Joey Votto Agrees To 10-Year, $225 Million Deal With Reds

[cruzg24]

"Joey Votto is baseball's newest $200 million first baseman.

The Cincinnati Reds slugger on Monday agreed to a 10-year, $225 million contract extension, according to a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly about them because the deal is not finalized. Votto's extension ties him to the Reds through 2023 and continues a wild run of baseball spending.

In agreeing to the fourth-largest deal in baseball history, Votto became the third first baseman in four months to top the $200 million mark. Albert Pujols agreed to a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in January, and Prince Fielder followed with a nine-year, $213 million pact with the Detroit Tigers in January. Before this off-season, only Alex Rodriguez, whose current 10-year deal is worth $277 million, had cracked the $200 million barrier."

Source: USA Today

 

[RipCity32]

Good for him sticking with Cincy.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Glad he stayed with Cincinnati, not many people thought the Reds would be able to afford to keep him.

 

[Mexi]

the Reds killed my hopes and dreams

 

[elcheato]

Remember when I said the Dodgers wouldn't sign him, and quoted myself yesterday with that quote?

I'm a prophet

 

[Mexi]

we would have signed him if he hit the market >.<

 

[Giantmetfan07]

excellent player but, wow. $240M. I'm still trying to compute that before even making a rational thought.

 

[snipezo]

the Reds killed my hopes and dreams

You don't even know.....

 

[cruzg24]

10 year deals always dont usually work out, lol. Derek Jeter is the exception though.