The Reds were relatively unproductive from the leadoff spot last year. Yet they led the league in just about every important offensive category. While I don't have stats handy to back this up, I would posit that the bottom part of the order was very much relatively productive. It seems Hanigan, Hernandez, Stubbs, Bruce, etc. all produced runs effectively in the 6-8 holes. All of the talk of moving Stubbs to leadoff would affect this production.
Moving Phillips out of the cleanup spot just happened to coincide with the Reds starting to play some good offensive baseball. I think Phillips belongs at the top of the order (1 or 2, I don't care which) and Stubbs should bat lower in the order. And don't bend over trying to find a leadoff hitter. Via last year's example: if it ain't broke.........