Mark Sheldon talked with Brandon Phillips about next season: Last winter, Phillips used his no-trade rights to block being dealt to the Nationals. Was he expecting the Reds to revisit moving him and does he want to be dealt? “I haven’t really thought about it,” Phillips said. “That one thing that’s not really on my …
Baseball has been a game of numbers and keeping stats from the start. The New York Morning News printed the first baseball box score in 1845. Other newspapers followed suit with printed tables of statistics after each game. One of the earliest baseball outcomes measured was the defensive error. Philadelphia shortstop Billy Shindle made 122 …
Chris Garber — my co-author on the best book ever (soon-to-be) published — joined me for the latest episode of the Redleg Nation Radio podcast. We talked about the book, of course, but used “The Big 50” as a jumping-off point to discuss the current Reds team in the context of this club’s history. Enjoy! …
A little over a month ago Dilson Herrera was traded from the Mets in exchange for Red’s right fielder Jay Bruce. Herrera is a 22 year old right handed second baseman of Columbian decent. He was signed by the Pirates in 2010, spent a few seasons in their farm system, and was eventually traded to …
On April 1, 2016, the Cincinnati Reds claimed pitcher Dan Straily off waivers from the San Diego Padres. On the surface, this acquisition looked like the Reds were desperate. That assumption would be correct. They were. The Reds pitching staff coming out of Goodyear, Arizona was inexperienced, decimated by injuries and the season was getting …
The Reds pitching staff has had a tough time this season. They currently sport the fourth worst ERA (4.89) and are dead last in both xFIP (4.79) and pitcher WAR (-0.9). They also just set a Major League record for home runs allowed and we have twelve games left (raise the banner!). We’ve seen some improvement …
I’ve been keeping a secret from you. A few months back, Chris Garber — one of our original writers here at Redleg Nation — and I began writing a book about the Cincinnati Reds. (Well, we actually started writing it almost a decade ago, but that’s another story for another time.) That book will be …
With the St. Louis Cardinal’s loss last night to San Francisco, the Cubs officially clinched the NL Central division crown for the first time since 2008. However, the St. Louis loss also put them a full game behind the Mets for the 2nd wild card spot. If they fail to overtake either the Mets or …
Should the Cincinnati Reds fire their manager, Bryan Price? Is Price the right guy to lead the Reds as they tiptoe back into pennant contention, and if not, who is? I was joined by Jason Linden again this week, and we tried to tackle those questions. Other topics of discussion: the fun story of Hernan …
A starting pitcher has a larger impact on a baseball team than does a reliever. That claim is as much a matter of opinion as the operation of addition. Full-time starters throw 180-220 innings in a single season. Healthy relievers typically log 60-75 innings. 200 is more than 70. That’s why organizations tend to put …
“Life is hard,” my Grandma would tell me. “Eventually someone will hurt you. When that happens, you get to decide: fight back, or forgive. It’s up to you. What will you do?” As a kid, I played baseball in the field behind my Grandma’s house. We played every day, all day, and each day for …
The Cincinnati Reds (63-90) have lost four straight, and eight of their last nine games. The Reds will square off again with the Milwaukee Brewers (70-84) tonight at 7:10. The Reds lost their 90th game of 2016 last night at Milwaukee, 5-4. The Reds are down to just nine games left in 2016. Starting Pitchers … Continue reading
Final R H E Cincinnati Reds (63-90) 4 9 1 Milwaukee Brewers (70-84) 5 8 2 W: Suter (2-1) L: DeSclafani (8-5) FanGraphs Win Probability | Box Score The Good –Jose Peraza was 2-4 and he drove in all three of the Reds’ runs with a three-run homer, his third of the year. Peraza is … Continue reading
We are down to just 10 games left in 2016. The Cincinnati Reds (63-89) have lost three straight games, and seven of their last eight games. The Reds will begin a three game series tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers (69-84) at 8:10 PM. Starting Pitchers PITCHERS IP ERA FIP K/9 fWAR Anthony DeSclafani 111.1 3.15 … Continue reading
Playoffs The Rookie league Billings Mustangs were swept two games to none (3-0 and 3-2) by the Orem Owls in the best of three Pioneer League North Championship Series. Billings was the only one of three Reds minor league teams that made the playoffs to advance to the championship round. Both the AA Pensacola Blue … Continue reading
First, the mitigation. Robert Stephenson is just 23 years old. This Cubs lineup has undone the best pitchers in baseball. Two of the hits against Stephenson came to rest about half way to third base. A couple other soft ground balls got through. Stephenson is 30 innings over his workload of the previous two seasons. … Continue reading
The Cincinnati Reds play in Wrigley for the final time this season, though will get to face this Cubs team one more time next week in Cincinnati. STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER ERA FIP HR/9 BB% K% Robert Stephenson 4.97 6.21 2.1 10.0% 19.1% John Lackey 3.42 3.85 1.2 7.0% 24.7% Robert Stephenson is making his 6th … Continue reading
As the 2016 regular season winds down, the Reds will face a litany of questions heading into the offseason. At the top of that list is determining what the starting rotation will look like and whether to use their two most talented pitchers — Raisel Iglesias and Michael Lorenzen — in starting roles. That decision, … Continue reading
