CARLSBAD, Calif. – In the past few years, the Cincinnati Reds have shifted their unofficial offseason motto from “get the pitching” to “get the hitting” to the current “align payroll with our resources.”
As Nick Krall and a small group of Reds front office staff arrived at the annual General Managers Meetings this week, the question hanging over the organization is how much payroll they’re looking to cut this winter.
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The Reds traded Tucker Barnhart to the Detroit Tigers and placed Wade Miley on waivers where he was claimed by the Chicago Cubs.