With 13-man pitching staffs, teams don't have room for veteran pinch-hitter/occasional DH's anymore. With four bench guys, there's almost no flexibility in roster construction -- you need a catcher, two infielders, and at least one outfielder. If he could reproduce Belt's slash stats from last year then it could still be worth it, but I don't think he's got it in him anymore.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 7 March 2024 09:09 (one month ago) link
Belt should have a job, never mind Votto!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 7 March 2024 13:20 (one month ago) link
Joey Votto has agreed to a non-roster invite with the Blue Jays. He is back.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) March 8, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:22 (one month ago) link
Great! He either earns a spot or he doesn't--but at least they're giving it a shot.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 March 2024 18:40 (one month ago) link
looks like it either him or Vogelbach. hopefully this doesn't block Spencer Horwitz, tho i think he'll have a good shot at LF.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link
Reds got a jam of young guys that can play first or DH.
Votto might just join those guys who have that last hurrah on another team like say Billy Williams with the As or Ron Sanyo with the White Sox. Willie Mays going back to NY and Hank to Milwaukee a bit different.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 10 March 2024 02:03 (one month ago) link
Ron Sanyo and J.D. Marantz should have been teammates.
(I empathize--I've been bemoaning my own typos.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 March 2024 02:15 (one month ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/joey-votto-homers-in-first-spring-training-at-bat-with-blue-jays
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 18 March 2024 01:09 (one month ago) link
Hell yeah
― H.P, Monday, 18 March 2024 01:16 (one month ago) link
“I accidentally stepped on a bat in the dugout, rolled my ankle and it hurt like the dickens,”
Most blue jays thing ever
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 March 2024 01:18 (one month ago) link
As the only person he follows on twitter, I feel like he needs to see this. https://t.co/BuUlgtuQJl pic.twitter.com/0d9Wxlpd4r— Devin Mesoraco (@DMesoraco) March 19, 2024
― 龜, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 14:06 (one month ago) link
I should in theory post this to the spring training content thread, but Joey Votto…Spoilers for Love is Blind herehttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C4yqTY9RYZv/
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 22 March 2024 13:42 (one month ago) link