First lets take a look at Kevin Goldstein’s list over at Baseball Prospectus. There are only 4 Reds on the list and it is is usual suspects.
Jay Bruce came in at the top of the list. In the chat there are a few things about him, one noting that Goldstein projects him to hit .287/.353/.491 [...]

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Well guys, this is the new site.
Whats New?
Similar layout as before, except I have a lot more control over the layout itself and well, I also get paid (very little by the way) for the ad’s on the top, side and bottom of this page. I hope that by the end of a year I [...]

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Justin has a post up about the Reds future monetary commitments for now and the future. It got me to thinking about what the Reds need to produce from the farm system in order to fill in the holes. I want to look at these in four groups: Infield, Outfield, Starting Pitching and Relief Pitching. [...]

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C. Trent Rosecrans (new blogger/multi sport beat writer for 1530Homer.com and former Cincinnati Post Reds beat writer) has this up on his blog:
Well, not yet. But seems like it’s all but done.
Expect the deal to partner Ohio’s two teams in Goodyear, Arizona.
This is pretty big news considering that it seemed like the Reds truly wanted [...]

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The Louisville Courier Journal had an article on Jay Bruce run in today’s paper. There are lots of good quotes there from Jay on his plans for spring training as well as how he adapted to things last year as he moved up three levels while maintaining his production. Ryan Freel seems like like [...]

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Jonathon Mayo of Milb.com recently talked about the pitchers he thought could make a difference in teams 2008 rotation and he discusses both Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto. One thing he says about Bailey is that last year he was hurt (which I have been saying for months now) and when he came back [...]

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Right now MLB.com has up a 5 part series on baseball in the Dominican Republic that shows how things are for kids growing up to the point when they sign with a team and get to play in the Dominican Summer League.
Go to www.reds.com and in the flash menu that scrolls different stories is the [...]

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Local Cincinnati sports talk radio host Lance McAllister had Kevin Goldstein on his radio show yesterday for a 9 minute interview on the Reds Top 11 Prospects. You can listen to the interview by going to Lance’s blog and on the left side of the page is an ‘Audio: Latest Interviews’ and you can stream [...]

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Baseball America has just released its 2008 Prospect Handbook (ordered mine about 5 minutes ago) which ranks each teams Top 30 prospects. They published an article breaking down how each team acquired its Top 30 prospects, here is the breakdown for the Reds:
College - 15
High School - 7
International FA - 3
Trade - 3
Rule V - [...]

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Billings completed their staff when the Reds hired Julio Garcia to be the manager and Tony Jaramillo to be the hitting coach for the Mustangs. Jaramillo is taking the spot vacated by Aaron Holbert who is going to be the manager of the Lake County Captians in the Indians system. Tom Browning was already on [...]

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