Reliever Jose Arredondo will receive $2 million under his two-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds. The deal, announced by the Reds last week, calls for the right-hander to receive salaries of $800,000 this year and $1.2 million in 2013. Arredondo made $480,000 last season, when he went 4-4 with a 3.23 ERA in 53 appearances around two stints on the disabled list.

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So does Prince Fielder signing with the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday afternoon qualify as déjà vu all over again? You bet your sweet Seger it does. Not only is the hefty first baseman heading to the city where his father … Continue reading →

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There have been many great home run hitters born in Ohio . Home of the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians, this state has two MLB teams and is the birthplace of over 1,000 MLB players. Here’s a look at the top 10 home run hitters with a hometown in Ohio.

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The summer of 1990 was a heady time for me as a maturing Cincinnati Reds fan. Not only was I 18 years old and filled with the spirit of unlimited promise that the certitude of young adulthood imparts, but my beloved Redlegs were in the midst of a wire-to-wire run that would…

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Those of us hoping for at least one more year of the current playoff structure — and preferably decades more — seem unlikely to get our wish based on comments commissioner Bud Selig made to the assembled media at SoxFest … Continue reading →

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Those of us hoping for at least one more year of the current playoff structure — and preferably decades more — seem unlikely to get our wish based on comments commissioner Bud Selig made to the assembled media at SoxFest … Continue reading →

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Right-handed reliever Nick Masset has agreed on a two-year, $5.5 million deal with the Cincinnati Reds, avoiding salary arbitration. Masset gets a base salary of $2.4 million this year and $3.1 million in 2013. The deal includes performance bonuses and an escalator for his 2013 base salary if he reaches certain goals.

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The Reds acquired infielder Wilson Valdez from the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league pitcher Jeremy Horst on Wednesday, another move to add depth to their bench. The Reds also announced that they had signed utility player Willie Harris, a free agent from the Mets. Valdez, 33, has played six seasons in the majors with the White Sox, Mariners, Padres, Dodgers, Mets and Phillies.

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The Reds have reached agreement on a two-year deal with right-handed reliever Jose Arredondo, their last player left in salary arbitration. The Reds signed the 27-year-old pitcher to a minor league deal in January 2010, knowing he would likely have reconstructive elbow surgery a few weeks later. He spent the whole year on the disabled list.

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In the span of a week, the Detroit Tigers and their championship-starved owner Mike Ilitch went from figuring out a short-term fix to Victor Martinez’s season-ending left knee injury to a franchise-changing acquisition. Now, Prince Fielder is a physical away from driving to the…

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