Wesley Jenkins, Author at Redleg Nation

You can’t predict baseball, except for trades apparently

09/21/2018

Way back at the beginning of this fateful season, when some of us were convinced the Reds could sneak into the playoffs, I decided to make some predictions. My crystal ball was full of optimism, hopeful that ... Read More...

Billy Hamilton and the Art of Fielding | Wes Jenkins

Wesley Jenkins

09/13/2018

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Recently, I started re-readingÃ‚Â The Art of FieldingÃ‚Â by Chad Harbach. In some abstract way, the impetus behind that decision was that I wanted to start writing a baseball novel and how else to pump up your ... Read More...

Recap: No Sweep for You

Wesley Jenkins

09/12/2018

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Before getting into the meat of this recap, a short story in four parts: I sit down in front of the TV with the Reds game about to start. I open my computer with three tabs: Wordpress (this recap), Fangraphs ... Read More...

A Recap of the Reds Season, one Gif at a time

Wesley Jenkins

09/07/2018

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The Nation has been consumed by gifs of late and it's all Chad Dotson's fault. Well, actually I can't know that for sure Ã¢â‚¬â€ it could be Jason Linden or Steve Mancuso or one of the other editors with key... Read More...

A Late Season Mind Dump of Why the 2019 Reds Could Win the Central

Wesley Jenkins

08/24/2018

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When you're in your early 20s and convinced that time goes fast and that you must live in the now or risk losing the future, you forget that a baseball season takes a lifetime. Or, to be less melodramatic, a ... Read More...

Does Jesse Winker’s defense matter?

Wesley Jenkins

08/21/2018

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Plodding, ponderous, plain bad Ã¢â‚¬â€ all words used to describe Jesse Winker's defense this season before his campaign ended with shoulder surgery. In particular when I wrote two weeks ago that Winker was th... Read More...

Can the Reds “Stars and Scrub” their way to the 2019 Postseason?

Wesley Jenkins

08/10/2018

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In addition to my recent proclivity for Hawaiian shirts, I've also taken a fancy to obscure Minor League baseball jerseys. I mention this solely because scrolling through pages and pages of eBay auctions look... Read More...

Reds Trade Value for 2019 and Beyond

Wesley Jenkins

08/09/2018

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For years, I've followed both Jonah Keri's and Fangraphs' versions of establishing top-50 MLB Trade Value lists. Both annual rankings seek to provide an idea of how the baseball industry values its players, cre... Read More...

Recap: Reds lose game, forget how to play sport

Wesley Jenkins

08/01/2018

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Sometimes I forget how good Major League baseball players are at what they do. After spending hours fielding fly balls and grounders in high school, we would get to the game and still boot two or three plays in... Read More...

Introducing the Trade Palatability Index (or why Trading Scooter Gennett is going to hurt so, so much)

Wesley Jenkins

07/27/2018

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Recently, I've developed an affinity for wearing Hawaiian shirts. With no hint of exaggeration or hyperbole, my free time activity of choice has become browsing Goodwill or other thrift stores for absurd, flo... Read More...

Recap: Eugenio Suarez doesn’t take days off

Wesley Jenkins

07/25/2018

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Following a sloppy top of the first inning that somehow, someway saw the Reds enter their half of the frame still tied, Eugenio Suarez went yard for the third straight day. There's really no way to accurately e... Read More...

Because of Joey Votto and Eugenio Suarez, Who, What, and I Don’t Know all play Second Base

Wesley Jenkins

07/13/2018

40

In Little League, no one wanted to play second base. Second sackers were too small to play first, too weak to make the throw from second or third, and too slow to cover the outfield. Playing second base was i... Read More...

Author Wesley Jenkins