Jayson Stark is reporting that when two clubs recently contacted Cincinnati Reds General Manager, Walt Jocketty, about the possibility of becoming trade partners they were given a list of “untouchables” from the Reds roster.

Jay Bruce

This one was pretty obvious.

Bruce may be, if it were up to me, the only person on such a list! Jay has done it all so far during his short MLB career.

He started out blistering every pitch thrown his way only to fall into a deep slump where he couldn’t make contact if the pitch were tossed under handed to him!

Now, it seems, he is starting to figure everything out again and it shows by the line drives he’s been spraying all over the field.

This kid is the future of the Cincinnati Reds organization and there is zero chance they’ll get rid of him.

Edinson Volquez

Again, like with Bruce, this one was pretty obvious.

Edinson was lights-out during the majority of the first half of the 2008 season and may end up being the starting pitcher for the NL in this year’s All-Star game.  The Reds picked him up in an off-season trade-involving Rule five drafts pick Josh Hamilton.

Edinson has come back down to Earth a little in his last couple of starts by getting roughed up by the Toronto Blue Jays and then not exactly dominating the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He certainly has shown the ability to be “the guy” to lead this rotation for many years and one would expect Cincinnati to hang on to this kid for as long as possible.

Johnny Cueto

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