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OFFSEASON PLAYER MOVEMENT

Player signed	Player lost
RHP Jimmy Haynes (re-signed)	RHP Jose Silva (released/Athletics*)
RHP Paul Wilson (free agent)	RHP Jared Fernandez (released/Astros*)
LHP Kent Mercker (free agent*)	LHP Shawn Estes (free agent/Cubs)
RHP Pete Harnisch (free agent*)	RHP Joey Hamilton (free agent/Cardinals)
INF Wilton Guerrero (free agent*)	RHP Brian Moehler (free agent/Astros)
RHP Jose Rijo (re-signed*)
LHP Felix Heredia (free agent*)
LHP Jimmy Anderson (free agent*)
Acquired via trade	Players traded
3B Tony Blanco, RHP Josh Thigpen (Red Sox)	2B Todd Walker
SS Felipe Lopez (Blue Jays)	RHP Elmer Dessens, cash (Diamondbacks)
*Minor-league deal

Complete List | 2002 Free Agents

Chen loses arbitration


	Chen

The Reds beat Bruce Chen in the first salary arbitration case this year, and the pitcher will make $700,000 this season instead of the $830,000 he asked for. Arbitrators Richard Bloch, Kenneth Perea and I.B. Helburn issued their decision Feb. 6, a day after hearing the case in St. Petersburg, Fla. General manager Jim Bowden and outside lawyer Mel Southard improved to 8-2 in arbitration cases. Five cases went to hearings last year -- matching 1997 for the fewest in 27 years of salary arbitration -- and owners went 4-1, raising their record to 254-192.

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Gammons: Strong will


	Griffey: 'I just want to play and win.'

For Ken Griffey Jr., the past two seasons could easily classify as a total nightmare. But with a slew of injuries and plenty of negativity hopefully behind him, Griffey is banking on having a big year in 2003. "I just want to come back, perform and let what I do on the field speak for itself," said Griffey. "... If people really think that I wanted to stay home and collect my checks the last couple of years, they have no idea who I am. Baseball is what I do, and it's what I love. … It's a 24-hour job to me."

SportsNation: Is Griffey a Hall of Famer?

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Graves closes three-year deal
Closer-turned-starter Danny Graves agreed to a three-year contract on Jan. 17, leaving the Reds with one player in salary arbitration. Graves made $3,525,000 last season, more than the entire starting rotation at the start of the season. His extension, contingent upon him passing a physical in Cincinnati on Jan. 20, will include a mutual option for 2006. Bruce Chen is the last Reds player who is eligible for arbitration. The Reds plan to use Graves as a starter this season. The 29-year-old right-hander went 7-3 with a 3.19 ERA in 68 games last season. He was the closer for the first 64 games, and made his last four appearances as a starter, going 1-0 with a 1.89 ERA.

Boone's move helps Larson | Wilson signs

Gammons: Marked for contention

GAMMONS: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

There are a lot of strange things that could happen in Cincinnati. How will Ken Griffey's relationship be with the coaching staff, knowing that manager Bob Boone personally tried to get Phil Nevin to accept the trade? Then there's the Boone issue. If they get off to a slow start, how long will it be before Bobby Valentine is the Reds' manager? Griffey is going to come back and do damage. For whom? Where? It should be in his hometown, for which he took what at the time was a sizeable discount.

NEWS AND NOTES

Former owner Marge Schott sued new owner Carl Lindner's Great American Insurance Co. on Feb. 3 over the seats she was given in the club's new ballpark, which opens March 31. Schott's lawsuit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court made public her dispute with Lindner, who bought control of the Reds from Schott in 1999. Commissioner Bud Selig urged Schott to drop her lawsuit in a letter.
Pete Rose will be inducted into the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame on Feb. 16, along with Dom DiMaggio, Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs -- - and the Splendid Splinter himself, the New York Daily News reported.
Danny Graves, Barry Larkin and Adam Dunn are all working out with Ken Griffey Jr. in Orlando, ESPN.com's Peter Gammons reported. In fact, Dunn is living at Griffey's house.
The Reds avoided salary arbitration with four players Jan. 16, agreeing to one-year contracts with RHPs Ryan Dempster and Scott Williamson, INF Aaron Boone and C Jason LaRue. Dempster will be paid $3.25 million next season and Williamson will get $1.6 million with a chance to earn an additional $400,000 in performance bonuses. Boone will get $3.7 million and LaRue will be paid $1.25 million.

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Riverfront of dreams ends as Cincy stadium demolished
The old Riverfront Stadium, where Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's home run record and Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's hitting record, was demolished Dec. 29 to make way for a Cincinnati Reds hall of fame.

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"I try not to torture myself. If you ask how many I feel I would have hit, I'd say I'd probably have 70 -- at the All-Star break."
– Former Red great George Foster, imagining how many home runs he could hit today

2002 NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL
TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis	97	65	.599	-
Houston	84	78	.519	13.0
Cincinnati	78	84	.481	19.0
Pittsburgh	72	89	.447	24.5
Chicago	67	95	.414	30.0
Milwaukee	56	106	.346	41.0
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AVG	T. Walker	.299
HR	2 tied @	26
RBI	A. Boone	87
RUN	A. Dunn	84
SB	A. Boone	32
WIN	J. Haynes	15
SV	D. Graves	32
ERA	E. Dessens	3.03
Complete Team Statistics: Batting \| Pitching


C	J. LaRue	ROTATION
1B	S. Casey	R. Dempster
2B	A. Boone	D. Graves
3B	B. Larson	J. Haynes
SS	B. Larkin	P. Wilson
LF	A. Dunn	P. Harnisch
CF	K. Griffey Jr.	CLOSER
RF	A. Kearns	S. Williamson

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Riverfront of dreams ends as Cincy stadium demolished The old Riverfront Stadium, where Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's home run record and Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's hitting record, was demolished Dec. 29 to make way for a Cincinnati Reds hall of fame.


Jan 18: Agreed to terms with pitcher Danny Graves on a three-year contract with a mutual option for 2006.
Jan 16: Signed pitcher Jimmy Anderson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Complete Team Transactions


No significant injuries.