nov 10, 2021
The next cost-cutting Cincinnati Reds domino to fall
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty ImagesThe last calendar year has sure been something for the pocketbooks of the Cincinnati Reds.
They gave away Archie Bradley rather than tender him a contract, and Bradley eventually signed for $6 million with the Phillies, signaling he actually had market value. They gave Raisel Iglesias to the Angels, who promptly rewarded them with a season so good he received a Qualifying Offer. They plowed through a 2021 season shorthanded after failing to spend to replace either, and within moments of the end of that campaign gave away both Tucker Barnhart and Wade Miley.
In Miley’s case, it was quite literally a giveaway, as he was waived - waived - after a 6 bWAR season.