In order to appease manager Wally Backman, the Reds have gone back to the Twins to reacquire managerial favorite
CI-OF Belt, Brandon, $0.5m (P-2014)
for (Twins get)
CI Yelich, Christian, $0.5m (P-n/a)
CI Smoak, Justin, $0.5m (P-2013)
OF Snider, Travis, $0.5m (2012) 1.0m (2014)
The Reds know this is an overpay, but we do this to appease our manager who went berserk when he heard that Belt was traded several weeks ago. He has been pouting ever since. Upper management finally gave into his demands to reacquire the burgeoning slugger, parting ways with players that we are still high on, but can no longer wait on results in the heat of a pennant race. I hope Mark gives them a nice home in the Twin cities.