Reds' pitcher Bronson Arroyo's comments last week about wanting to stay with the Reds and what it meant if the team traded him must have been heard as it appears that the right hander is off the market.

ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports, "The Reds have informed other clubs that they no longer are interested in trading pitcher Bronson Arroyo. Only the Yankees and Rockies were known to have demonstrated even mild interest, anyway. But Cincinnati apparently was finding that the $24 million Arroyo has coming through 2010 was going to keep it from getting any worthwhile return. And the Reds weren't particularly motivated to eat any sizable hunk of that salary. So Arroyo, who has been lobbying to stick around, will get to finish the season in Cincinnati. But he might not have heard the last trade rumor of his Reds career."

In fact the team appears rather quiet as the deadline approaches.  All of the Reds key trade chips -- Adam Dunn, David Weathers, David Ross, Affeldt, etc. -- seem likely to remain when Aug. 1 rolls around. The Reds haven't been too impressed with the offers they've gotten to this point, according to Mark Sheldon of MLB.com.

"I don't anticipate anything, unless somebody comes along with something that'll knock your socks off," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Right now, there are a lot of people wanting to take some of our guys. It's cherry picking time, and they won't give you a whole bunch back. They say, 'Well, we'll take the salary off your hands. We're going places.' But we're trying to go places, too."   

General manager Walt Jocketty has some decisions to make, but he doesn't appear pressed to dump to contracts. That is a refreshing approach. Look for some major roster shakeups to come in the off-season, but nothing appears imminent. 

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