Loading ...Congrats to three of our favorite Louisville Bats:
Bats infielders Joey Votto and Jeff Keppinger along with left-handed pitcher Phil Dumatrait were today named to the International League team for the 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game. The game will be played Wednesday, July 11 at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Votto, 23, is hitting .311 with nine home runs and 41 runs batted in. His .417 on-base percentage is third in the IL. From May 4 – June 20, Votto reached base in 42 consecutive games, the second longest streak in the IL this season. Last week he was named to the World Team for the 2007 All-Star Futures Game in San Francisco.
Keppinger is leading the IL with a .359 batting average and has hit safely in 43 of the 49 games he has appeared in for Louisville. The 27-year-old has played in three games with Cincinnati this year, batting .250 with the Reds. Keppinger has started at first base, second base, third base and left field for the Bats this season. He is tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with fellow All-Star Votto at 23 apiece.
The 25-year-old Dumatrait is tied for fourth in the IL with seven wins. He leads the Bats pitching staff in games started with 16 and his 88 1/3 innings pitched are good for fifth in the IL. Dumatrait was named Louisville Pitcher of the Month for April went he went 4-0 with a 0.63 ERA.
The 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN2, pitting the International League All-Stars against the Pacific Coast League All-Stars.
Mark July 11 on your calendar. I already have.
Wait, tell me again, why is Juan Castro on our team instead of Keppinger? And Victor Santos instead of Dumatrait?
The Reds really should bring up all three, plus Livingston within the next month.
Hopefully they start trading the players that don’t figure to be in the 2009 plans (i.e., Conine, Hatteberg, Lohse, Griffey (sadly needed), LLM, etc.) very soon.
The youth movement should have begun already. While I agree that it’s time to move junior, these last few weeks make it unlikely. There’s a very real chance Junior will get to 600 this year. I feel safe in saying that management wants this to happen while he’s in a Reds uni. it will be the only thing after mid-August that will put butts in the seats at GABP.
Wait, tell me again, why is Juan Castro on our team instead of Keppinger?
Why, it’s Juan’s radiant ex-Twinness, of course.
Junior goes no where this year. Look at the ad campaign they are rolling out around 600
I don’t think Junior goes anywhere, and I don’t think Junior or Dunn should go anywhere.
Carlos Fisher was added to the AA All-Star Team according to the Lookout’s website.
Speaking strictly from a baseball perspective, Junior should definitely be traded. He’ll be 38 in November and he’s not on HGH, so you have to figure his power will drop off soon and fast.
I think that they would be able to get a couple of top prospects given his production this season and the marketing/pr effect from acquiring him. With that said, I’d be VERY SURPRISED if he’s traded. He’s too big of a money maker for the Reds, especially with 600 around the corner.
I think that they would be able to get a couple of top prospects
CRF, I agree that Junior should be traded, but with his injury history, age and contract, salary relief is probably the best we can hope for. We might get some prospects with potential at A-ball in the package, but prospects at A-ball aren’t really prospects. Too much can happen.
And remember, Jr is a 10-5 guy now, so he has to approve any trade.
Junior gets 600 plus HR’s as a Red and in the off-season agrees to be traded to the Mariners for a couple AA pitching prospects. It’s time.
But other than the feel-good vibe, why would the Mariners want him? Both Grover’s and Bavasi’s jobs are on the line and that $16.5M can be better spent.
At least there is some hope in the Minors.
Justin, I think it’s a real positive that there are finally some legitimate pitching prospects in the upper minors. How many times have we heard great things about new draftees, then never see them get out of A-ball. Ty Howington? Chris Gruler? Now the team has some good, young starters and relievers in AA and AAA that should be knocking on the door soon.
I thik it is time to get Livingstone up here now so he gets big league innings and move Loshe. Harang..Bailey, Arroyo and Belisle look good to build around. Livingstone will bring in youth and inexpensive pitching and he is very good. i have been imporessed by his recent strings of outings and he did get a win in the Majors. Hope is there at least.