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Joey Votto has been activated, and he is expected to be back in the lineup tonight. He is not completely healthy and does not expect to be for the rest of this season, but Votto is still regarded as one of the league's best pure hitters -- mayb...

Blog | September 05, 2012

The Cincinnati Reds are getting Joey Votto back, and this certainly is a good thing. But, as Buster Olney writes, it also puts manager Dusty Baker in a tough position.

Blog | Conversation | September 05, 2012

The presumption among rival executives last fall was that the Cincinnati Reds would deal Joey Votto before his trade value declined too much. Cincinnati was at a crossroads in deciding what to do with a young star who is a worthy heir to the legacy o...

Blog | April 03, 2012

Buster Olney writes that last fall, the Cincinnati Reds were at a crossroads with Joey Votto. The club had to decide whether to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in him or prepare for his departure. On Monday, Cincinnati finalized that decision.

Blog | Conversation | April 03, 2012

Buster Olney provides a slew of notes from the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America dinner Saturday night, including Joey Votto cracking wise at Albert Pujols' expense, Bernie Williams jamming, and jokes about Brian Cashman.

Blog | Conversation | January 23, 2011