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Central Notes: Sizemore, Kendall, Reds, Votto

Here's a look at some items out of the Central divisions..

• Even though the outfielder has suffered yet another setback, Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com doesn't see the re-signing of Grady Sizemore as a mistake for the Indians.  The 29-year-old is set to earn $5MM with as much as $4MM in incentives in 2012.
• Jason Kendall enjoys serving as a coach for the Royals but still hopes to play again, writes Bob Dutton of The Kansas City Star.  The 37-year-old hasn't played since his stint with Kansas City in 2010.
• Reds CEO Bob Castellini also gave a solid endorsement of skipper Dusty Baker, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (via Twitter).  The manager is in the final year of his contract.
• Castellini says that there's mutual interest between the club and Joey Votto in completing a new deal, tweets Morosi.  The slugger has been tight-lipped on contract talks but acknowledged that they are something of a distraction.  Ben Nicholson-Smith recently wrote that it could cost as much as $160MM to keep Votto signed through 2020.
• Castellini also acknowledged that the club is active in talks with second baseman Brandon Phillips, Morosi tweets. 
• Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio wants to wrap up contract extensions for GM Doug Melvin and manager Ron Roenicke before Opening Day, writes Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.  Meanwhile, Attanasio didn't say much about free agents-to-be Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum.

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