Mailing tickets
During a two-week stretch last April the Reds and Cubs played seven times. If you bracket off a 13-5 Cincinnati win, the Cubs slaughtered the Reds 55-7. Not a typo. Not the Ohio State-Rutgers football score. Th... Read More...
On Cincinnati’s abysmal pitching staff
Yes, we have known for a long time that Cincinnati's pitching has been brutal this year. Yes, this staff broke the record for most home runs allowed in a single season. Yes, they've been almost impossible to wa... Read More...
Fun with bullpen narratives
Narrative #1: The Reds have the worst bullpen in history.
For the first three months of the season, this was impossible to contest, whether you used old metrics or new fangled ones. Just a few weeks into the se... Read More...
The first half is over. Let’s move on.
The second half of the 2016 season began yesterday, and it couldn't have gotten here quickly enough, right? I'm sure you're all excited to see how the last 73 games of the season play out for the ol' Redlegs.
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Just how bad has the Reds’ bullpen been?
If you've watched a single second of a Reds game this year, you know just how bad the relief corps has been. Once the baseball is taken from the starter and the outfield gates open, fans are left holding their ... Read More...
Duvall, Straily, Suarez lead Reds to win
At one point during this four-hour game, George Grande, without the slightest bit of irony, uttered the cliché "never a dull moment in a baseball game." Turns out that clichés, in addition to being dull, ... Read More...
This Week on the Farm
The pitching reinforcements are just about ready to arrive. It may be just in time as recent rotation addition Jon Moscot (4.02 ERA) reported soreness in his non-pitching shoulder in last night’s sta... Read More...
It gets better, right?
Four Mets pitchers, starting with Matt Harvey (who Mets fans have nicknamed the Dark Knight), limited the Reds to two runs. They struck out 12 and walked only one. Meanwhile, Reds pitchers walked six and struck... Read More...
This Week on the Farm
Robert Stephenson got the call up to the big leagues again for another spot start and turned in a very nice performance. Stephenson was immediately sent back down to AAA Louisville to stop his service time ... Read More...
Bats bailout another bullpen bust
Solid performance by starting pitcher. Bullpen sets game on fire. Rinse, repeat. In this case, the bats - Brandon Phillips single, Jay Bruce single, Tucker Barnhart game-winning single - came through in the bot... Read More...
This Week on the Farm
Injuries and the recent changes on the big club have caused a bit of change to the top level roster.  Let's look at roster movements and check in on a few pitchers from each of the teams.
AAA Louisv... Read More...
Down on the Farm
Games Played on 9/1/2013
Minor League Player of the Day: Louisville RHP, Pedro Villarreal, threw 6 innings of shutout baseball against the Indians. He allowed only 2 hits, didn't walk a batter, and struck out ... Read More...