I asked Ron if he wanted to write up some observations he had on the players he saw this past week as the Lookouts played Mobile. He agreed, so here is what he saw.
Hey guys and gals. Doug asked me to throw something together about my week attending the Lookouts series with the Mobile [...]

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Chris Valaika will represent the Reds on the US Team. Below are his stats:
Hitting .311/.361/.487 between Sarasota and Chattanooga this year with 11 HR, 18 doubles and 41 RBI.

Juan Francisco will represent the Reds on the World Team. His stats are below:
Hitting .271/.288/.455 with 21 doubles, 2 triples, 10 HR and 47 RBI for the [...]

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Two Sarasota Reds were named Player of the Week for last weeks performance.
Hitter of the Week - Florida State League
Chris Valaika, Sarasota
.480 (12-25), 6 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 SB, .920 SLG
Valaika’s lone walk of the week came on Saturday — just his fifth of the [...]

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Hitter of the Month - Chris Valaika (Sarasota)

Chris Valaika is making his second go around in the FSL and he is making good of it this year. In the pitchers league the shortstop is leading the league in Batting Average, slugging percentage, OPS, RBI and is second in HR. He is hitting .384/.398/.589 with 8 [...]

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Ok, so not quite but the Sarasota Reds are putting up some impressive team numbers. They are currently tied for first place in the league at 14-11. On the hitting side as a team they lead the league in runs, hits, doubles, RBI, slugging percentage and OPS. They are second in steals and on base [...]

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This is the first installment of something I will be doing all season. It will come out every other Monday for the baseball season. Its not exactly going to be a Top 40 run down, but will touch on guys whose stock is going up or going down.
Stock up
Daryl Thompson - The fastest riser in [...]

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After a week of the season in the books I sat down today and got the first podcast of the season done. Its my first one ever, so its bound to be a little rough. It is 30 minutes long and 14.5 MB in size.
Topics discussed include:
Pitching prospects Johnny Cueto, Homer Bailey, Daryl Thompson, Travis [...]

 

 Redsminorleagues.com Podcast #1 [31:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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High A roster is out now, leaving just the Bats left for the Reds to go.  Here are the guys starting out in Sarasota:
Pitchers

Misael DeJesus
Ramon Geronimo
Daniel Guerrero
Kevin Gunter
Robert Manuel
Ruben Medina
Alexander Smit
Jordan Smith
Lee Tabor
Camilo Vazquez
Sean Watson
Travis Wood

Catchers

Chris Denove
Eddy Rodriguez

Infielders

Michael DeJesus
Juan Francisco
Jason Louwsma
Justin Tordi
Justin Turner
Chris Valaika

Outfielder

Chris Heisey
Sean Henry
Carson Kainer
Luis Soto
Drew Stubbs

Roster Make up
It has its share of [...]

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Sorry about the updates, my Chicago trip was actually pushed back until Thursday so I have been gone the past two days and have a little catching up to do.
Spring Training Game Review 3/13/08 
Adam Rosales went 2-2 with an RBI and a double.
Drew Anderson (OF) went 0-1 with a walk.
Joey Votto went 0-2.
Jay Bruce went [...]

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