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Cordero Cashes In With CincinnatiFrancisco Cordero has cashed in on his outstanding season. Cordero signed a four-year contract with the Reds on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Foxsports.com reported last week the deal is worth $49 million and includes a fifth-year club option which would bring the overall value of the contract up to $57 million. It is the largest four-year contract ever given to a closer, surpassing the $43 million deal Billy Wagner signed with the Mets on November 28, 2005. Cincinnati Reds Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Reds Reach Agrement With Closer CorderoThe Cincinnati Reds, making their first big acquisition of the Dusty Baker era, have reached a preliminary agreement with free-agent closer Francisco Cordero on a four-year, $46-million contract, major-league sources say. The deal, which is pending a physical, includes a club option for a fifth year that can bring the total value of the package to $57 million. The Brewers, who are on the verge of losing setup man Scott Linebrink to the White Sox, offered Cordero a four-year, $42 million contract, sources say. Cincinnati Reds Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Nuxhall, Youngest Player In MLB History, Dies At 79Joe Nuxhall, who was the youngest player in major league history and the beloved "old left-hander" on Cincinnati Reds' radio broadcasts, died overnight following a bout with cancer, the team said Friday. He was 79. Nuxhall's health problems multiplied in recent years but couldn't keep him away from the game or the broadcast booth for long. He had surgery for prostate cancer in 1992, followed by a mild heart attack in 2001. The cancer returned last February, when Nuxhall was preparing for the Reds' spring training in Sarasota, Fla. The broadcaster called some games last season even though his left leg was swollen by tumors. He was hospitalized again this week. He retired as a full-time radio broadcaster after the 2004 season, the 60th anniversary of his historic pitching debut. Cincinnati Reds Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Reds Nov 2007 Archive
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