"I just talked to Walt Jocketty. He insists that the Reds have had no recent talks to with Oswalt.

""It's all rumors," he said. "I'm sick and tired of it. We've had no serious talks. We've had no contact with the player."

You know it's a buyers' market for starting pitching when it's less than two weeks from the start of spring training and Roy Oswalt is looking for a job, especially when Oswalt is willing to take a one-year deal for below market value.

As the list of teams not interested in Oswalt grows — the Cardinals added their name recently — it becomes more likely that he could fall to the Reds."