It's been nearly a month since the Pittsburgh Pirates traded gold glove third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes to the Cincinnati Reds in a salary dump that was supposed to rid them of the dead weight on their batting order.
Frankly, it was rather shocking that the Reds were willing to take on the entirety of the long-term contract Hayes signed back in 2022, a deal that will ultimately pay him a minimum of $36 million through 2030 (and potentially more).
The contract itself doesn't break the bank – don't let the depressing fact that it was the largest contract in Pirates franchise history at the time it was signed fool you – but it's an admittedly hefty financial commitment to make to a glove-only, no-bat defender.