TR #411: Tony Perez, Edwin Encarnacion, and Bean Burgers
The weirdest episode of The Riverfront in a while, featuring great stories about Votto, Encarnacion, and bean burgers.
Edwin Encarnacion: Revisionist History?
In case you missed it, former Red Edwin Encarnacion hit a walk-off home run in the American League wild card game on Tuesday night:
https://twitter.com/TimViper/status/783513422482829312
Over the last... Read More...
Defense: The New OBP
Defensive stats are now on the cutting edge. I particpated in a public AOL online discussion with baseball historian and statistical guru Bill James over 15 years ago about a new defensive metric he was propos... Read More...
Get Well Soon
To ex-Red, Edwin Encarnacion...Redleg Nation wishes him a speedy recovery.... Read More...
Redleg Nation Player of the Month – July 2009
Redleg Nation would like to congratulate our Player of the Month for July: Joey Votto.
Votto is the first two-time winner of the award in 2009, and his July was outstanding. Votto played in 27 games, hitting .... Read More...
Scott Rolen Trade Roundup
Let's round up the analysis of Walt Jocketty's big deadline trade....
--Baseball Prospectus, in a post they titled "The Worst Deadline Deal":
his was not good business for the Cincinnati ballclub. Rolenâ€â... Read More...
RN Trade Evaluation: Encarnacion, Rolen, and Hairston
I drew the short straw, and get to evaluate the Reds deadline deals.  After the trades, and last night's game, I barely have the strength.  I'm also leaving on vacation in a few hours, so I'm going to rel... Read More...
On Edwin Encarnacion
Okay, I admit it, I got a little worked up yesterday trying to defend Edwin Encarnacion. (I know, I shouldn't use "defend" and "Edwin Encarnacion" in the same sentence.)
I'm just continually amazed at how Red... Read More...