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Review of Tuesday's Catus League exhibition game: - [Read more]

If you were finalizing the Reds' roster right now, it would be hard to leave rookie left-hander Aroldis Chapman off of it. "Yes, it would," general manager Walt Jocketty said. - [Read more]

I know, I know…we really don’t need to get so excited. I can’t help it. Sorry.

This scouting report is from ESPN’s Keith Law. Go here to read the entire thing (it’s worth your time). An excerpt:

I got my first live look at Aroldis Chapman on Monday in a game in Goodyear, Ariz., that was attended [...] - [Read more]

Today, one of my favorite baseball quotes of all-time, courtesy of former Reds relief pitcher Jim Kern. Kern is reported by Sports Illustrated (April 9, 1979) as having made this statement while pitching for the Rangers, recalling a moment when he was removed for a reliever.

“I told him I wasn’t tired. He told [...] - [Read more]

Our buddy Joe Posnanski (author of 2009’s must-read book, The Machine) had a chance to see Aroldis Chapman up close and personal yesterday. He wrote about it for SI, and you really want to click that link and read the piece. Let’s just say Poz was impressed.

And then: You watch Chapman pitch.

“I mean, holy cow,” [...] - [Read more]

Our baby’s all growns up*, says Paul Daugherty. He’s speaking of Homer Bailey, and it’s practically the first time I’ve ever agreed with anything written in a Daugherty column.

Now, if this guy ever matures, we will have something on our hands.

*If you don’t know what “our baby’s all growns up” means, then I’m disappointed in [...] - [Read more]

Homer Bailey had an easy outing this morning, in the Reds “B-game” against the Brew Crew:

Homer Bailey pitched two perfect innings in the B game against the Brewers. He struck out three. He went to a two-ball count only once. He threw 23 pitches in all.

His first inning was particularly good: He struck out the [...] - [Read more]

Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman hit 100 mph on radar guns during his spring training debut Monday, throwing two scoreless innings during the Reds' 14-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. - [Read more]

USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale recently convened a summit of “baseball men” to talk about “ways to improve the national pastime.”

The Reds’ Dusty Baker represented managers on the panel, and along with wily superagent Scott Boras, had a unique solution to shortening the length of games: Add a pitcher to every roster, because [...] - [Read more]

The Reds signed Orlando Cabrera to a free agent contract in the off season in an effort to strengthen one of the Reds’ biggest offseason question marks…that is, who would play shortstop or may be the question was actually would Paul Janish hit enough to be the regular shortstop?

Janish was the default regular after [...] - [Read more]

Homer Bailey pitched two perfect innings in the B game against the Brewers. He struck out three. He went to a two-ball count only once. He threw 23 pitches in all. - [Read more]

In today’s must-read, John Fay questions Brandon Phillips’ maturity.

I’ve been convinced for a while that Brandon Phillips will be traded before 2010 is over. He’s a good player, but overrated, and there’s always so much drama around him. Plus, he eats pretzels when in the field. With Todd Frazier nearly ready at 2B, and with [...] - [Read more]

Today a quote from one of the most colorful players of all-time, Mike “King” Kelly, who starred for the Cincinnati Reds back in 1878-79. Kelly’s answer below is in response to the question, “Do you ever drink while playing baseball?”

“It depends on the length of the game.” — Mike “King” Kelly

King Kelly led [...] - [Read more]

The National Baseball HOF and Museum decided to run a tournament/poll (via Facebook) to determine the all-time greatest baseball team.

They picked their field based on wins, with runs scored being the tie breakers for seeding.

The sole representative for Cincinnati is the ‘75 BRM. The ‘76 team missed getting in by 2 games (though some of [...] - [Read more]

We’ve been salivating over the young pitching talent in this organization lately, and there’s more to drool over today. John Fay writes about Travis Wood and Mike Leake here (we linked it earlier, but C. Trent’s piece on the same subject is excellent reading as well). Meanwhile, over at Redlegs Baseball there is this in-depth [...] - [Read more]

How much can one player add to a team? I read the other day at the website of baseball stats legend Bill James that Albert Pujols’s value to the Cardinals is that the…

“Cardinals start out six-eight games over .500 because of Pujols. Everybody else has to make it up somehow. “

James [...] - [Read more]

Left-hander Matt Maloney's 1 2/3 innings of scoreless pitching in the spring opener was an important first step in his bid to nail down the fifth spot in the rotation. - [Read more]

So much for the dry weather in Arizona. The Reds' third Cactus League game was washed out by heavy rains Sunday. - [Read more]

Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman will make his exhibition debut for the Reds on Monday when he pitches in relief against the Kansas City Royals. - [Read more]

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