From Hal:

The Cincinnati Reds are set to announce, probably late this afternoon, the addition of three top-notch front office people.

General manager Walt Jocketty confirmed this morning to The Dayton Daily News that he has hired Cam Bonifay, Mike Squires and Jamie Quirk.

They are additions and there are no substractions.

Bonifay and Squires will become special assistants to the general manager and Quirk will be a pro scout with additional duties as directed by Jocketty.

You may remember Bonifay as the GM of the PIttsburgh Pirates from 1993 to 2001.  There he developed a pleasant reputation for giving big money to not so great players. 

After that he worked for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as their director of player development and scouting until 2005.  While there, the Durham Bulls won 3 straight International League Titles.  They also drafted BJ Upton, Elijah Dukes, Delmon Young, and Andy Sonnanstine, as well as a couple of others who did not sign like Jacoby Ellsbury and Andrew Miller.  I'm not completely sure what role he played in their drafts, but it looks like it was a mix of good and bad, with only Upton being the clear success so far.

It'll be interesting to see if we hear much from Bonifay or the previously hired Bill Bavasi.  Neither has a very good track record as a GM, but that doesn't mean they won't be useful.  Hopefully Walt won't let them muck things up like they did at their previous jobs.