What a difference a year makes.Twelve months ago, I nearly scrapped my annual spring training pilgrimage to Goodyear. This year, however, I couldn't wait to return to Arizona to witness the new-look Reds in person.
Good start to the brief 3-game home stand. The Brewers' starting pitcher tonight didn't make it through the 2nd inning. Maybe they should have offered a little more for Matt Harvey.
Cincinnati Reds 9 (57-75)Â... Read More...
Breathe in, hold for five seconds, and…release. Woosah.
What a wild first half for the Reds. After starting the year 3-18 (kind of hard to believe, right?) they battled back and finished the first half... Read More...
White Sox 12, Reds 8
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Good Things that Are Good
The offense, in general was pretty excellent. Again. Special awards to Eugenio Suarez for reaching base three times with a hom... Read More...
Since I last wrote an overarching column, the Reds blew up everything, sending down Amir Garrett, Cody Reed, and Rookie Davis. That undoubtedly makes the Louisville rotation much better, but things are a lit... Read More...
The adage that bad news comes in threes has a new application in the age of Twitter. Witness three Reds beat writers dutifully tweeting out this bad, terrible, awful news:
https://twitter.com/ZachENQ/status/84... Read More...
Dan Straily has a certain ceiling. Today we saw just about his best game. Straily has proven to be a serviceable starting pitcher when the Reds needed one. But it's hard to see him being one of the best five st... Read More...
The Reds have managed 4 runs in the past 32 innings. They've scored 3 or fewer in 8 of their last 9 games. Francisco Liriano had walked 17 batters in 21 innings this year, but the Reds failed to draw one in ... Read More...