I’m late to the party on this, but the Reds and baseball haven’t been occupying my mind too much lately.

Apparently, the Reds did have some money to spend this off-season. Instead of doing anything useful with it, like firing Dusty Baker, they opted to bring back a mediocre catcher for well above the league minimum.

So welcome back, Ramon Hernandez. Knowing Dusty, I imagine you’ll be taking time from productive players like Joey Votto as soon as the next season starts.