SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr. has told the Seattle Mariners he will now accept a trade only to the Cincinnati Reds, the All-Star center fielder's agent says.

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The Reds withdrew from trade talks Saturday, well after the Mariners were informed of Griffey's latest decision, agent Brian Goldberg told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Sunday.

When Griffey first said he wanted to be traded to a club closer to his home in Orlando, Fla., he gave the Mariners a list of teams he would accept. As a player with at least 10 years in the majors and the last five with the same team, he has veto power over any trade involving himself.

"The main reason Junior's list has narrowed really is because the Mariners are pursuing us constantly about teams and situations not on the original list," Goldberg said. "(Griffey) doesn't like the misleading and the game-playing, so he decided to shut it down.

"The last two weeks, the Mariners have known their only option was Cincinnati."

Griffey's father, Ken Griffey Sr., spent most of his major league career with the Reds and is currently their bench coach.

Mariners general manager Pat Gillick has talked with five teams about Griffey since he arrived Friday at the winter baseball meetings in Anaheim, Calif., most recently on Sunday night with the New York Mets, the P-I reported.

Griffey's contract with the Mariners runs through the next season. He has said that if an acceptable trade is not arranged, he will stay with Seattle next summer and then become a free agent with the right to sign with any big league club.

"My hope is that if he goes back to Seattle, the media will allow him to concentrate on his job," Goldberg said. " I don't worry about Junior and I don't worry about the Mariners. Those two parties are fine with each other, and if people think otherwise they're just dead wrong."