Mike Stanton

I generally dislike deals for 39 going on 40 year old players.  But in the short-term, an old one-out lefty-type guy like Stanton is not a terrible signing, it just seems a bit uninspired.  Chris Hammond was tried and flamed out last year, but that has not stopped the Reds from trying.  Add Stanton to Bill Bray and overpriced Rheal Cormier and you see a decent (although not superior) lefty stable.  Now it is a matter of finding some right-handers to go with Todd Coffey--hopefully, something creative can be done here that doesn't involve any other geriatrics.