If the search engine in our CMS was slightly more functional, you’d be able to course through the annals of Red Reporter history for the phrase The Reds have no money and are talking to no one with quite the fervor. It’s been perhaps the single most uttered phrase around these parts since the inception of this place some 15 or so years ago, sadly ringing true at almost every turn of chance.
The Reds are currently wading into the flotsam of the one time it truly hasn’t rung true, however. Their deep wade into the free agent waters prior to the 2020 season was the clear outlier in their history of frugality in that arena, but they splashed what could have, at the time, amounted to some $164 million in contract guarantees to a four-pack of players who were tasked with throwing the final shovels into the dig out of rebuilding.