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Manager Report Salary negotiations and MLB news
Pirates C Elias Diaz replied to my August 1, 2019 contract offer, we are around a $250,000 difference and at over $4M, is it really a difference I should be quibbling over? The other side of the equation is after a sizzling start in March and April, Elias Diaz has not hit over .220 in June or July and his defense has been pedestrian, so am I paying for a hot spring and a mediocre summer player? Since we are not going anywhere this season and Diaz is a replaceable part I think I'm going to look elsewhere this offseason and pick up a serviceable catcher for much less.
I was unable to sign Taylor Lomack to an entry level contract, and no compensation picks are offered. I am very happy with the draft we had and think we will get at least three players MLB worthy out of it at this point. Only time will tell.
The Cincinnati Reds are openly shopping and looking for a home for 2B Scooter Gennett. 2B Gennett is carrying an albatross of a contract at $9.775M and I cannot see many (if ANY) teams taking him without the Reds eating a large part of that contract.
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