"Joey Votto doesn't want to play leftfield. He'd rather stay at first base, where he has worked hard and diligently at becoming a decent defensive player. For that, he's suddenly Benedict Arnold.

He's not a Team Player. Votto is selfish and unreasonable and probably puts ketchup on his scrambled eggs. This is the local drift, now that Yonder Alonso has shown conclusively that he is not a ballerina in left field.

It's ridiculous, of course. Votto has never admitted to putting ketchup on his scrambled eggs.

But seriously ...

Votto should stay put. This isn't a Votto problem. It's a Reds problem. They made a dumb draft pick, unless they figured Bud Selig would realign them to the American League, where Alonso could DH and pose no threat to himself or anyone else. As it is, the Reds drafted No. 1 a player who doesn't have a position. No one has mentioned that Alonso isn't a great first baseman, either. Moving Votto from first to left weakens the Reds in two spots."