R.A. Dickey will be the starting pitcher Friday night, when Team USA opens the World Baseball Classic with a game against Mexico. Team USA manager Joe Torre has yet to announce the rest of his pitching plans, but suggested that Derek Holland will start Sunday against Canada. ...more

The Reds have a solid team that won 97 games a year ago and added talent over the winter. But it's been more than a decade since this franchise had back-to-back winning seasons, and nearly four decades since the Reds won two straight division titles. ...more

The Reds won 97 games last year, and were going to be division favorites again, without doing anything drastic. So why did they come to spring training with the idea of trying two big moves that could be read as drastic? ...more