The pendelum just keeps swinging in the sweepstakes for right-handed reliever Francisco Cordero. With the market for free agent closers increasingly dwindling, multiple teams find themselves in the running for the 37-year old's services...including the Reds.
According to John Fay of the Enquirer, the team has extended a one-year contract estimated to be worth around $7 million -- a far cry from the $12 million option the club declined back in October. Nevertheless, it's an offer that Cordero and his agent Bean Stringfellow must seriously consider before passing up. Should the former-Red decide to accept the deal and join the newly-acquired lefty Sean Marshall, it would give Cincinnati one of the best setup/closer combos in all of the National League...maybe even MLB.
But for now, here are some recent quotes from both Stringfellow and Jocketty regarding Cordero:
"The Reds are involved, and are still interested in bringing him back. I am talking with them on a r...
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