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Walt Jocketty called from the Winter Caravan bus on the way from Bloomington to Indianapolis. The Reds are still talking to both Orlando Cabrera and Jonny Gomes.

Cabrera is weighing an offer.

“We’re waiting to hear,” Jocketty said. “We should know in the next day or two.”

The Reds can offer Cabrera a chance to play shortstop. That’s not the case with the other club reportedly involved, the Colorado Rockies.

“I’m not sure how they’d use him,” Jocketty said.

He, no doubt, pointed that out to Cabrera’s representatives. There’s no deadline on the Reds’ offer to Cabrera.

“I don’t like to do that to guys,” Jocketty said.

He didn’t expect the deal to be completed tonight.

Jocketty confirmed that the offer to Gomes is a minor league deal. The Reds have the full 40 on the 40-man roster.

“I talked to (Gomes’) agent a little while ago,” Jocketty said. “Hopefully, we can get something worked out.”
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