Walk Jocketty (or Jockerty if you're Alan Cutler or George Grande) gets to remodel the Reds a bit in the off-season; not as much as we think, though, because several players will get increases.  Are those increases going to be the result of a higher payroll, or are they going to be paid with money coming off of the books (Griffey, Weathers, Dunn and more are free agents)?  This remains to be seen.

The Reds clearly need another starting pitcher and more offense.  More offense doesn't mean getting of your most productive hitter (Dunn).  It means adding onto the current offense.  Replacing Jr's bat with a CF who can hit would go a long way, and the rest of the lineup can really stay the same if we want an offensive boost.  Almost every team is hiding a bat in LF as the Reds are doing with Dunn because most LF simply don't play good defense.  You can cound the number of good defensive outfielders who also produce (over .850 OPS) on one hand.

I keep hearing catcher.  Is this really a problem?  David Ross is decent defensively and has a .397 OBP thus far.  Somehow, this guy has become patient at the plate.  It sure beats the opposite (an out).

You keep Dunn and Ross, and you upgrade CF while moving Bruce to RF.  Find a 5th starter as well.  If possible, deal Arroyo, Cordero and anyone else who is overpaid and overvalued to give you the flexibility that you need to make more moves.  Jarrod Burton has already shown that he can hold leads in the 8th, so there's no reason he can't do it in the 9th.