REDS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Chapman on pace to shatter strikeout record
Aroldis Chapman speaks little English, but the language he speaks from the pitchers mound evokes sheer terror from opposing batters.
Chapman talks in high decibels with a three-digit fastball, then buckles knees with a whispering slider to pile up strikeout after strikeout after strikeout.
While Cincinnati Reds fan scream and plead that Chapman should be in the starting rotation...
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Cueto rocked as Reds lose to Braves 6-2
The Reds (18-17) got 11 hits against the Braves (23-14) Tuesday night, but not when they mattered. Johnny Cueto had an un-Cuetolike start, giving up 6 runs on 8 hits with only two strikeouts in only 4 innings of work. Alfredo Simon, JJ Hoover and Jose Arrendondo all gave up no runs in relief, but it still wasn't enough to topple red hot Atlanta lineup.
The Good
- Joey Votto...
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Braves 6, Reds 2
The Braves jumped on Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto early Tuesday night and beat the Reds 6-2, giving the right-hander his first loss of the season.
Brian McCann homered and the Braves scored four runs in the third inning.
Cueto (4-1) led the major leagues with his 1.12 ERA before giving up six runs, five earned, on eight hits in four innings. He had allowed only one earned run...
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The Daily Brief: Going for the sweep in Atlanta
Last Game
The Reds took the first game of the two-game series against the Atlanta Braves. Homer Bailey pitched, Chris Heisey and Brandon Phillips got RBI, and the Reds won 3-1.
Next Game
The Reds finish the short series against the Braves tonight at 7:10 p.m. Normally I wouldn’t be too optimistic about such a game, but it’s Johnny Cueto and his 4-0 record and his 1.12...
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Cincinnati slips two spots in latest power rankings
Not even Votto could prevent the Reds from
slipping in the rankings
After creeping up to the 12th spot in ESPN's MLB Power Rankings last week, the Reds fell two spots to 14th in the latest batch released on Monday. That's not too surprising considering they needed a herculean effort from Joey Votto on Sunday to avoid getting swept at home by the Nationals. They...
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Reds aren't exactly burning up the basepaths
Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker is big on the running game. "Speed kills," he said. However, the Reds are next to last in the National League with 15 stolen bases. They did not attempt a steal Monday in a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. "I always like to run," Baker said, "but you can't run into outs. Part of it is we don't have a bunch...
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Cincinnati Reds Put Away Atlanta Braves
Just a day after I lamented that the Cincinnati Reds were not ready to be division leading material or ready for primetime, they up and make me look bad and defeat the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, 3-1 behind Homer Bailey‘s outstanding performance. Remember, the Atlanta Braves are a team with a winning record and one that has been on a roll lately. However, it was the Braves...
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MINOR details 5/14/12: Donald Lutz smash!
Lutz (@braunerhulk) had a hulk of a night.
Louisville 5 Lehigh Valley 1
-Game one of the doubleheader saw Sean Gallagher (2-3) throw six innings of one-run baseball, and drive in a run for the Bats (12-26). Travis Webb added a perfect seventh inning.
-RF Bill Rhinehart had a double, two RBI, and a run scored. CF Denis Phipps and 1B Neftali Soto each knocked in a run too, as...
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Game 34: Reds 3, Braves 1
The Reds continued their role as NLE spoiler tonight by knocking the Braves back into second place behind the Nationals by winning 3-1.
It was Homer Bailey on the mound to start things off against a formidable Braves’ offense. He worked 6.2 innings, allowing 1 run (earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks. Logan Ondrusek and Aroldis Chapman then came on to put in .2 inning apiece, with...
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When a Moment Can Change a Season
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I knew trailing 6-5 in the 9th, that if the Reds could get Joey Votto to the plate that they would win the ballgame.
All that needed to happen was Chris Heisey reaching base. By the way I had seen Votto going earlier in the day, it didn’t matter how hard Henry Rodriguez was throwing. His fastball was simply too straight to sneak past Votto three...
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Cincinnati Reds Not Ready to Lead Division
I wrote before the Cincinnati Reds - Washington Nationals series that we would know a lot more about the Reds after they had competed with the East Division leading Nationals at GABP over the weekend. My premise was that the Reds had won 5 series in a row; however, they had come against teams that had a sub-.500 record. (In their defense, that is every team but the St. Louis...
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The 250 million man
People were grumbling. The Cincinnati Reds were stumbling and some fans, the ones who like big bangs out of a buck, laid the problem at the expensive spikes of Joey Votto.As fans sought shelter in the innards under the grandstand near the concession stands most of Sunday afternoon while rain delayed the start for 3 hours, one was heard to say, For 250 million, youd think wed get...
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2 days ago
Votto hits 3 HRs, including walk-off slam
Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his third home run of the game, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed 9-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Votto hit solo homers in his first two at-bats and finished a big day with his second career slam with two outs in the ninth.
Washington came into the game with only 15 homers allowed all season,...
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2 days ago
Reds' Costanzo prepared for New York fans
CINCINNATI His name is Mike Costanzo and he is prepared, he knows it is going to happen, and he has steeled himself for the verbal onslaught.
The Cincinnati Reds play five games in New York this week two against the Mets and three against the Yankees.
And Costanzo knows it is inevitable that fans will be calling him Lord of the Idiots, a description of TV sitcom star George Costanza...
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Reds' Rolen on DL with bum shoulder
Reds third baseman Scott Rolen went back on the 15-day disabled list Saturday because of more soreness in his left shoulder, a chronic problem late in his career.
The 37-year-old infielder had surgery to clean out the shoulder last August, but hasn't fully recovered his swing. He was batting only .174 with two homers and 11 RBI when he called the team on Saturday and suggested...
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3 days ago
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