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Originally Posted by Kingspoint

2010 Major League Club:

C Hernandez ($3M)
1B Votto (est $.48M)
2B Phillips ($6.75M)
3B Rolen ($7.67M)
SS Janish (est $.4M) or Free Agent
LF Dickerson (est $.44M)
CF Stubbs (est $.44M)
RF Bruce (est $.45M)
UI Sutton (est $.44M)
UO Heisey (est $.4M)

Mgr Baker ($3.5M)
GM Jockety (Est $1.5M)

---Alonso gets traded the 10-11 Winter for Starting Pitching as there's no place to play all of the people that should be playing. If something strange happens to Votto or Alonso, then Alonso doesn't get traded.

---Phillips gets traded between July 1st 2010 and December 15th 2010 for Starting Pitching

2011 Major League Club:

C Hanigan (est $.48M)
1B Votto (est $3M)
2B Valaika (est $.48M)
3B Rolen ($8.17M)
SS Cozart (est $.4M)
LF Stubbs (est $.48M)
CF Heisey (est $.44M)
RF Bruce (est $5M)
UI Francisco (est $.5M)
UO Frazier (est $.44M)

Mgr Sweet ($.8M)
GM Jockety (Est $1.5M)

----Rolen is traded for minor leaguers the winter of 11-12, and REDS eat 2/3rd's of his salary of $8.17M

2012 Major League Club:

C Hanigan (est $.53M)
1B Votto (est $5M)
2B Valaika (est $.53M)
3B Francisco (est $.48M)
SS Cozart (est $.44M)
LF Stubbs (est $.6M)
CF Heisey (est $.5M)
RF Bruce (est $3M)
UI Soto (est $.4M)
UO Frazier (est $.44M)

Mgr Sweet ($1M)
GM Jockety (Est $1.5M)

Other than Shortstop, I see no need to add any position players over the next 3 seasons. Mesoraco takes over as the Starting Catcher in 2013.

That 2011 and 2012 lineups are courtesy of Dan O'Brien and Wayne Krivsky and is loaded with talented players near the peaks of their career (Ages 25-30), while 1 or two years away from either Free Agency or Arbitration. The 2012 squad has a lot of experience on it.

I do think our Starting Pitching prospects throughout our organization is extremely weak and thin (another reason the Stewart/Roenicke for Rolen trade was illogical). I hope Alonso and Phillips are both traded for Starting Pitching. Hopefully, we can ride Cueto, Volquez and Wood for through 2015. But, that's too risky. We need again that much talent to get us through 2015, as two or three of the six (Wood, Cueto, Volquez and 3 others yet to be determined, but hopefully 2 will be obtained for Phillips, Alonso and Harang/Arroyo) will fail or get seriously injured. It would be a blessing if Buck or Thompson got healthy after their repeated setbacks and could pitch for the Major League club in 2011 and/or 2012.

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I don't understand why you have Heisey in CF rather than Stubbs (who is in LF) in 2011 and 2012- care to elaborate?