Cincinnati Reds

By riverfront76 Having broken into the Majors at age 18 with the Yankees, Rijo had not yet enjoyed any real level of success when the Reds traded Dave Parker for him four years later. Employing him in a hybrid starter-reliever role, Rijo broke out in a big way: 13-8, with a 2.39 ERA (150 ERA+) in 162 innings. It wa...

By Charlie Scrabbles I think the Reds' biggest goal this offseason is to simultaneously dump one of their two overpaid starters without weakening the rotation. If money is a problem for them, they at least have a chance to fill their holes in the outfield and shortstop internally, but beyond Cueto and Bailey, t...

By riverfront76 We read about the trade with the benefit of hindsight and see it as the catalyst for the Big Red Machine dynasty (after the 1971 season, the Reds traded Lee May, Tommy Helms, and Jimmy Stewart for Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingam, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke, and Joe Morgan), but one imagines...

By ken Per a Buster Olney Tweet (via mlbtraderumors.com), the Reds are shopping Coco hard. Olney's heard from other teams that the Reds would love to move closer Francisco Cordero. Of course, closers are plentiful and Cordero is set to earn $25MM over the next two years. The 25M does not include the 1...

By Slyde As Walt Jocketty spends his time in Chicago, cozying up to the other GMs for a long Winter's nap season of dealing, he appears to have two priorities on his mind: shortstop and catcher.  The Reds had reportedly been trying to deal with the Brewers for J.J. Hardy, but those talks didn't get anywh...

By Charlie Scrabbles They are retelling the stories of how some of today's stars came up through the minors. They havent done the feature for the Reds yet, but former Red Reporter Favorite Adam Dunn is profiled for the Nationals. It's an incredibly interesting read. Here's a snippet:

By Charlie Scrabbles 15 for adults and $7 for the kiddos. "Over 50 current and former Reds players are expected to attend including Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto, Bronson Arroyo, Dusty Baker and 2010 Reds Hall of Fame inductees Chris Sabo and Pedro Borbon.  In honor of the recent RR Monday Morning Quiz...

By Slyde 4. Reggie Sanders - 1995 - 28 HR, .579 SLG, 36 SB, 12 CS, 75.0% stolen base rate You know, because he struggled so much in the post-season, it's easy to forget what a good season Reggie Sanders had in 1995.  He was coming into his prime that year and put up a .306/.397/.579 season, perhaps deserving the...

By Slyde 2. Bill Phillips - 1902 - 124 PA  .342/.385/.404 Sure it was a different game in 1902, but pitchers still weren't necessarily very good hitters even back then.  Phillips only managed one other season in his career with an OPS+ over 75, but in this one he posted an OPS+ of 134, the highest for any Red...

By JinAZ From the Reds: Third baseman Chris Sabo and pitchers Pedro Borbon and the late Tony Mullane will be the next three players inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. 1. Chris Sabo (3B): 1988-1993, 1996.  BREF.  BPROJ. 2. Pedro Borbon (RHP Reliever): 1970-1979.  BREF.  BPROJ.

By JinAZ This is pretty simple.  The Reds have played 1 more game than the Astros.  Both teams score just over 4 runs per game.  So, given this, you'd expect the Reds to have ~4 more runs than the Astros.  This, plus the park effects above, would rank the Reds and Astros offenses as almost exactly equal.

By Slyde The Reds come into tonight's match having won 7 of their last 9 games, thrusting themselves to a mere 15 games under .500 and just 5 games out of 4th place.  They've actually been playing very well during this short stretch of games.  In the 9 games they have

By Charlie Scrabbles and witnessed Todd Frazier's first AAA home run. He says it was absolutely crushed, and wonders how far it traveled. He was also impressed with Juan Francisco, whose pet chupacabra reportedly attacked one of the ballpark vendors.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Cincinnati Reds right-hander Aaron Harang will miss the balance of the 2009 baseball season after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.

By Slyde Photo by BubbaFan) Drew Stubbs, please perform well enough that the Reds finally give up on Willy Taveras. That's all we ask. This hasn't been officially announced by the Reds yet, but I have a solid source on this one that says that center field prospect Drew Stubbs is getting the call to the b...

By Slyde Every time we wonder whether or not the Reds have finally hit rock bottom, they go and have a series like this.  There are 5 teams in baseball that have a worse record than the Reds.  The Reds have played 4 of them this season and are a combined 7-14 against those teams.  If you can't beat the teams t...

By Slyde Then again, the 70s Reds also had plenty of bats at other positions, so they could sacrifice offense at shortstop.  The 2009 Reds - close to the worst offense in Reds history - don't lead us to believe that they could take on a no hit shortstop and succeed.  The ideal situation is still to acquir...

CINCINNATI, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Cincinnati traded veteran shortstop Alex Gonzalez to the Boston Red Sox Friday for a young minor league shortstop, the Reds announced.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo knows the risk but says that doesn't stop him from taking supplements that could be banned by Major League Baseball.

By Slyde Since Jay Bruce went on the disabled list, the Reds have been playing somewhat thin in the outfield.  Dusty Baker has been splitting time between Jonny Gomes, Laynce Nix, Chris Dickerson, and Jerry Hairston Jr. while Willy Taveras plays center field full time.  Now that Chris Dickerson is i...

By Brendanukkah Key Plays Things started off promisingly for the Reds.  Jason Schmidt hadn't pitched in the majors since 2007, and it showed when he gave a long fly ball to Willy Taveras.  It hit the top of the wall, and the review determined that it was a triple, robbing Willy of his second home run of the year. ...

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...

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. ...

 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 ...

PITTSBURGH, May 3 (UPI) -- Johnny Cueto and Arthur Rhodes combined on a four-hit shutout Sunday, pitching the Cincinnati Reds past the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0. Cueto (2-1) gave up the four hits in eight innings with one walk and nine strikeouts in 109 ...

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 Associated Press Joey Votto had a three-run homer and a run-scoring single off Oliver Perez, who rarely has such a tough time against a left-handed hitter, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 8-6 Thursday, salvaging the final game of their opening series.

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 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 craig 6. Milwaukee Brewers 9. Atlanta Braves 10. Boston Red Sox 12. Oakland A’s 13. Los Angeles Dodgers 14. St. Louis Cardinals 15. Cincinnati Reds 16. New York Mets 17. Pittsburgh Pirates 20. Philadelphia Phillies 22. San Francisco Giants 24. Baltimore Orioles 26. Chicago Cubs 29. New York Yankees

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 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.

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 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 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.

By rickchand Meanwhile, the Joel Pineiro Saga continues in St. Louis, as the former Red Sox reliever won for the fourth time in six starts as the Cardinals beat the Pirates 6-2. St. Louis is one game behind the Cubs. Pineiro (4-2) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings and was helped by Chris Duncan ba...

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