The Spot Starters (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Year: 1994 Record: 53-62 (Season shortened by strike) Win %: .461 Win % Change: -64 Run Differential: -19 Pythagorean Record: 56-59 AL Finish: 9th of 14 Manager: Sparky Anderson Best Transaction: Signed Francisco Cordero as a free agent. Cordero never spent much time with the Tigers, but he helped the Tigers trade for Juan Gonzalez and has been a pretty dominant closer in [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Let's take a look at some Sunday links: A number of league officials have told the New York Post's Joel Sherman that they expect the Mariners and the Orioles to spend big this offseason. The M's have already started spending big, inking Chone Figgins earlier this week. Hearing that the Orioles are ready to spend big, however, comes as a surprise. We know that there are plenty of capable closers available...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP Brandon Phillips knows the Reds' D is better than grandma's pecan pie. Browse more photos » Lisa Winston at MLB.com wrote a nice overview of the Reds' farm system The AAA team looks stacked next year, as the Reds have a ton of good prospects at the higher levels. The most interesting nugget in the article is that it looks like the Reds have already decided...
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's NL team is the Cincinnati Reds and our guest is Slyde from the Reds Blog, Red Reporter . 1. The Reds roster contains almost no impending free agents and thus no extra salary coming...
Pinstripe Alley (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Post : The Reds have let teams know they would just about give away Francisco Cordero (two years, $25 million), Bronson Arroyo ($11 million in 2010, $11 million 2011 option with a $2 million buyout) or Willy Taveras ($4 million in 2010). I know all the negatives about Arroyo- his K/BB ratio is only about 2:1 over the last three season, and he's a fly ball pitcher . But he's kept his ERA+ between...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Pat Sullivan - AP about 1 month ago: Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19) welcomes teammate Brandon Phillips (4) at home plate in the third inning against the Houston Astros in a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, in Houston. Phillips scored from second base on a bases-loaded Juan Francisco two-run double. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) View full size photo » It appears the recession has really...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
SI.com's Jon Heyman reported yesterday that the Cincinnati Reds might field offers for Brandon Phillips, Francisco Cordero, and Bronson Arroyo. We've heard plenty of speculation that the trade market will be more vibrant this offseason than the free agent market, with so few big names available through free agency. Phillips and Cordero would each match up well with the best free agents available at...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Obama may not have been able to deliver Chicago the Olympics, but at least his hometown hosted the MLB Winter Meetings in his first year in office. Not much activity thus far, but here are some rumblings: 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...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Indians hire Ramon Pena as Latin American director "More than 40 players signed by or under Pena have reached the Majors, including prominent closers Francisco Cordero and Fernando Rodney out of the Dominican Republic, starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens out of Curacao, utility man Omar Infante from Venezuela and outfielder Frank Catalanotto."
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP Will Lidge be closing in Philly in 2010? Browse more photos » After watching Brad Lidge blow game 4 of the World Series last night, a game where he came in with the score tied, many Phillies fans have to be thinking why GM Ruben Amaro did not trade for another closer back in July and August. I wrote about this several times during the season, but to no...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Got a bad contract on your hands? Maybe you can swap it for another team's problem. I'll list the bad contracts, you connect the dots. Vernon Wells, Blue Jays - five years, $98.5MM Alfonso Soriano, Cubs - five years, $90MM Barry Zito, Giants - four years, $83MM Alex Rios, White Sox - five years, $59.7MM Travis Hafner, Indians - three years, $40.25MM Aaron Rowand, Giants - three years, $36MM Carlos...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
More photos » by Ed Andrieski - AP Bryan Price is your new pitching coach. I dont have any wiener jokes. Browse more photos » Hall o' Famer Hal doesnt seem tremendously excited that the Reds hired Bryan Price to be the new pitching coach He says he would have preferred Ted Power, who could jump ship for a better job in another organization, Mario Soto, who likely didnt want the job anyway,...
Around the Majors (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The Colorado Rockies were the final team to get eliminated from Division Series play last night after falling to the reigning World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Now that the Rockies are out, the team can focus on what it needs to do in order to return to the postseason in 2010. Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post chimed in this morning. Here are three blurbs that caught my eye when reading...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
More photos » by David Kohl - AP "Did you guys ever see a leg like this?" (AP Photo/David Kohl) Browse more photos » Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game Joey Votto . The Irresistable Force went 2-3 with a double, a home run, three RBI, a run scored, and two walks. Dude's good. Key Plays Johnny Cueto got off to a rough start. He walked Andrew McCutchen , then gave up...
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Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP Willy Taveras wins this year's award for Reds Poster Child for Front Office Waste and Terrible Talent Evaluation. Just like Corey Patterson, Mike Stanton, and Eric Milton before him, his name will be etched inside a urinal in the bathroom across from the Big Red Machine mural at GABP. Browse more photos » Doc wants Bud Selig to come to Cincy this weekend...
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