Shysterball has an interesting take:
If I’m Theo, I call up Jocketty right now and offer a straight-up Manny for Dunner deal. Manny is pro-rata $20M for the rest of the year with club options the Reds can decline. Dunn is $13M pro-rata, with a $500K buyout. If the money is an issue for the Reds, [...]
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Neyer is becoming my favorite baseball writer. Very digestible information with tons of cool articles and he isn’t overly stat/sabermetric heavy, although there is some of that too. If you don’t have an Insiders subscription yet, it is almost worth it to read Neyer.
From his July 18th blog post on ESPN.com [Insiders Subscription Required]
As for [...]
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You Know What Grinds My Gears? In a critical situation, Mike Lincoln makes a terrific stand on the mound versus David Wright and Carlos Beltran and gets no help from the crowd. Cincinnati fans can be passionate about wanting to run Adam Dunn out of town, but they can’t get behind thier pitchers (or hitters) [...]
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After Marty Brennamans’ episode on April 16 when the Reds were in Chicago, someone decided that it would be best for the long-time Reds broadcaster to be assigned a security detail during the current three game stand in the Windy City. Mark Sheldon, the MLB.com beat writer for the Reds said that Marty, so far, [...]
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With all the focus on the environment these days, why not try and reduce waste in the dugout, clubhouse, and the seating areas by going green. Chris Dickerson, Reds prospect at Triple-A Louisville wants to do just that. He has asked for and received water bottles for all the Bats on the team. By using [...]
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The Reds complete the home stand at 5-2 (should have been 6-1 had Weathers not blown the second game versus the Pirates) and have chopped two games off the wild card lead, which is now down to seven. They will now head out onto the road before the All-Star Break going to division leading Chicago [...]
Filed under: General Baseball, Reds Baseball | Tagged: C.C. Sabathia, Edinson Volquez, George Grande, Tim Lincecum | 1 Comment »
