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PLAYERS: Ron Mahay,  Clay Zavada,  Mat Latos,  Ryan Madson,  Johnny Bench,  Jayson Stark,  Aroldis Chapman,  Francisco Cordero,  Sean Marshall
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs,  Cincinnati Reds,  St. Louis Cardinals

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Happy Saturday everyone. I hope you're keeping nice and toasty wherever you may be. Here's the latest news, notes and links coming out of Reds camp -- and believe me there's a lot of it: **The Reds attempted to add more bullpen depth today with the announced signings of lefties Ron Mahay and Clay Zavada. Both players were inked to minor league contracts with an invitation to Spring Training. Here are the two excerpts taken from MLBtraderumors.com on the two relievers: "Mahay, 40, last pitched in the Majors for the Twins in 2010 and was signed and released by the Dodgers, Diamondbacks and Cardinals in 2011. Despite these setbacks, Mahay said last week that he wanted to continue pitching. Mahay has a career 3.83 ERA and 7.4 K/9 in 568 innings and has pitched for eight other teams in his 14-year career. He is your classic left-handed specialist, holding left-handed batters to a .689 OPS over his lengthy career (including a .520 OPS in 2010). Zavada posted a...
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