If you missed the premise of this post, check out yesterday’s position player article. Essentially, you can protect five pitchers in the Reds organization from being picked in an expansion draft. Just because you don’t protect someone, doesn’t mean they are gone, just that they could be chosen by an expansion team. I write lots …
“Filling a current need.” Bryan Price was asked before today’s game if Michael Lorenzen might be used as a starting pitcher. That’s an idea long advocated by many here at Redleg Nation. Lorenzen himself says he would like to start. Price’s response was horrifying. He said, in part: “(Lorenzen’s) not a reliever because we don’t …
The Reds have been outscored 61-20 in the 7-game home stand. They’ve given up 19 home runs. Tomorrow, they welcome Mr. Giancarlo Stanton and the Miami Marlins to GABP for a 3-game series. Hiding women and children is nowhere near enough. Cincinnati Reds 2 • Arizona Diamondbacks 12 || Box || Play Log || Statcast Luis Castillo pitched well after his first 11 …
Final — 11 innings R H E Arizona Diamondbacks (54-40) 3 8 0 Cincinnati Reds (40-54) 4 15 0 W: Lorenzen (5-2) L: McFarland (4-2) FanGraphs Win Probability | Box Score The Good –The Reds almost got very unlucky in the bottom of the 11th. Billy Hamilton collected a one-out single. Zack Cozart followed with a …
The NHL just had an expansion draft, adding the Vegas Golden Knights to the league. Prior to the draft, the other NHL teams were required to protect players to ensure they would remain with their current organization. Based on the positions of the players they wanted to protect, each team could keep 9-11 players safe. …
Final R H E Arizona Diamondbacks (54-39) 11 12 0 Cincinnati Reds (39-54) 2 6 0 W: Ray (9-4) L: Romano (1-2) FanGraphs Win Probability | Box Score The Good –Are you kidding? The Bad –Sal Romano wasn’t bad, exactly, but he was not efficient and when he began to get tired, the wheels came off …
The last three days have been rough to watch. I’m sure they haven’t been pleasant for the team, manager, coaches and front office. But let’s focus on silver linings. Did you know the Cincinnati Reds are squarely in the running for the third selection in next June’s amateur draft? If Madison Bumgarner returns to form …
I recently came across an article discussing the makeup of the current Arizona Diamondbacks roster in terms of how each player was acquired. It is a curious exercise that provides some insight into the type of transactions that have most impacted a team, as well as the General Managers that have the most fingerprints on …
[This post was written by loyal Nation member, Warren Leeman, a regular commenter under the name Shchi Cossack. We asked Warren to elaborate on a comment he made a couple days ago. And he did! Thanks, Warren!] Paging Jesse Winker … Jesse Winker, please … OK, let’s get the disclaimers out of the way right …
It’s a fun question to ponder, but settling on an answer was harder than I expected. I’ve never witnessed a no-hitter or perfect game, never seen someone homer four times or collect hit #4,192, and never experienced division-clinching walk-off heroics. After mentally rewinding through three decades of fandom (and taking a quick glance through some …
When the rumor broke Thursday that the Washington Nationals had expressed to the Reds interest in Raisel Iglesias, I had a foot out the door about to leave town for 48 hours. I wrote a short news post and offered a couple sentences about a potential deal. Let me elaborate as we wait for another …
After going 1-6 through the first seven games of the 10-game home stand and being outscored 58-16 in those six losses, the Cincinnati Reds (40-55) try to salvage what’s left of it as they welcome the Miami Marlins (42-51) to town for a three game series at Great American Ball Park. First pitch is at … Continue reading
I’ve been watching too much soccer lately, partly because the Reds are awful and partly because it’s a nice way to kill time, but mostly because the U.S. men’s team is one of the most unintentionally exciting teams to watch. To be clear, the men’s team isn’t good. They aren’t bad either, they’re just sloppy. … Continue reading
Following an exciting 11 inning win last night, the Reds face the Diamondbacks in a matinee today with a chance to win the series. For those who dare to dream big, a win today and a sweep of the Miami Marlins over the weekend would net the Reds a .500 homestand. This would be quite … Continue reading
OF Jesse Winker, .305/.386/.391/.777 at AAA, is back in Louisville. Winker will remain there to get regular playing time while he waits for a spot to open up for him in Cincinnati. Meanwhile, Dick Williams will be entertaining offers for whatever healthy pieces he has left in an effort to improve the club before the … Continue reading
Tonight the Reds continue to pursue an elusive first win following the All Star break in game 2 of the current series versus the DBacks at GABP. In the five games played after the break, the Reds have allowed 46 runs while scoring 14. While neither of those numbers are good, the 46 runs allowed … Continue reading
It’s tough to have any conversation about players hitting the ball well in the minor leagues right now without starting off with Jose Siri. The Dayton Dragons outfielder is hotter than the sun right now. Back at the end of spring training I wrote that I felt he could be a real breakout player this … Continue reading
Nobody reading this will be surprised by the statement that starting pitching has been the Reds’ downfall in 2017. For example: #Reds have given up 60 runs to the Nationals this season, most ever in any NL season series of 7 or fewer games. — Joel Luckhaupt (@jluckhaupt) July 17, 2017 How bad has it … Continue reading
