Reliever David Weathers and the Reds avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract for this year with a club option for 2010. 

--SS Alex Gonzalez has been given 100 percent clearance to play in 2009 after missing all of 2008 with a fractured knee. 

--SS Alex Gonzalez has been given 100 percent clearance to play in 2009 after missing all of 2008 with a fractured knee. 

For the eighth consecutive year, the Reds finished below . 

Reliever David Weathers and the Reds avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract for this year with a club option for 2010. 

Bobby Abreu is way too good to be dangling on the free-agent market. 

For the eighth consecutive year, the Reds finished below . 

--RHP David Weathers and the Reds avoided arbitration, coming to terms on a one-year contract worth $3. 

For the eighth consecutive year, the Reds finished below . 

--RHP David Weathers and the Reds avoided arbitration, coming to terms on a one-year contract worth $3. 

The Reds signed free agent outfielder Jonny Gomes, 28, to a minor league contract and invited him to their major league camp. 

The Reds signed free agent outfielder Jonny Gomes, 28, to a minor league contract and invited him to their major league camp. 

David Weathers and the Cincinnati Reds have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract that guarantees him $3. 

David Weathers and the Cincinnati Reds have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract that guarantees him $3. 

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network announced Tuesday that former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Rob Dibble will replace Don Sutton as the color analyst forWashingtonNationals games.