'Dinner on me… the entire year': Cincinnati restaurateur tries to persuade Nick Castellanos to stay with Reds
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Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby has offered his help to the Reds in trying to get free agent Nick Castellanos to stay in town.
Ruby tweeted out a picture of an Enquirer headline that read "Club extends qualifying offer to Castellanos." Ruby tried to sweeten the deal by tweeting Tuesday:
I raise that offer to include dinner on me at our 3 Cincinnati restaurants the entire year.
The three Cincinnati restaurants are Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, The Precinct and Carlo & Johnny.
While it remains to be seen if that would actually entice the All-Star outfielder to stay in Cincinnati, it certainly would have convinced a couple former Reds.
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"I’ll sign that deal!" ex-Reds closer Danny Graves tweeted.
"If you would have told me that I’d still be a Red love you big dog," former Reds slugger Todd Frazier replied.