Earlier today, Francisco Rodriguez said to reporters:
“Whatever happened is in the past… You have to move forward… I don’t want to make any controversy, but with me and Putz and the additions in the bullpen, I feel like now we are the team to beat.”
Rodriguez doesn’t expect there to be any problem with him and [...]

Mark Sheldon at MLB.com is reporting that RHP Francisco Cordero has officially signed with the Reds.
Sheldon writes…
“Terms were not revealed, but a baseball source told MLB.com that the deal was worth $46 million in guaranteed money, with a fifth-year option worth an additional $12 million.
In terms of guaranteed money, Cordero’s contract is the largest ever [...]

Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News, citing ’sources in Milwaukee,’ reports the Reds and free-agent RHP Francisco Cordero have agreed to a four-year, $46 million deal.
Cordero, who pitched for the Brewers last season, was 44-for-51 in save chances and had a 2.98 ERA in 66 appearances in 2007.

Brewers GM Doug Melvin wants to keep free-agent RHP Francisco Cordero, who is a free-agent this off season, writes Tom Haudricort in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
The 32-year-old Cordero converted 44 of 51 save opportunities in 2007 while compiling a 2.98 ERA in 66 appearances.
However, accordingly to Haudricort, Melvin and Cordero’s agent, Bean Stringfellow, have agreed not to negotiate before Nov. [...]