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What if Nick Martinez accepts the Qualifying Offer from the Cincinnati Reds?
Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images What’s left for the offense within the payroll? The Cincinnati Reds sent out a procedural olive branch to pitcher Nick Martinez earlier this week in the form of a roughly $21 million Qualifying Offer (QO). That’s on the heels of Martinez’s excellent work during the 2024 season (3.10 ERA, 142 ERA+, 1.03 WHIP in a career high 142.1 IP) as … [Read more...] about What if Nick Martinez accepts the Qualifying Offer from the Cincinnati Reds?
Cincinnati Reds infielder returns to the field after set back
Christian Encarnacion-Strand would like a do-over on 2024. He struggled at the plate to begin the year and then suffered an injury in May before finding out that at some point before that injury that he had actually suffered another injury to his wrist/hand area that had been undiagnosed. In the end, he would play his final game of the regular season on May 7th before deciding … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds infielder returns to the field after set back
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Nick Martinez expected to accept Reds qualifying offer
When the Cincinnati Reds made a qualifying offer to Nick Martinez this past week it seemed that the consensus was that he was likely to decline it as he would get more money overall by signing a free agent deal, even if it wasn’t going to be for as much money per season as the qualifying offer would give him. Jon Heyman of the New York Post, though, is reporting this morning … [Read more...] about Nick Martinez expected to accept Reds qualifying offer