The Dodgers have released outfielder Andruw Jones after a disappointing debut season in Los Angeles. Disappointing is a HUGE understatement. Jones hit only .158 with three homers and 76 strikeouts in 209 at-bats in his only season with Los Angeles.

It was enough for the Dodgers to eat $21.1 million on Thursday when they said c-ya to the 31-year outfielder.

Should the Reds make a move for him? I don't see why they wouldn't. Trust me somebody is going too and it is going to be soon.

Now if Jones finds another job, the signing club will be responsible for only the Major League minimum salary offset ($400,000), with the Dodgers paying the rest. Speculation has centered on Jones returning to his original team, the Braves. Jones has been working out recently with former Braves teammates at Turner Field.

But David O'Brein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Braves' interest is tepid and, at best, Jones would have to sign a Minor League contract and win a job in Spring Training.

The Braves didn’t try to re-sign Jones following the 2007 season, when he won his 10th consecutive Gold Glove but hit just .222 with 26 homers and a .311 on-base percentage — a big dropoff after hitting .263 average with 92 homers and 257 RBIs during the 2005-2006 seasons.

It’s been a precipitous decline for the Curacao native, at an age — he’ll be 32 in April — when stars are usually still very productive. He has gone from 2005 major-league home run leader and National League MVP runner-up to colossal bust.

I'd take a shot on him if I were the Reds. Great American Ball Park would be a nice place for him to play as I eluded to him before. 

Where ever he lands it will be on a one-year deal and it will be his last chance.

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