Bronson Arroyo would love to re-sign with the Reds and finish out his career in Cincinnati, but baseball isn't always that easy.

The two sides have discussed a contract extension, but things haven't progressed.

"I talked about it very briefly in the offseason," Arroyo said. "The feeling I got was: 'Hey, we'd love to have you, Bronson.' I think everybody around would love to keep me here the rest of my career. But monetarily there's question marks there.

"I think that's the only question mark. Other than that, even if you have six guys here, there's no reason not to have some consistency."

When Arroyo refers to six, he's talking about the current five starters and Tony Cingrani. Cingrani is ready or very close to ready to be an effective big league starter.

"I don't know what their thoughts are in the future when it comes to money," Arroyo said. "Obviously money is a driving force on everything that goes on in the world. It's a tough situation. All I can do is keep pitching and try to win a ring with this ballclub."