Reds Positions to Overhaul: Catcher
There are a few areas of the lineup the Reds need to prioritize in their offseason remodel, beginning with the catcher position.
A Reds Fan’s Guide to the 2017 MLB Post-season
The 2017 MLB post-season is upon us and, alas, our beloved Cincinnati Reds did not qualify for any hot playoff action this year. Yesterday, our staff here at Redleg Nation made our playoff predictions, and you ... Read More...
Where have all the (1st round) draft picks gone?
Let’s go back roughly fifteen years ago. The year was 2003. The Reds finished the season 69-93, fifth in the NL Central, and had guys like Jimmy Haynes, Jose Guillen, and Austin Kearns manning the leaky ... Read More...
Irregularly Scheduled Rain Delay: Welcome to Draft Day
I love the MLB Draft, which is a weird sentence to write because the MLB Draft is universally regarded as the most anti-climactic of all the professional sports drafts. It's just reading names that will likely ... Read More...
Is the future as bright as we were led to believe?
Most of this was recently posted on Lance McAlister's blog (I've added some numbers and some of Lance's numbers might be a bit off b/c of the delay in posting this):
Louisville Bats/International League rankin... Read More...
Interesting
It appears that our old friend Yasmani Grandal has been suspended for fifty games by MLB for "a positive test of testosterone." Make of that what you will.... Read More...
Dear Walt
Dear Walt,
We’ve been bad. We’ve been petty. Okay, we’ve been downright unreasonable. We’ve called you names. Joke-etty. Mr. Crickets. We admit it.
You came to Cincinnati with some... Read More...
Latos trade puts Reds in win-now mode
I'm not sure if you've heard or not, but the Reds made a pretty big trade over the weekend, and people disagree strongly on the question of whether or not it was a good deal. Some people don't think Mat Latos i... Read More...
Yonder Alonso traded for Mat Latos
According to several sources on twitter, the Reds have traded 1B Yonder Alonso to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Mat Latos. Latos went 9-14 last season with a 3.47 ERA and 185 strikeouts. He was 14-10... Read More...
Ya think?
Ken Rosenthal demonstrates an astute command of the obvious in this piece for Fox, entitled "Reds need to pull trigger on trade." Ya think?
Joking aside, it's actually a fairly interesting piece:
“We ha... Read More...
Baseball America: Top 10 Reds’ Prospects
Baseball America released their top ten list of Reds prospects today. Here they are:
1. Devin Mesoraco, c
2. Billy Hamilton, ss
3. Yonder Alonso, 1b/of
4. Yasmani Grandal, c
5. Zack Cozart, ss
6. Daniel Corcino... Read More...
Down On The Farm
Games Played on 09/05/11
Minor League Players of the Day: Louisville 1B Neftali Soto: He went 2 for 3 with a HR and a BB.
AAA
Louisville 5 - Indianapolis 2
Neftali Soto went 2 for 3 with a HR and a BB. D... Read More...