Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Mike Leake Interview Happy Black Friday! For those of you who are nursing your turkey hangover by doing something other than fighting the crowds at 5 a.m. in order to save $3 on a toaster, here's a short little diversion for you. The Reds first round pick this year had a great debut in the Arizona Fall League, and somebody over at Project Prospect caught up with him for an interview....
MLB (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Leake finishes whirlwind year strong
Redleg Nation (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I spent the weekend out of town and away from the television, but I DVR’d the Arizona Fall League futures game . I’ve only watched an inning thus far (saw Chris Heisey hit a homer and Yonder Alonso get gunned down trying to stretch a single into a double), so I haven’t seen 2009 first-round draft choice Mike Leake take the mound yet. However, OMGReds warns me that I’m going to love this...
Redleg Nation (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From Baseball America: Top-10 Prospects: 1. Todd Frazier, of/2b/3b 2. Yonder Alonso, 1b 3. Mike Leake, rhp 4. Chris Heisey, of 5. Juan Francisco, 3b 6. Yorman Rodriguez, of 7. Travis Wood, lhp 8. Matt Maloney, lhp 9. Brad Boxberger, rhp 10. Zack Cozart, ss My only problem with this list is that Leake and Boxberger’s professional experience is a total of 28 1/3 innings. I...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Mike Leake (CIN) threw four innings of shutout ball and Lance Zawadzki (SD) had three hits, including a solo home run and a two-run double, leading the Peoria Saguaros to an 8-1 victory over the Mesa Solar Sox at HoHoKam Park this afternoon. box score This was the final regular season game for both teams, as the Phoenix Desert Dogs (East Division Champions) and the Peoria Javelinas (West...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... 8 15 Mexican League Adam Rosales 128 .300 .400 .427 2 18 11 Arizona Pitchers IP ERA K BB H HR AVG Mike Leake 11.2 2.31 9 2 17 0 .340 Brad Boxberger 11.1 8.74 11 6 12 2 .286 Sean Watson 10.2 8.44 12 6 20 2 .377 Logan Ondrusek 9.2 10.24 8 1 19 4 .388 Dominican League Ben Jukich 15.2 2.87 12 5 20 1 .323 Enerio Del Rosario 11.2 2.31 6 2 10 0 .222 Sam LeCure 7.1 8.59 6 5 12 0 .353 Zack...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... To me, those are the last pieces to getting ready. He's getting closer and closer."Right-hander Mike Leake: The No. 1 pick this year went 1-2 with a 1.37 ERA in his first taste of pro ball. He struck out 15 and only walked three in 192/3 innings.Bell's take: "He was really impressive. It's pretty amazing how he handled himself. But for a young kid, he really has a good idea of how...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Thank a few veterans today. View full size photo » The Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game can be seen here If you are like me and dont get MLB Network, this is your chance to catch Chris Heisey , Yonder Alonso , and Mike Leake tear it up against their elite prospect peers. Thanks to Sharks for the heads-up in the FanShots. The Crawfish Boxes takes a look at the GMs of the NL...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... 1.4 Zach Braddock 1.4 Robert Wooten 1.4 Daniel Meszaros 1.4 Dustin Richardson 1.5 Matthew Long 1.6 Mike Leake 1.6 Logan Ondrusek 1.6 Aaron Hartsock 1.6 In Wide Zone Wilton Lopez 0.646 Logan Ondrusek 0.646 Mike Parisi 0.632 Jeff Lyman 0.604 Carlton Smith 0.597 Ryohei Tanaka 0.591 Bryan Augenstein 0.589 Ian Kennedy 0.580 Michael Dunn 0.579 Drew Storen 0.577 GB% Aaron Hartsock...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... 4th – 2007 – Pittsburgh Phillippe Aumont – 11th – 2007 – Seattle / Mike Moustakas – 2nd – 2007 – Kansas City Jemile Weeks – 12th – 2008 – Oakland / Yonder Alonso – 7th – 2008 – Cincinnati Buster Posey – 5th – 2008 – San Francisco / Jason Castro – 10th – 2008 Houston Josh Fields...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... right behind him is 1B Yonder Alonso . Zack Cozart is on the bench for the AFL West team and Mike Leake will be in the bullpen. Since it is a showcase game, I expect we'll see all of them play. If you can't watch the game on TV, you can follow along with Gameday . The game is in Surprise, so if I'm not mistaken, there will be Pitch FX for your viewing pleasure.
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... STL IF Matt Dominguez Mesa FLA IF Carlos Rivero Saguaros CLE IF Brandon Snyder Phoenix BAL IF Mike Moustakas Surprise KC IF Josh Vitters* Mesa CHC IF Lance Zawadzki Saguaros SD IF Jemile Weeks Phoenix OAK OF Dustin Ackley Javelinas SEA OF Domonic Brown Scottsdale PHI OF Jordan Danks Javelinas CWS OF Grant Desme Phoenix OAK OF Chris Heisey Saguaros CIN OF Bryan Petersen Mesa FLA OF Daryl...
Redleg Nation (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... in the AFL, is one of six 2009 first-round picks scheduled to be at the game, with Dustin Ackley, Mike Minor, Mike Leake, fellow Washington National Drew Storen and Rangers supplemental first-round pick Tanner Scheppers participating as well. The Cincinnati Reds lead all organizations with four players on the West Division roster: Leake, Yonder Alonso, Zack Cozart and...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
AFL Rising Stars Game featuring several Reds prospects on MLB Network Saturday at 8pm A little heads up that a few Reds prospects will be featured in a Rising Stars game on Saturday in Arizona and the game will be shown on MLB Network. The past two first round picks - Mike Leake and Yonder Alonso - as well as Chris Heisey and Zack Cozart will be on the NL roster. You can bet that we'll...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... (.411) Starlin Castro , SS, CHC-2-4, RS, 2 RBI, SB, CS (.423) Josh Vitters, 3B, CHC-1-4, 3B (.326) Mike Minor, SP, ATL-3 inn, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 K (2.31) Mike Leake, SP, CIN-3 Inn, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 K (2.31) Jemile Weeks, 2B, OAK-2-4, 2 RS, 2B, RBI (.308) Danny Espinosa , SS-2-4, 3 RS (.319) Brandon Snyder , 1B, BAL-1+1, 2 RS, 4 BB (.365) Chris Marrero, 1B, WAS- 2-5, RS, 5 RBI (.365)...
