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Today's Baseball America Hot Sheet has Jay Bruce ranked #8.
One could be forgiven for wondering how it is that the best prospect in the land could hit .325 with power in ... Read More...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Reds Pitching in April
One month is down and while the Reds record wasn't very good, that really can't be blamed too much on the pitching staff. How long has it been since the Reds could say that?
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Baseball America Hot Sheet
Baseball America is back with it's weekly Hot Sheet. Dayton Dragons' shortstop Todd Frazier and the Louisville Bats' Homer Bailey make appearances at numbers 3 and 4. On Frazier:
The No. 1 prospect in the Pione... Read More...
More on Homer
Alex Eisenberg writes scouting reports for Hardball Times and Baseball Intellect. He always does interesting pieces that include video to show people what he's talking about. When he says something like "better... Read More...
Is Corey Patterson good for the Reds?
I’ve noticed a lot of people complaining about Corey Patterson being a Cincinnati Red. I was at BW3’s near UD last night after a class and when he came up against Gagne in the 9th, a few guys to m... Read More...
Reds Minor Leaguer getting some love
Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus mentions Reds minor league third baseman Juan Francisco in his latest "Future Shock" column (subscription needed but it's worth it with BP):
Last year, as a 20-year-old pr... Read More...
Johnny Cueto’s first start
The Major League Baseball website has a gameday tool that is great to "watch" a live game with and fun to go back and recap how things happened in the game. Following Johnny Cueto’s dominant first start,... Read More...
Who is Mike Lincoln?
Mike Lincoln is one of the new relievers for the 2008 Reds. He was signed on February 5th of this year to a minor league contract and invited to spring training. After posting a 5.25 ERA in 12 spring training i... Read More...
Who is Edinson Volquez? Part 3
Redleg Nation is taking a look at our young hurler Edinson Volquez. Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. The Reds traded Josh Hamilton for him and he's earned a rotation spot for the 2007 Reds. So what can we exp... Read More...
Who is Edinson Volquez? Part 2
Redleg Nation is taking a look at Edinson Volquez. Part 1 is here. The Reds traded Josh Hamilton for him and he's earned a rotation spot for the 2007 Reds. So what can we expect from Volquez? We're taking a loo... Read More...
Who is Edinson Volquez? Part 1
Who is Edinson Volquez? Welcome to the first installment of Redleg Nation's three-part series about the young hurler who is making his Reds debut in 2008.
A fair amount has been written about him since the Red... Read More...
Reds prospects in the news…
Jay Bruce shows up on Baseball America's Hot Sheet again. This time, at #4.ÂÂ
The 20-year-old Bruce is proving with each promotion that there's little he can't do. After slumping upon arrival in the Internati... Read More...