If you’re like me, you love thinking back fondly on all the great memories of the great Reds teams from 2010. And now, you can relive them thanks to Fox Sports Ohio and Reds Rewind.

FOX Sports Ohio will televise five (5) Reds games from the unforgettable 2010 season. FOX Sports Ohio debuts the return of this entertaining series Thursday, February 3rd at 7pm, with new episodes every Thursday.

Here are the five games you can look forward to seeing again, for the first time.

• February 3: June 6, 2010 – Reds at Washington Nationals. After trailing 2-1 at the top of the 9th, Scott Rolen pinch hits a 2-run HR to take the lead. The Nationals tie it up in the bottom of the 9th, but Drew Stubbs hits an RBI single in the 10th to win.
• February 10: July 4, 2010 – Reds at Chicago Cubs. FOX Sports Ohio and the Reds salute our troops during this blowout game when the Reds beat the Cubs 14-3 with 16 hits. Drew Stubbs hit 3 HR and had 5 RBI.
• February 17: July 17, 2010 – Reds vs. Colorado Rockies. Edinson Volquez returns to pitch 6 innings, striking out 9 Rockies for the 8-1 win at Great American Ballpark.
• February 24: August 31, 2010 – Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers. This memorable game features the debut of Aroldis Chapman. The Reds defeat the Brewers 8-4 at Great American Ballpark.
• March 3: September 28, 2010 – Reds vs. Houston Astros. Jay Bruce’s walk-off HR gives the Reds a 3-2 victory over the Astros and clinches the NL Central title.

All joking about the silliness of being nostalgic about last year aside, this will be a great way to whet the appetite for baseball this season. I’m hoping for even more awesome moments than last year.

The Cincinnati Reds have avoided arbitration with right-hander Johnny Cueto by signing him to a four-year, $27 million contract. This deal will take care of Cueto’s contract situation for all of his arbitration years plus one year of free agency.

It’s the deal that we wanted for Joey Votto, though I’m pretty darn happy to have it for Cueto as well.

Maybe the most surprising part of all is that it is announced on Reds.com the same day that it appeared in other news media:

Cueto and the Reds have reached agreement on a four-year, $27 million contract extension, according to a report on ESPNDeportes.com on Thursday night. The Reds did not immediately confirm the report, which said the agreement is pending a physical examination.

It’s an exciting time for the team. They’ve been growing these players for ever-so-long, and now we’re getting to enjoy the fruits of their labor as all these pieces come together at the same time. Could be a helluva year.

John Fay reported the numbers that both the Cincinnati Reds and the arbitration-eligible players Johnny Cueto and Edinson Volquez submitted.

The Reds offered Johnny Cueto $3 million. He countered at $3.9 million. Remember, John Danks, who I mentioned as a comparable, he settled last year for $3.45 million.

The Reds offered Edinson Volquez $1.3 million. He countered at $2 million.

Clearly, the two parties aren’t too far apart. I’ve never seen the Reds not sign their players when the discrepancy is less than a million.

Bill Bray is the latest arbitration-eligible Red to sign a contract with a team without the dreaded hearings. Bray signed a one-year contract for $645,000.

Bray may be best known for how he came to the Reds, as a piece of the infamous Trade that general manager Wayne Krivsky pulled in 2006. All the other players received have long since departed, leaving Bray with the dubious distinction as the last man standing.

Bray joins Jay Bruce (story), Jared Burton (story), and Joey Votto (story) as arbitration-eligible players the Cincinnati Reds have signed this off-season. That leaves just two players for the Reds to sign: Johnny Cueto and Edinson Volquez.

Numbers were to be exchanged today, so it’s likely we’ll be hearing how far apart the players and the teams are soon.

Joey Votto apparently is healthy and was able to pass his physical today, so the Cincinnati Reds made official their 3-year, $38 million deal with him.

Unlike the Edgar Renteria signing, Votto’s managed to be completed just one day after leaking onto the internets. That’s 3 days faster!

The deal covers all of Votto’s arbitration years, but surprisingly does not include any free agent years. Typically, at least one free agent year is included in deals like this. The Jay Bruce deal includes multiple free agent years. Votto would have been with the Reds anyway during that time, but signing a deal allows him to escape the arbitration years and make much closer to market-value each year, even if he has an off one. But what’s in it for the Reds? The only thing I’ve seen mentioned is the certainty of knowing how much Votto will actually cost. You know, to make the accountant’s math easier. As Mark Sheldon writes, “Cincinnati is getting the benefit of cost certainty for a key player whose price tag could really escalate if he backs up his MVP season with another spectacular year in ’11.”

The Reds will save some money over the course of the deal, assuming Votto continues his MVP-caliber ways. The details of how the $38 million is divided among the three years is yet to be divulged.