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Swept by KC

Yikes! I had high hopes for this road trip against Washington and Kansas City. Then, they start by winning the first two and blow up. No hitting at all. The Reds are last in the NL in batting average.…Read More

Reds Visit Troops

Being in Washington D.C., some of the Cincinnati Reds visited the troops at the Walter Reed Medical Facility. Jay Bruce, Micah Owings, Paul Janish, Matt Maloney, Bronson Arroyo, Adam Rosales, Ryan Hanigan,…Read More

Player profile from Houston Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2008) Made his season debut out of the bullpen during the season opener against Pacific… Struck out five batters at San Diego State during the series finale… Threw three perfect…Read More

Third round selection is:

The Reds select Donnie Joseph, CL, Univ of Houston. He is a LH closer. He was 3-1 with 10 saves this past season. But, check out this stat, in 49 innings, he had 75 strikeouts. That is getting it done. Go…Read More

Reds Second Round Pick: Billy Hamilton

The Reds select high schooler Billy Hamilton, SS, Taylorsville High School, Taylorsville, MS. Here is a scouting report from mlb.com. Hitting ability: Hamilton has bat speed and strength, but has a very…Read More

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Reds Compensatory 1st Round Selection

The Reds selected Bradley Boxberger, RHP, USC. Here is a scouting report from mlb.com. Fastball: Boxberger…Read More

Homer is player of the week again.

Homer Bailey, Louisville Bats, IL PITCHER OF THE WEEK for the second time. Right-hander Homer Bailey…Read More

From Cincinnati Reds.com Mike Leake comments!

CINCINNATI — The top end of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft was considered rich with pitching.…Read More

Reds Pick in the 1st Round

The Reds selected Mike Leake, RH Pitcher, out of Arizona St. He is a 6 foot, 180 lb right handed pitcher/batter.…Read More

Amateur Draft

I will be profiling each draft pick that the Reds make tomorrow. They will do the first 3 rounds plus…Read More

Draft Preview Pitching Pitching Pitching

You get into trouble if you try to fill needs,” Reds scouting director Chris Buckley said. “It’s not like football, where, if you need a left tackle, you just go get one at USC. Big league…Read More

Reds Leave 16 Stranded

Ouch! That describes Sunday’s loss to the Reds. They left 16 men on base. The Reds were 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position, leaving manager Dusty Baker frustrated about the missed opportunities. “It…Read More

Where Have you gone, Joey Votto? Sing it like Paul Simon!

According to the Dayton Daily News, there is no indication for when Joey Votto might return from the disabled list. When asked Saturday if Votto will return the day he’s eligible, June 14, Reds…Read More

Former Red Report: Adam Dunn

Adam Dunn has the strangest stat line of the season, so far. Adam Dunn has 17 homeruns this year. The Nationals have 15 wins this year. No Major League player has ever finished the season with more…Read More

Day Off on Monday and then…

The Reds have a well deserved day off on Monday. Then they have 6 more games on the road. This continues a 13 of 16 games away from GABP. The good news is that they go to the Major’s worst team,…Read More

Laynce Nix aka the Rocket Launcher

See the story here at Yahoo. http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy;_ylt=AlvCjcfcO.EuvcVvxZzCPCe4u7YF Go Reds, Tim

Scoring Change

Herman Fontenot’s high throw to allow Jay Bruce to score the winning run was originally scored an error. It was changed after the game. I guess after further review it was changed. It was an awful…Read More

Reds Win by way of Error

The Reds beat the Cubs in 11 innings thanks to Herman Fontenot’s second throwing error of the game. Who names their kid Herman these days? Jay Bruce scored the winning run on Adam Rosales’…Read More

Ryan Hanigan All-Star??

Ryan Hanigan leads all rookies in hitting and on-base percentage. He is hitting .316 and his obp is .402. He keeps on hitting and producing. And, he is playing some stellar defense behind the plate. Go…Read More

Complete Games

Aaron Harang and Cris Carpenter each threw complete games last night. Cris Carpenter won, only giving up 3 hits to the Reds. The last time the Reds were involved where both pitchers had complete games…Read More

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