In some interesting news, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Jose Iglesias has switched agents according to MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams. What makes this interesting is several layers deep. First, is the fact that despite being an average caliber Major League starting shortstop, the weird offseason that was, left him having to accept a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training that paid him $2.5M if he made the team. That was nearly a $4M paycut IF he made the team. As we now know, he did.
The Reds loss of Scooter Gennett to injury late in spring training opened up a starting spot on the team for Jose Iglesias.