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Dozer and Amir: A love story between a Reds pitcher and his pit bull

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Four of the starters competing for the Reds’ final three rotation starts live in a house together in Arizona, but the king of the house has no shot at the team.

Between Amir Garrett, Robert Stephenson, Cody Reed and Sal Romano, there’s no shortage of talent or potential. But the one member of the house who garners the most attention is certainly the laziest of the four — and has the worst breath. It’s Dozer, Garrett’s eight-year-old pit bull.

“His breath stinks so bad,” Reed says over Dozer. “I tell Amir all the time.