Cincinnati Reds

By riverfront76 2nd straight period of worse-than-average ERAs.On a period-by-period basis, this was the first in which the team K/9IP rate fell below 6, which tends to be my benchmark for success.Among starting pitchers, only Aaron Harang had a PSA ERA below 4.  However, when you look at expected ERA, bas...

CLEVELAND, June 28 (UPI) -- Homer Bailey escaped a shaky effort Saturday, yielding three runs and three hits in five innings, when the Cincinnati Reds beat Cleveland 7-3.

By Brendanukkah Key Plays A rested Willy Taveras got things started for the Reds with a double to lead off the game.  Votto drove him in with a double of his own, then Jonny Gomes drove in Votto with a double of his own, Ramon Hernandez walked, and Jay Bruce drove both of them in with a double of his own.  Dusty star...

TORONTO, June 25 (UPI) -- Joey Votto put Cincinnati in front with a seventh-inning homer Thursday, helping the Reds avoid a series sweep with a 7-5 win over Toronto.

By Slyde I made a decision today, actually in the last half of an hour.  The Reds are on the clock.  I'm giving them until June 25, 2010 to convince me that they are committed to winning or I'm done with them.  I think this is fair on my part.  I've been a loyal fan for nearly 3 decades.  I've sat through the past...

By Charlie Scrabbles He said he wants the All-Star Game in Cincinnati for 2013. Here's what Commish Selig had to say about it: "They deserve an All-Star Game. The problem we have these days - back in the 90s you had to beg cities to host - now we're jammed. Every time we build a new ballpark - like in Florida, Minnesota a...

By Brendanukkah Other Notes The Reds are perfectly .500.  34-34 overall record, 17-17 at home, 17-17 on the road.Paul Konerko's RBI single was the 1,000th of his career.  Sean Casey had 735 RBI in his career.Aaron Harang has not won since May 25, but this was Mark Buehrle's first win since May 19.Adam Rosales is t...

We focus on one character trait each week and we really work on that with role playing and guest speakers, including some Reds players.” Through a grant from the Cincinnati Reds and Major League Baseball, the league provides all of the transportation, ...

Among National League lefty relievers with at least 20 innings pitched, Herrera is third with a 1.69 ERA in 28 games, and came into the night behind teammate Arthur Rhodes and former Reds pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, who is now with the Giants. ...

CINCINNATI, June 17 (UPI) -- Laynce Nix had three hits and three RBI for the Cincinnati Reds in Tuesday's 7-2 rain-delayed victory over the Atlanta Braves.

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By Slyde RLN links to an article on Bill James Online that says that Brandon Phillips is the best fielding 2B in the NL this year and Jay Bruce is the 3rd best fielding outfielder in the NL. Thankfully the Reds have improved defense this year, otherwise the non-pitchers on this team would be worthless.

By Slyde Prior to that we saw the likes of Felipe Lopez, Juan Castro, Royce Clayton, and Pedro Lopez digging in at the shortstop position.  It's hard to believe that shortstop used to be the most stable position in the organization's history.

 OH To their credit, the Cincinnati Reds hitters were not using the scoreboard as an excuse for their pathetic performance Friday, June 13, when they put out only three hits. But it still can be a problem for catchers. Reds backstop Ryan Hanigan checked ...

 CA Downey High School graduate Mark Serrano, delivering a pitch for Oral Roberts here, was a sixth-round pick of the Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft. By RON GUILD, Sports Editor Going on the theory one can never have ...

Micah Owings led the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory over former team Arizona Diamondbacks. Owings held the Diamondbacks to one run on four hits with four strikeouts while Brandon Phillips had a home run and two RBI and Ramon Hernandez's sacrifice fly ...

Willy Taveras, Reds, matched a career high with five hits as Cincinnati routed Arizona 13-5. -Derek Lowe, Braves, outlasted Johan Santana, giving up two runs and five hits in Atlanta's 8-3 victory over the Mets that snapped New York's seven-game ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nate mclouth's run-scoring single allowed Pittsburgh to stop a 22-inning scoreless streak in a span of only three batters and the Pirates held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 on Saturday night as Ross Ohlendorf won his third in a ...

