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From CBS Sports:

Rookie 1B Joey Votto’s poor spring for Cincinnati probably cost him an opening-day start. Votto hit .206 in 63 at-bats while Scott Hatteberg batted .386 in 57 at-bats. “I was trying to give him the opportunity to win the job because he has big-time talent and skills,” Baker said. “Still, you’re in a prove-it job.” Hatteberg, a steady but unspectacular veteran, batted .310 with 10 homers and 47 RBI last season. He didn’t play much in the closing weeks of the season while the Reds tried rookie Joey Votto at first base. Hatteberg has value in NL-only leagues, but his lack of pop at a position full of it makes him a low-end, last-resort option on Draft Day. Besides, Votto likely has enough potential to unseat him at some point this season.

From Rotoworld:

Reds manager Dusty Baker wouldn’t say Saturday whether Joey Votto or Scott Hatteberg would start at first base. “We’re trying to give him [Votto] an opportunity to win the job … but we still don’t know. [We're] still in an earn-it, prove-it job,” Baker said. Except nothing either player could have done in March would have proven anything.

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