The Reds top farmhand Todd Frazier may be moving back to Shortstop. Cincinnati drafted Frazier as a shortstop but they moved him to the outfield.
Starting the season with Paul Janish at shortstop doesn’t sound like a great proposition to me.
Frazier played mainly in the outfield last season for Double A and Triple A. [...]

Edinson Volquez (elbow surgery) is about to begin throwing, according to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
“The reports are good,” said Assistant General Manager Bob Miller. “He’s worked hard and got in great shape. That helps.”
Edinson Volquez underwent Tommy John surgery in August. He hasn’t had any setbacks in his rehabilitation. [...]

The Reds announced today that a trade of Aaron Harang to the Los Angeles Dodgers are dead. They also have no plans to reopen talks with the Dodgers. The proposed trade was Harang and 10 million dollars to LA for RP George Sherrill and a top prospect.

The Reds have restructured third baseman Scott Rolen’s contract for 2010 and extended him through the 2012 season, the club announced Saturday. Rolen, 34, will receive $23.625 million over the next three seasons. Originally set to earn $11 million in 2010, he will now make $6 million instead and then receive $6.5 million per season [...]

Travis “Gookie” Dawkins was suspended by MLB for 50 games for violating the drug policy. He hasn’t played in the majors since the 2003 season. He was a Cincinnati Red 2nd round pick in 1997. He is currently playing in the Florida Marlin system.

The Cincinnati Reds resigned OF Laynce Nix to a minor league contract. Nix, 29, hit .239 this past season with a career-high 15 hrs, 26 doubles and 46 RBI in 309 at-bats for the Reds. He was hoping to capitalize on the decent numbers but was forced to settle for a minor league deal [...]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are pursuing the Reds’ Aaron Harang. And, the talks are getting serious. It is believed that the Reds want to players off of the Major League roster. No prospects! No names though have been made public yet.
I hope that we can pull the trigger on [...]

Outfielder Jonny Gomes said on Monday that he is willing to return to Cincinnati, even though the Reds did not offer him a contract before the deadline for arbitration eligible players.
Gomes is now a free agent. He played with Tampa Bay from 2003-08 before coming to the Reds last year, when he hit .267 with [...]