Greg Dafler, Author at Redleg Nation

Pittsburgh Pirates for the Third Time

06/17/2014

The Reds (33-35) head to Pittsburgh (34-35) for the third meeting of the year between these two clubs. Cincinnati has already taken five of seven against the Pirates this season and have favorable pitching matc... Read More...

Series Preview – Rainy Days Against the Cubs

Greg Dafler

04/28/2014

The 11-14 Reds return to Cincinnati after a brutal end to their 5-5 road trip to host the Chicago Cubs (8-16) in a 3-game series. The Cubs, who are still looking to win their first series this season, just snap... Read More...

Braves Series Preview

Greg Dafler

04/25/2014

The 11-11 Cincinnati Reds finish their 10-game road trip this weekend with a 3-game series against the 14-7 Atlanta Braves. The reigning NL East champs are currently in first place in the NL East with a 2.5 gam... Read More...

Returning to Where Last Season Ended

Greg Dafler

04/21/2014

The Cincinnati Reds (8-10) make their first trip of the 2014 season to the ballpark where their 2013 season ended, facing the Pittsburgh Pirates (8-11) in a four-game series. Since dropping 2 of 3 to Cincinnati... Read More...

Road Trip to Wrigley Field

Greg Dafler

04/18/2014

The 6-9 Cincinnati Reds head out of town for their second road trip of 2014 to take on the 4-10 Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are coming home in the midst of a 4-game losing streak. The Cubs have been particularly ... Read More...

Meet the M-E-T-S

Greg Dafler

04/04/2014

The Reds embark on their first road trip of 2014, heading to New York City to face off against the Metropolitans. The Mets are coming off back-to-back 74 win seasons with a challenge from their GM to win 90 gam... Read More...

Series Preview: Regular Season Finale

Greg Dafler

09/27/2013

As the Cincinnati Reds enter their final regular season series of 2013, the only thing left to decide for the Redlegs is where the Wild Card game will be played. Lose the series, and the team will make a day tr... Read More...

2013 Wild Card Roster Decisions

Greg Dafler

09/26/2013

For the Reds to play a best-of series in the 2013 playoffs, they'll have to win the 2nd Annual National League Coin Toss game, otherwise known as the Wild Card game. There's the obvious disadvantage to the non-... Read More...

Off-day Notes: Choo, Hamilton’s Speed, and Brennaman

Greg Dafler

09/20/2013

A lot of news from the Reds on their off day yesterday. -- First off was this captain obvious story: Jocketty wants to re-sign Choo next season. The article takes the angle of Choo's enthusiasm in playing for ... Read More...

Cincinnati Reds Pitching WAR

Greg Dafler

09/19/2013

The Reds have pitched the 2013 season with 20 different arms (compared to just 17 last year.) Eight different pitchers have made at least one start this year while another 12 were used exclusively in relief app... Read More...

Down on the Farm – 2013 Pitching

Greg Dafler

09/13/2013

Following up on yesterday's look at the 2013 offense, today we summarize the Reds minor league individual pitcher performances. To compile these pitching lists, I again limited it to players age 25 and younger... Read More...

Down on the Farm – 2013 Offense

Greg Dafler

09/12/2013

With the 2013 minor league seasons wrapped up, let's look at the top offensive performances of the Reds minor league prospects. The data below is from baseball-reference.com. The table summarizes the top 25 R... Read More...

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