Reds 4, Astros 2 - Pitcher Micah Owings cracked a pinch-hit, two-run double in the seventh to help visiting Cincinnati rally past Houston. Owings, now 2 for 3 as a pinch hitter this season, drove in Ramon Hernandez and Alex Gonzalez, giving the Reds ...

By Slyde And I'm pretty sure Dusty Baker would agree with me, as well as all of the guys out in the bullpen.  Already the bullpen has thrown 139 pitches and 8.1 innings in 2 games.  These old guys can't handle all of that work.  I think they'd really appreciate it if Arroyo can throw 7 innings.  Also, they'd l...

By Associated Press Carlos Delgado homered and drove in four runs Wednesday, getting New York's offense rolling on a clear, cool night that was much more favorable to hitters, and the Mets' rebuilt bullpen barely held on for a 9-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

By Slyde If you are a bit of an insomniac and can't go an hour without checking for Reds news on Red Reporter, you may have noticed that the site was down for a bit this morning.  Sorry about that, but believe me, it was for some cool changes.  The first thing you'll probably see more of on the site is images....

By BK The lack of a radar gun on the scoreboard kind of prevented me from getting a good idea of how the pitchers were throwing.  I could tell that Coco was throwing hard, even though he was getting lit up.  Maloney didn't look good coming out of the bullpen.  Rhodes and Weathers looked okay.The two guy...

By ctrosecrans(noreply@blogger.com) Today I'll also be giving out the Awards from the Cincinnati Chapter of the BBWAA. Brandon Phillips will receive the Ernie Lombardi Award as the club's Most Valuable Player, Aaron Harang was voted the Johnny Vander Meer Award as the Most Outstanding Pitcher and Scott Hatteberg won the Goo...

By ctrosecrans(noreply@blogger.com) CINCINNATI - OF Jay Bruce has been named winner of the Sheldon “Chief” Bender Award as the Cincinnati Reds’ Minor League Player of the Year for 2007. He will receive his award tonight at 5:15 p.m. at Duke Energy Center downtown during ceremonies on the main stage at Redsfest. 2001.................................. OF Adam Dunn

By Rick House AP photo/Matt York Most poo-poo the idea of moving Owings to the outfield, saying his primary effectiveness is as a pitcher. Among th naysayers: Mark Sheldon of reds.com: So why should Owings' 'main gig' necessarily remain as a pitcher?

By Charlie Scrabbles After years of agony, the Reds bullpen was actually respectable last year.  The starters underperformed and, as expected, the offense regressed, but the bullpen held their own and was one of the best in the league.  The days of 8th inning BOHICAs became distant memories, replaced by much f...

By Jim McLennan That's good to see: Webb had an extremely solid outing, while both Johnson and Scherzer were almost as good. Even taking the bullpen into account, the Reds scored only seven times over the three games - generally, if you get that level of performance from your pitching staff, then you expec...

By Rick Chandler • 2. Philadelphia Phillies. Record: 79-66. GB: 2 1/2 (3 in wild-card race). Why they're doomed: Fate would never allow a repeat of last year's Mets collapse. Upcoming: Big four-game series beginning Thursday vs. the Brewers. Ray of hope: Brett Myers has a 1.55 ERA since his return from the disable...

Corey Patterson singled home Jay Bruce in the second, but the Reds offense failed from that point on to halt Cincinnati's three-game win streak. ... Pirates at Cincinnati, 7:10 pm 09-03-08 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Game 139: Reds vs Pirates Red Reporter

Bronson Arroyo pitched Cincinnati's first complete game of the season and Ryan Hanigan hit a solo homer that would have probably drawn an instant replay review in the Reds' 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

By OrlandoSentinel.com 2: Boston Red Sox pitcher Justin Masterson -- No. 1: Cincinnati Reds OF Jay Bruce (autographed) Redemption codes are printed on the backs of the cards but not obscured by a scratch-off patch (like a lottery ticket). ...

Hosts Andrew Kappes and Brandon Rosage picked apart the winners and losers from the trade deadline, focusing on teams like the Pitsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds, who stockpiled new talent for the pennant race and the future. The discussion also loo...

By Rick House Tony Gutierrez/AP (Hamilton), Getty Images (Volquez) Of course, there's always the possibility that Daryl Thompson would have won the Reds' fifth spot and succeeded, but we can't glean anything statistically from one major league start.

Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 11 where Paul’s under the weather, Tim thinks Manny is the most loved, and we talk Interleague action. It’s a quick turnaround since last Thursday night’s episode, but that doesn’t leave us short on anything to talk about.

New York Daily News  WA - Reds 9, Pirates 1: At Cincinnati, the Reds scored six runs in the first inning off Tom Gorzelanny and breezed past Pittsburgh for their ninth straight win ... National League roundup The Herald-Times (subscription) Around the NL Arizona Daily Star

By Rick House If things keep up like this much longer, I'm gonna switch the order of this thing: S-Reds hitters, then Chattanooga pitchers, then your daily Jay Bruce/Homer Bailey update. After that see what's up with Frazier, Waring and Jones, and maybe the occasional Shaun Cumberland note. Then I'll s...

By Administrator In 1892, the Reds defeated the Browns in Cincinnati in the first Sunday game played in National League history. In 1955, Pirates rookie outfielder Roberto Clemente singled off Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres in his first major league at-bat.

By Slyde Frank Thomas may be the most selfish baseball player in the history of selfish baseball players.  I know you are wondering, so I'll tell you that Adam Dunn has 2 sacrifice hits in his career.  EdE has the highest number of PAs for an active Reds player without a sacrifice hit.  Selfish.  Send him...

Pirates 9, Reds 1: At Pittsburgh, Ryan Doumit, Xavier Nady and Jason Bay homered and Tom Gorzelanny (1-1) limited the Reds to one run and four hits to ... National League: Dodgers quiet as Maddux wins No. 349 New Mexican NL Wire Notes | Maddux works his magic in Padres' victory Seattle Times

By Jim McLennan Always fun to spend the entire day watching and following baseball: going back to work tomorrow is gonna suck! My personal highlight was seeing the Cubs score three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, then lose it in the tenth - the winning run was scored by Craig Counsell, so even...

By Jim McLennan Seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for the thread, so I'm not going to delay posting it any longer. For here we go, folks! The first game of the 2008 takes place in Cincinnati this morning (Arizona time), which is kinda weird. Seems like ages since we had Opening Day at Chase, but it's only 2005 - and i...

By Andrew Kappes Votto became an immediate fan favorite in Cincinnati, and for good reason. There wasn’t a whole lot of hype surrounding Votto when he was working his way through the minors (unlike Homer Bailey), and many connected to this 24-year old Canadian’s hard-working, can-do attitude. Votto’s na...

By JD Arney If Bailey and Volquez are able to realize their potential, then the Reds will have something more than a puncher's chance in the Central. Both the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers are better teams on paper, but the Reds can make some noise. In fact, they're the team best positioned to pull o...

By JD Arney 3B: Chris Sabo? Another tough position where nobody really stands out in the past 20 years. OF: Ken Griffey Jr. The prettiest swing I've ever seen in person. Probably the prettiest swing I'll ever see in person. OF: Eric Davis. Obviously.

By Shawn Weaver It was an odd little episode in Cincinnati baseball history, not good for much more than a few anecdotes.  But, unlikely as it seems, it did happen. The Cincinnati “Outlaw” Reds form an odd corollary to the story of major league baseball in Cincinnati.  The team was so named because it was part...

By Al Here's the guy who's been the real ace of the Cub pitching staff all year long. He has made thirty-one starts, and except for the June 10 game in Atlanta where he was ejected in the first inning, he's thrown six or more innings in 23 of the other 30. Impressive.

By Shawn Weaver Adam Dunn hit two more of those meaningless home runs, and drove in five more of those meaningless runs, in Tuesday night’s game. Those runs, of course, were the difference in a 7-2 victory over the Cardinals. No player on the Reds inspires more diversity of opinion than slugger Adam Dunn.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ryan Freel spent 30 minutes peddling a stationary bicycle Friday, shortly after being cleared to work out for the first time since he suffered a frightening concussion nearly three weeks ago.

 United States - CINCINNATI -- Ryan Freel stole three bases and used his speed to score an insurance run as the Cincinnati Reds salvaged a split in the season opening series ...

 OH - The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with veteran relief pitcher Rick White yesterday and set the arbitration hearing dates for shortstop Felipe Lopez and first ... Reds notebook Cincinnati Enquirer Wilson progressing 'very well' Cincinnati Post all 3 related