MVN: Most Valuable Network

Yes, I know Matt Holliday has been traded from the Rockies to the A's so the Reds will not have him in 2009 like many had hoped.  However, he has not, and probably will not, sign an extension so it's a one-year deal. 

Now, allow me to dream again. 

For the Reds to have gotten Holliday this year, it would have cost them AT LEAST Johnny Cueto and perhaps Juan Francisco.  The Reds would have been pretty foolish to do that.

So here's the scenario.  The Reds do nothing major this off-season and allow Cueto to get another year under his belt along with Volquez, Arroyo, and a healthy Aaron Harang setting up as one of the best rotations in the National League.

If the Reds are a year away like John Erardi and Paul Daugherty both say, then the year for the Reds to spend on a big name free agent would be for the 2010 season.  And Matt Holliday would look awfully nice in left field playing FOR Johnny Cueto instead of hitting against him as a Colorado Rockie.  Don't you think?

Am I dreaming?  Probably.  I'll admit.  BUT...you just never know.