he signed a minor league deal and is a non roster invitee to training camp. he may not even make the team. he wasn’t very good at all in 2022 or 2023 when healthy if he ever was truly healthy at all. no guarantees he will make the team. I wish him all the best though.😊
I’m not even a Reds fan and this got me emotional. I hope he smashes it with the Jays. We’ll never see the likes of Joey Votto again. What a player, what a man.
My father and I always bonded over Reds baseball. I remember watching the Mothers' Day game with him when Joey went yard 3 times, one of which was a walk off grand slam. When he was losing his battle to dementia I would always show him the video of Joey hitting the walk off and he would cry every time. I like to think that deep down he remembered that moment. Thank you for everything you did for the game and the Reds franchise, Joey.. But more importantly thank you for being a genuinely gracious human being. You are a Reds legend. Keep banging in Toronto
@@Thememe_vr Cause he was 20 million dollars to resign and it was not worth it and plus he wants abs so he wont be a good fit your point is dumb of course we wouldn't resign him
@@Thememe_vr Well I guess I just didn't have enough millions laying around to make it possible. I also don't own the team so that was definitely a factor as well.
@@gaburias978 they didn’t need to give him 20 million he was a free agent and he knew he was past his prime so chances are he would have stayed if Cincinnati offered a lower offer
I’m a Pirates fan, so I should not like the Reds, but Joey is one of my favorite players ever. He really endeared me to the Reds and I’ve enjoyed the rivalry between us. He’s really a one-of-a-kind guy! I’ll miss seeing him in red, but I hope he has great days ahead of him in Toronto.
Wishing Joey the best from Twins Territory. He’s just such a special dude and it’s going to be weird seeing him in a different uniform. I’m glad someone’s giving him a chance, though. Baseball is better with Joey in it.
One of my all-time favorite players, I love this dude!! I'm grateful for your time, and all you've done for Cincy! Good luck in Toronto, Joey. ⚾💥⚾💥⚾💥⚾💥⚾💥⚾💥⚾
Greatest Red of my lifetime, and certainly one of the greatest ever. It has been a heck of a ride, I always loved watching Vottomatic. Hopefully we'll see him back in Red in the future sometime
I may not be a Reds fan but Joey Votto can play. I died laughing so hard when it comes to ejections by Votto 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Its hard to say goodbye to Cincinnati.
I was born two years before Votto played in the big leagues. All I remember is him on the Reds. Sad to seem him go, but know it's for the best for the Reds chances of winning. It's also better for Votto to play close to home and having a chance to play even if it is just for once more year.
He's making the HOF, and it won't take the maximum 10 years on the ballot for it to happen! I say it'll take no more than 6 elections before we can book our trips to Cooperstown!
Future National Baseball, and Reds Hall of Fame Member!!!!, it went by to Quick!!!!,Hope after his Playing Days are over, He will Play some important role in The Reds Organization, either in Coaching or Administratively!!!!
he should have his number retired or should have a statue. he was my whole childhood and young adult life and into my 20s, truly honored to have called him a red. i love this man and I know my city does too
Great player,person and leader! I'm looking forward to watch,what he's gonna do this year with his hometown team and I hope,when he finish his career with the Blue Jays,to came back to Cinci and sign one day contract and retire as a Red.❤
Best play I ever saw was from 2022 I believe, could have been 2021. When he caught the ball in foul territory over the gorilla tarp, and threw the guy out at home who was tagging trying to score.
This was strictly a baseball-business decision. No way in HELL were the Reds gonna pay 20 mill to a 40-year-old Joseph Daniel Votto. It saved the Reds 13 million(Reds paid a 7 million buyout to JDV, btw!), so that they could get players like Candelario, who's likely the 3rd baseman til Marte's suspension is over. Releasing JDV gave the Reds more flexibility, as his onerous contract essentially hamstrung the team from doing much of anything in free agency the last 4 or 5 years he was in Cincinnati. His contract was the main reason why he wasn't traded, as teams were reticent to give him the money specified in his contract, even though the majority of that money was deferred. His contract was as backloaded as Griffey Junior's was. Griffey Junior's getting about 3.5 million from the Reds per year now that he's retired, and JDV will get about 5 million per year from the Reds after he finally finishes his career. All that deferred money, in both Griffey Junior and JDV's contracts, is the reason why the Reds were able to afford to trade for Griffey Junior and give JDV that now-expired 10-year contract extension in 2012. Joey's presence, while it was great from a clubhouse and leadership perspective, was blocking the promotion of some of our promising youngsters in the minors to the majors with the Reds! Now that JDV's no longer here, more opportunities are available for the youngsters to be promoted to Cincinnati! Yes, it does ABSOLUTELY suck that JDV is no longer here, but it's ultimately gonna be good in the long run/term for the Reds! What I don't understand: why he wasn't formally named captain of the Reds, like Barry Larkin was about 20 years or so ago! There's your history lesson, in a nutshell!
Ejected early from his final game as a Red and we got no send off. His return to Cincinnati for his HOF induction will be awesome but it seems like Reds fans got cheated a bit. That's baseball, I guess. I would've liked to have seen Votto go around the league and get his flowers as a Red.
You should've posted this on the day you cut him and not when another team picked him up. This just shows Elly what kind of an organization you are and that he needs to get out of there as soon as possible.
It's a bummer they treated the franchise player this way. Should've just signed him to a one year deal, like the Cardinals did Pujols. Bummer he can't retire in style. And it's the Reds loss because if this was Votto's last season, you better believe the Reds would've sold more tickets..
Thanks for all the world series wins the Reds have since you have been with the team, and it only cost just under $300,000,000.00. Oh, wait just checked they mostly finished last or second to last in their Division.
You paid him $7 million not to play for you. Even with declining his option and paying out that money you could have signed him to a contract at the MLB minimum and you didn't. Not even an invite to camp as a non roster player.
Cincinnati fans love him but not the Cincinnati reds organization, how can you let go someone who has been with your organization for such a long time, what a shame. Should have signed him and let him retire with dignity, honor and respect. I have more respect for the Blue Jays for signing him. Shame on you Cincinnati Reds organization.
Thank you for handicapping a small market team with your giant contract and not even producing a single playoff series win. One of the worst contracts the day he signed it.
This is baseball. You can't just have one good player and expect to win a playoff series. I can't think of any examples of a person carrying a baseball team by themselves in the modern day of the game.
@@ohioman23 exactly why it was the dumbest contract in baseball. A small market team cannot throw that kind of money at one single player. Then that one player never produces at the same level and quite frankly sucked the last 5 years.
