Entries from May 2008

Confirmed: Josh Roenicke to AAA and Sean Watson to AA

May 31st, 2008 · 8 Comments

This is just confirmed now. Still have to ask, what does Ramon Geronimo have to do to get promoted?

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Tags: Roster Moves

2008 MLB First Year Player Mock Draft

May 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments

A group of baseball bloggers got together and put together our own little mock draft with each person taking a team and drafting for them. Below are the results along with who made the pick.

Tampa Bay- Buster Posey, C, Florida State (keith law)
Pittsburgh - Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt (Bucco Blog)
Kansas City - Tim Beckham, SS, [...]

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Devin Mesoraco gets acclimated with the Midwest League

May 31st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Devin Mesoraco was the Reds first round pick in last years draft and he got off to a rough start in the GCL while playing with two injured thumbs. Some crazy Reds fans were already talking ‘bust’ on a certain message board I frequent. When he began the season in extended spring training there were [...]

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5-30-08 Minor League Game Review

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Louisville won 5-3. Box Score

Corey Patterson went 1-3 with a walk and a run.
Jolbert Cabrera went 1-4 with a triple and a run.
Kevin Barker went 2-4 with a run and an RBI.
Ryan Hanigan went 2-4 with a run and an RBI.
Jerry Gil went 1-4 with a double, run and RBI.
Chris Dickerson went 1-3 with a [...]

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Daryl Thompson and Matt Maloney make BA Prospect Hotsheet

May 30th, 2008 · 19 Comments

Louisville has a decent group of starting pitchers don’t they? Well, two of them made the Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet today.
Daryl Thompson came in at #4 after his final start in Chattanooga and his first start in Louisville resulted in 13 innings, 2 runs, 2 walks and 13 strikeouts. They report that Thompson was [...]

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Tags: Daryl Thompson · Matt Maloney

5-30-08 Draft Preview - Tim Melville

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The Reds have the #7 overall pick in this years Draft. They don’t have a second round pick as a result of signing Francisco Cordero, so they really need to make a slam dunk pick with their first guy. Going by Baseball America’s Draft Tracker, I am going to go over the top 15 guys [...]

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5-30-08 Draft Preview - Yonder Alonso

May 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments

The Reds have the #7 overall pick in this years Draft. They don’t have a second round pick as a result of signing Francisco Cordero, so they really need to make a slam dunk pick with their first guy. Going by Baseball America’s Draft Tracker, I am going to go over the top 15 guys [...]

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5-29-08 Minor League Game Review

May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Louisville won 6-3. Box Score

Chris Dickerson went 2-5 with a triple, run and an RBI.
Adam Rosales went 1-4 with a triple, run and an RBI.
Jolbert Cabrera went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI.
Kevin Barker went 1-3 with a double, walk and an RBI.
Michael Griffin went 1-4 with a run and a double.
Matt Maloney went [...]

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Travis Wood and Daryl Thompson impress in their debut’s

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Daryl Thompson and Travis Wood both made their first starts at their new levels last night. The 22 year old Thompson spent his first 7 weeks in Chattanooga before getting the promotion to Louisville. Wood, 21 years old, spent the first 7 weeks with Sarasota before getting the promotion to Chattanooga along with teammate Jordan [...]

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Tags: Daryl Thompson · Travis Wood

5-28-08 Minor League Game Review

May 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments

Louisville won 2-1. Box Score

Andy Green went 1-3 with a double and an RBI.
Kevin Barker went 2-4 with a double and an RBI.
Luis Bolivar went 1-2 with a run, walks and a double.
Daryl Thompson allowed an unearned run on 4 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings and he struck out 6 in his AAA [...]

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