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Raising Reds: Weekend Wrap

You’re in luck today. Two posts for the price of one. Okay, that’s a little overboard, I admit. This past weekend displayed some impressive showings from some of the guys. Let’s look…Read More

Raising Reds: 4/5/13

Only one of the Reds affiliates took home a win last evening, but fans in Louisville got their moneys worth on one play. They witnessed the wonder, and speed, that is Billy Hamilton. More on that in…Read More

Raising Reds: 4/4/13

On Raising Reds, we will look at the minor league games from the previous day and evening. We’ll also spotlight a Reds prospect and his performance for that day, too. Something you may have or may…Read More

Reds Affiliates Season Openers Tonight!

Many watched the Reds Opening Day and now some of their minor league affiliates will play their Opening Game tonight. Toledo @ Louisville – 6:35 PM ET The anticipation for the Bats home opener…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

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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…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.…Read More

Reds Notes on Our Nation’s Birthday

Happy 4th of July to all! Have a few Reds notes I’d like to pass along to all our readers. Some…Read More

Reds Minor Affiliates Place Two on Forbes List

Big HT to BRM’s own Tyler Grote for this… Forbes recently released its listing of the 20…Read More

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

Torreyes, Sappelt finalize Marshall-for-Wood Trade

Walt Jocketty, general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, is known as a crafty wheeler and dealer who makes…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

Cincinnati Reds Immemorial: Closing Time Edition

When it’s late, when you’re ready to close the bar, when it’s time to head home and take pride…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

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: Is There Hope?

After a 5-2 win Tuesday night, the Louisville Bats currently stand at 13.5 GB of Columbus in the West…Read More

Ken Rosenthal: Reds’ Deadline Needs Are as Perplexing as Season

Clipped from: msn.foxsports.com (share this clip)   Ken Rosenthal is quickly becoming one of my…Read More

Just How Far Volquez has Fallen

It does not take much more than 10 minutes to watch Edinson Volquez and know that he is as wild as they…Read More

Java du Jour: Not Fade Away

Well, they won! As painful as it was to watch the Reds give up an 8-run lead, the Reds managed to avoid…Read More