Jonny Gomes News

The Reds came, they saw and they left the Winter Meetings without making any major moves.

We just completed our session with Walt Jocketty. We did it early because he has to be at the scout of the year banquet.

The Winter Meetings in Indy end tomorrow with the Rule V draft. Here's a recap the deals and other news that broke yesterday, much of which was disussed in yesterday's open thread: - Walt Jocketty had some discussions with the Rangers about "a hitter, shortstop depth and pitching depth." but nothing sounds close.

SHORTSTOP: The Reds are perfectly content with Paul Janish's glove and spectacular defensive ability.

As he gathered with reporters on Tuesday inside the Reds' hotel suite at the Winter Meetings, general manager Walt Jocketty immediately summed up the bottom line of the day.

Although the Reds are working on a budget and are not expected to make a huge splash at the Winter Meetings, general manager Walt Jocketty is still optimistic something would get done.

At least publicly to those who are not general managers of the baseball world, the Reds have been one of the mystery teams of the Hot Stove season.

One of the things the Reds general manager has to do every year at Redsfest is face the fans.

In October while at his locker to pack up his belongings for the offseason, Chris Dickerson wasn't sweating the muddled picture that is currently the Reds 2010 outfield.

This is the fifth report card I have given out to the starting players for the Cincinnati Reds.

The Cincinnati Reds tapped a familiar source on Friday, Nov. 20, adding seven former Dayton Dragons to their 40-man roster.

Jonny Gomes can mash the ball. But he may be the Reds' worst fielder, which cuts deeply into his value.

What are the chances of the Reds re-signing Jonny Gomes and Laynce Nix? If they don't, who will be the everyday left fielder? -- Riley H., Fort Loramie, Ohio One of the bigger offseason decisions facing the front office is whether to offer either Gomes or Nix arbitration.

CINCINNATI -Re-signing Ramon Hernandez not only fills a hole for the Reds, it sends a signal that the budget might not be as tight as has been speculated.

I got week's worth of questions in a couple of hours after the previous post. They were popping in while I read a two-month-old People in a doctor's waiting room.

It has now been 14 years since the Cincinnati Reds and their fans last felt the excitement of postseason baseball.

Hal McCoy, the hall-of-fame baseball writer for the Dayton Daily News, knows a thing or two about America's pastime.

Owings home run off of Ryan Franklin to tie the game on Mother's Day was one of the biggest highlights of this past season.

Hall o' Famer Hal thinks the LaRussa and Duncan rumors are crazy In short, he says St Louis is too good and Cincinnati too bad a situation for it to happen.

Could Dusty be the next victim of Banana Bob's storied impatience? I think most of us figured it was a foregone conclusion that Dusty Baker would be back with the team next year But there are rumblings that Banana Bob could ditch him to complete his secret master plan of recreating the Reds in the image of the early-2000's Cardinals .