The Reds are moving Aroldis Chapman from the role of closer to the starting rotation for the 2013 season.

Cincinnati will move very carefully as Chapman's job changes.

"I think regardless of where people stand on the question, I think the days of hiking a pitcher's innings number by 50 or 60 or 80 innings in today's standards would be considered irresponsible," Reds pitching coach Bryan Price said. "We're going to be very conscientious of that.

"However, we haven't set any exact numbers or even gotten to the point of naming our starting rotation. If we were to move forward with Chappy in the rotation, there will have to be some creativity involved in how we do it. That will be a challenge, but a challenge we're up to."