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| | Cincinnati Reds, Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians - CBS SportsLine.com |
 | | The Reds are in embarrassing financial straits despite opening a new ballpark last year, and their pitching cupboard isn't exactly overstocked. |
 | | He was only 14 months off of ligament replacement surgery on his elbow -- the operation was June 25, 2002 -- he was tiring, and he's so important to their future that the Reds didn't want to take any chances. |
 | | He has looked good, and Lord knows the Reds have rotation spots open, but the way they figure it, if Claussen blows them away over the next few weeks, great, he'll be one of the five starters they take north with them. |
| cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/7164912 (1998 words) |
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