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Alright guys, nice work. Felipe Lopez is now locked up for at least this year. You don't know how much of me was worried that he would get completely backshelved in order for them to tango with Adam Dunn, who is now the one guy left to negotiate with. Felipe deserved every dollar he asked for, after making mere peanuts (in MLB terms) for an All-Star caliber player last year.

On a sidenote, don't expect to see Paul Wilson in the same place he was last year on Opening Day. Although he's apparently healing well, whenever a player is not ruling out setbacks, and claims the injury came from wear and tear, that just means he's an out of shape guy who's going to take a long time to get back into shape. He claims that it didn't take much to get head trainer Mark Mann to go down to Florida early to work with him, but I don't really believe that. The Enquirer says he 'pleaded' while the Reds' site said it wasn't hard to convince him. I'll go with the former. Either way, I just hope he doesn't try to rush back, like last year when he definitely played through pain and made the whole situation worse.

Either way, Lopez is a good start, and Wilson should take his sweet time.