Considering the market, the offer to Hoffman is very reasonable. Wagner and Ryan both got about $10M/yr.
The Reds did get butraped on teh Casey trade but what are they going to do? Casey will make almost $9M next year and has a career OPS of .833, and that is very reliant on a high BA with lots of singles and not enough HRs. In some ways they are lucky to be rid of Casey (would you pay JT Snow $9M?). Williams may be nothing special but hes as good as anything they currently have.
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