Drew Koch

What's up Reds Nation! I am the site expert for Blog Red Machine. I'm not an analytics guy, but numbers never lie, and I'm a sucker for a good slash line. I love the sacrifice bunt, hate instant replay and can take or leave the designated hitter.

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In Jonathan India, the Reds have found their leadoff hitter

The Cincinnati Reds have searched high and low over the last several seasons, and have failed to find a leadoff hitter. Jonathan India has changed...

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Don't rush Reds RHP Hunter Greene to the major leagues

You're not going to find many Cincinnati Reds fans who are bigger cheerleaders for the franchise's top pitching prospect than me. It's exciting to...

Could CIN and PIT work out a trade for Richard Rodriguez?

Even before the injury to Tejay Antone, the Cincinnati Reds needed a reliable reliever in the backend of their bullpen. Would the front office make a...

Nick Senzel unlikely to return until August

The hits just keep on coming for the Cincinnati Reds former first-round pick Nick Senzel. The 25-year-old will likely be out of action until August...

Hunter Greene's Twitter post hints at promotion

Hunter Greene appears to be bidding farewell to the city of Chattanooga. Does that mean the Cincinnati Reds top right-handed pitching prospect is...

Sean Doolittle isn't fooling anyone with his fastball

The Cincinnati Reds signed reliever Sean Doolittle to a one-year contract this past offseason, hoping he'd return to the pitcher he was in 2018 and...

3 transactions the Reds should execute in the coming days

The Cincinnati Reds appear to be getting healthy, and that's good news for fanbase. Over the past several weeks, some of Cincinnati's best...

4 trade ideas with the Tigers to improve the Reds bullpen

The Cincinnati Reds got some bad news on Friday when they learned Tejay Antone would be sidelined for at least the 10-day minimum with...

Santillan's debut prompts trade speculation among starters

Call it a hunch, but provided Tony Santillan's MLB debut goes well on Sunday, trade speculation surrounding other Cincinnati Reds starting pitchers...

Tejay Antone's injury cripples an already porous CIN bullpen

Well, we were hopeful that David Bell would make the announcement that Tejay Antone would start on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies. instead, the...

Secretive David Bell may spoil Sunday's surprise starter

Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell said yesterday that Tejay Antone was "not an option" on Thursday afternoon versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Does that...

3 trade proposals involving Reds, Yankees, and Tyler Naquin

The Cincinnati Reds need help. The bullpen has been an epic disaster this season, and with little to no help available from within the...

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