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Reds Three Up — Week of 1/20/13

Leading up to and during the upcoming MLB season, I will be posting a weekly “Reds Three Up” and “Three Down” segments. This stock-watch of sorts will detail three Reds with rising stock and three…Read More

Riggleman Promotion Fuels Reds’ Coaching Carousel

As Blog Red Machine effectively broke yesterday, Jim Riggleman has finally been promoted to Triple-A Louisville after seven weeks of speculation over the job. The Reds continued their tradition of hiring…Read More

Jim Riggleman Accepts Louisville Bats’ Managerial Position

Pensacola Blue Wahoos manager Jim Riggleman, much like the prospects he coaches, has earned a promotion. The longtime major-league skipper will now serve as manager of the Louisville Bats in 2013, the…Read More

Do the Louisville Bats Know Something We Don’t?

The Louisville Bats may have shown us their hand on Friday. A tweet sent out from the official account for the Triple-A team (@LouisvilleBats) last week included the popular hashtag #FF, which stands…Read More

Reds Pitching Prospects: Back to the Future

Over the last two weeks I have attempted in vain to ignore the looming trade deadline for a simple reason.  This is the time of year when contending teams can improve the team for the short term but can…Read More

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Billy Hamilton Runs Toward History

Over the past year I have written more than 170 articles for Blog Red Machine detailing stories that…Read More

At the Quarterpole: Which Reds Prospect is Having the Best Year?

In general terms, the Reds Minor League affiliates are a quarter of the way through the 2012 season.…Read More

Cincinnati Reds Prospect Watch: Infielders

Nearly 20 games into the 2012 season seems a good time to review the progress of the future of this franchise.…Read More

Cincinnati Reds Organizational Coaching Staff Taking Shape

Word broke across Twitter today about the impending hire of former Nationals skipper Jim Riggleman as…Read More

Matt Maloney will be Missed

I was saddened yesterday to learn one of my all-time favorite Louisville Bats would no longer be with…Read More

Reds Winter League Seasons Heating Up

The Arizona Fall League keeps rolling on while the Dominican, Mexican and Venezuelan leagues have started.…Read More

A Blog To Monitor

Seems an odd thing to reference another blog in a general sense rather that to specifically link a quality…Read More

Bats Rack: Season Review Podcast

The 2011 Bats Season Review Podcast is up on Podomatic. This is the first podcast for Blog Red Machine,…Read More

Alonso Adds Award

Coming into 2010 and carrying forward to this point of the season, there is still a question/concern…Read More

Random Musings

  I visited a local renaissance festival with my boys this afternoon and arrived home after the…Read More

Bats Rack: This Just Isn’t Fair…

Rooting for a Triple-A team is simply not fair. You get used to players doing such awesome things for…Read More

A Not to Remember Start to September (unless you are Devin Mesoraco)

What a difference four games make.  On Monday the Reds were riding high again after sweeping the Washington…Read More

Revisiting Reds Preseason Top 10 Prospects

I was curious to look back at Baseball America’s Top 10 Reds prospects coming into 2011. I remembered…Read More

Bats Rack: Postseason All Stars

The International League released their 2011 Postseason All Stars and there are two Louisville Bats on…Read More

Bats Rack: Still Something To Play For

Just like the Reds, the Bats are completely out of the playoff hunt for the 2011 season. So, some may…Read More