Mlb: Reds Hope to Get Back to Winning, Contend in Tough National League

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For the Cincinnati Reds, the last decade began with so much promise. They were coming off a 96-win season and had just added baseball's premier star, Ken Griffey Jr., with a new ballpark starting to rise.

Yet after a winning season in 2000, the Reds endured nine losing seasons in a row. As a new decade dawns, that might be about to change. Walt Jocketty, who helped build championship teams in Oakland and St. Louis, has been the Reds' general manager for nearly two years, and his team may be ready to make a move.

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Mlb: Reds Hope to Get Back to Winning, Contend in Tough National League

"My philosophy is you've got to win with pitching," Jocketty said last month in Goodyear, Ariz. "You win championships with pitching. That's what's going to give us a chance to be competitive for a long time."

In Johnny Cueto, Homer Bailey, Aroldis Chapman, Mike Leake and Travis Wood, the Reds are brimming with young rotation depth to go with the veterans Bronson Arroy...

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