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Second baseman of the future? C. Trent has a terrific profile of Todd Frazier here. I don’t know what it is about Frazier, but I really like the kid. I had never seen him play until last summer, when I got a chance to catch several Carolina games. Before watching him play, I was indifferent. [...] From MLB.com: The Reds now have 48 players in Major League camp. Prior to Thursday’s game against the Indians, the Reds optioned infielder Yonder Alonso and left-handed pitcher Bill Bray to Triple-A Louisville and optioned right-handed pitcher Jordan Smith and left-handed pitcher Philippe Valiquette to Double-A Carolina. The club also assigned right-handed pitcher Jon Adkins and outfielder Josh [...] Good grief. Is there anything Aroldis Chapman can’t do? The young Cuban phenom made his first start for the Reds today in Goodyear, against the Brewers. The result: Three innings, one hit, one run, one walk, five strikeouts. Are you kidding me? Nothing fazes this kid. Here’s what the Brewers’ Doug Davis said: “He’s going to be [...] Remember Wily Mo Pena? Check out this comment about Wily Mo from a past edition of Baseball Prospectus Pena has a ton of power, but there’s not much else to recommend him. He won’t take walks, he struck out 442 times in 447 minor-league games, he can’t hit lefties, and, outside of a strong arm, he’s [...] Drew Stubbs or Chris Dickerson? That is the question. I have never been a fan of letting spring performance dictate roster decisions of this type. Stubbs and Dickerson have roughly 20 at-bats this spring; are we really going to make a decision based on 20 ABs? Seems silly. That said, Stubbs was named CF heir-apparent in the [...] We are now less than three weeks away from Opening Day, and I can’t wait. How about you? The news seems to be coming faster and furiouser, so to speak. Here’s a quick roundup of items that I couldn’t justify posting individually. As a group, however, it’s a wonderfully fruity Spring Training Roundup! Woo-hoo! –My excitement over [...] I have to admit, it isn’t often that an article loses me in the first paragraph. From MLB.com: Because of his inexperience at third base, prospect Juan Francisco seemed to have a distant shot at the Reds’ left-field vacancy. UPDATE: I just received a very nice email from Mark explaining that this was a communication mistake between [...] I don’t want to brag, but I’m really awesome. Also, I predicted that Matt Maloney would be the fifth starter for the Reds to open the season, and I was 100% correct. Okay, it’s not really official (and it wasn’t really that difficult a prediction), but we can all read the tea leaves here, can’t we? [...] Many of you have voted in the latest “Pulse of the Nation” poll, over there in the left sidebar (if you haven’t voted yet, what are you waiting on?). Anyway, the question is what Dusty Baker has to do to save his job past this season. We’ve all submitted our opinions, but while making his prediction [...] The Reds played a couple of games today, and a good time was had by all. Aaron Harang had a good outing in the “B” game against the Indians: 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits, striking out two, walking two. The big guy threw 62 pitches. Not bad. At first I thought, “Hey, 4.1 innings, [...] Today’s link roundup brought to us by the training camp home in Georgetown, KY: –The 1500 Opening Day tickets for sale this morning at Fountain Square sold out in 25 minutes. Not bad. –As you may have heard, Aroldis Chapman was great again yesterday. Ho-hum: We were waiting to talk to Aroldis Chapman when Scott Rolen asked me [...] Nice article at ESPN about Johnny Cueto: I thought this was very interesting: A study by Dr. Glenn Flesig — the head researcher for the American Sports Medicine Institute, home of noted athletic orthopedist Dr. James Andrews — determined that a pitcher’s size does not dictate fatigue. “There was no difference between the short and tall groups [...] John Fay has a pretty good profile of Chris Heisey today. Heisey is an interesting case. He played at a small college and wasn’t highly touted, but he’s been nothing but good since his career as a professional began. Most people think Heisey’s ceiling will be as a good fourth outfielder, or a starting outfielder on [...] From Today’s Sporting News. In their previews, they list “3 Questions”. For the Reds, they are: 1) What happened in the offseason? TSN talks about Jocketty not making many moves, but the ones he made bode well for the future. Long term: The Chapman signing; short term: Getting rid of Taveras and signing Gomes. 2) Where’s the offense? The [...] |
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