 Griffey signed a nine-year, $112.5M contract with the Reds after the trade was completed, with a club option for a tenth.Earlier that offseason, Griffey had vetoed a trade to the New York Mets for Roger Cedeño, Octavio Dotel and a relief pitcher variously reported as Dennis Cook or Armando Benítez.Griffey's agent, Brian Goldberg, said afterward that Griffey would only accept a trade to the Reds and, "[i]f he can't go to Cincinnati, then he's going back to Seattle for the final year of his contract."