'Dinner on me… the entire year': Jeff Ruby tries to persuade Nick Castellanos to stay with Reds

Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby has offered his help to the Reds in trying to get free agent Nick Castellanos to stay in town.

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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:

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.

"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.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Nick Castellanos free agency: Jeff Ruby makes offer to help Cincinnati