ON THE SIDELINES : Reds’ Browning Ponders Switch

Tom Browning, a mainstay of the Cincinnati Reds’ pitching staff, will look to another team if the Reds don’t agree to at least discuss giving him a five-year contract, his agent says.

The Reds say they have a policy against granting anything longer than a three-year pact.

Browning’s agent, Jim Bronner, says Browning wants to hear from the Reds but has already received five-year contract offers from two other teams. Bronner would not disclose the teams.

The Reds could still try to match offers from other teams to Browning, a free agent.