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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Its official now according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Good news all around. Wonder what the moves from Louisville and Dayton are that made these moves complete throughout the system.

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Thats the rumor anyways. I will see if I can track down some confirmation of that news. Just saw that Shaun Cumberland was pulled from the game early. Could it be a domino effect with outfielders?

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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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(Photo: Lisas Lounge/Flickr.com)
Drew Stubbs is one of the more intriguing prospects in all of baseball. The scout crowd love him for his bag of tools, while the ’stats’ crowd is down on him for his strikeouts and performance thus far. Personally, I like to think I have a nice mix of both stats and scouting [...]

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Juan Duran could play this year
Ben Badler at Baseball America says that Juan Duran (Photo creating by reader Tom) could spend some time in the GCL this year, but right now is dealing with an elbow injury. The GCL uses a DH, so getting at bats shouldn’t be a problem.
Peek at the Draft
Jim Callis, also [...]

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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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The Enquirer ran a whole bunch of short articles on prospects so there is a lot of articles, but not a lot to most of them.
John Fay wrote one on the Young Arms. He touches on the recent history of the Reds pitching prospects.
John also wrote about the 4 young third basemen in the system. [...]

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Jonathon Mayo of milb.com wrote an article on the top 10 names to know in the Florida State League and Drew Stubbs came in at #8. Here is what he had to say:
8. Drew Stubbs, OF
Sarasota Reds (Cincinnati)
Want to see a guy who really can go get ‘em in center? [...]

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