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The Reds have six arbitration-eligible players this winter, and all six were tendered contracts before Monday night's deadline. The six were shortstop Paul Janish and pitchers Bill Bray, Edinson Volquez, Nick Masset, Homer Bailey and Jose Arredondo.
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Starting pitchers are likely targets
The Reds left the winter meetings in Dallas without adding a player to their big-league roster. That was not the plan going in. The Reds had hoped to add starting pitching."We're going to kind of regroup here," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "See where we're at. We still have a number of things to discuss. We have a couple of things we could do. We...
Is Walt Jocketty Too Old?
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Via Redleg Nation, I saw this quote from Cincinnati Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty about some of the trades the team is working on.
There are two deals we can do right now, but it would probably take a lot of our top prospects and I’m always a little nervous about doing that. So I’ll spend a little more time analyzing that.
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December 12, 2011
Reds tender contracts
FYI. Cleaning up some loose ends:
The Reds tendered contracts to all six of their arbitration-eligible players on Monday, the deadline to do so.
Right-handed pitchers Jose Arredondo, Homer Bailey, Nick Masset and Edinson Volquez, left-hander Bill Bray and shortstop Paul Janish all are arbitration-eligible.
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Phillies Sign Dontrelle Willis to 1-Year Deal
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The Phillies have reached an agreement with Dontrelle Willis on a year deal according to Jim Salisbury of ComcastSportsNet.com.
The deal reportedly to be around $1 million dollars and is still pending a physical.
Here is Willis's statistics from last year with the Cinicinnati Reds:
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Dontrelle Willis a Phillie
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The D-Train is coming to the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia. Dontrelle Willis has supposedly signed a 1 year $1M deal to pitch in relief for the Phillies in 2012. WHY? Willis hasn't been good since 2006. He's bounced around teams, had major control problems, and anxiety issues. You think Philly is the place to fix that? Nope. Last year he had a 5.00 ERA/1.52 WHIP in 13...
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Some Sunday Evening Reds Links
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* The enormous contract just given to Albert Pujols by the Angels is not good from the Reds standpoint, writes Chris Roling of BleacherReport.com. Why? Read his reasoning by following this LINK.
* Brady Aymond of the Pensacola News Journal recently sat down with a Q & A with new Double-A skipper Jim Riggleman. You can view the transcript of that session HERE.
* The lack of...
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Dontrelle Willis signs with Phillies
The person, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity today because the deal is pending a physical, says the former Tiger will make about $1 million.
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