Yardbarker: Ramon Hernandez

Zaun on the Market

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:29 -0500

Does your team need a catcher for 2010? Well, you might be in some trouble. With Victor Martinez’s option picked up today (and Jason Varitek exercising his player option), here’s a list of free agent catchers who received more than 200 PAs last year. Rod Barajas TOR (B) Josh Bard BOS Henry Blanco SD Ramon Hernandez * [...]

Three more catchers available..

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:00 -0500

Two more clubs have declined the options on their veteran catchers; Ramon Hernandez, Matt Treanor and Yorvit Torrealba.The Tigers out righted Matt Treanor who refused assignment and is now a free agent. Treanor spent the first five seasons of his major league career as the Marlins back-up catcher. Last year he appeared in four games for the Tigers. The 33 y/o right handed hitter is a lifetime .232 hitter with a SLg. pct. of .311. The Mets offered Ramon Hernandez a contract back in 2006 before...

Design The 2010 Reds Infield

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:01 -0500

While waiting for the Reds to make their first offseason moves, we’ll continue to debate how the Reds should shape the 2010 team by looking at the possibilities in the infield. So far, we’ve opined on the outfield, and more recently the starting rotation. Catcher: Hanigan should be the starting catcher. The Reds have to make a decision on Ramon Hernandez’s $8.5 million option by Nov 15. John Fay reported Thursday that the Reds will not pick up the expensive option, but that...

Red Reposter - How Much Do You Want Ramon Hernandez Back?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:30:18 -0500

by Keith Srakocic - AP Ramon Hernandez poses with World Series Champion New York Yankee Melky Cabrera. Congratulations BubbaFan! View full size photo » THT is doing a series of player profiles for their fantasy departmentand here they take a look at Jay Bruce. It does a terrific job of breaking down his '09 season, and says the future is very, very bright for him. To wit: "While at first glance, Jay Bruce's 2009 season seems l...

Reds Negotiating With Ramon Hernandez

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:27 -0500

The Reds seem certain to decline their $8.5MM club option on catcher Ramon Hernandez for 2010 and buy the 11-year veteran out for $1MM. The only question now is whether or not Cincinnati will part ways with Hernandez or whether they'll bring him back at a more club-friendly price. Cincinnati GM Walt Jocketty told John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer that he had met with Hernandez's agent, and gave a very neutral view of the negotiations between the team and the player: "We’ve ma...

Ramon Hernandez and the Catching Market

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:50:00 -0500

The weak crop of free agent catchers might become slightly more interesting:The $8.5 club option ($1M buyout) must be exercised or declined on catcher Ramon Hernandez. That doesn't have to be decided until soon after the World Series. My take: the Reds won't pick up the option but will try to re-negotiate for a lower-priced deal.As I see it, there are two sides to this story.Side 1: The Reds would be making the smart move by not picking up Hernandez's option. The team simply canno...

Checking out Bill James Projections for 2010

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:50:17 -0500

We're still a week away from the World Series, but now is as good of a time as any to start checking out projections for the 2010 season. I've gotten my hands on the initial set of Bill James Projections for next season, so I thought I'd share them with you. The full set of projections will be available with much, much more in the 2010 Bill James Handbook, which comes out next month and you can pre-order here. I've broken the projections down a bit...

Red Reposter - thinking about 2010

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:13:47 -0500

Fay: Jocketty on CF, SS and moreAs posted by Dave from Louisville, Jocketty candidly discussed the 2010 roster with Fay over the weekend. I like what he said. Stubbs and Janish will probably be Opening Day starters, and Walt describes Ramon Hernandez's option as "pretty big" while complimenting the performance of Hanigan and the reserves. There is, of course, talk about quest for a "quality RBI man," but Walt has shown good sense here in the past, t...

Reds place C Hernandez on DL with knee injury

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:04 -0500

CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Reds placed catcher Ramon Hernandez on the 15-day disabled list Monday to treat a knee injury.

Red Reposter - 7/20/09

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:21:14 -0500

More photos » by H. Rumph Jr - AP Ramon Hernandez will be about at least a month, opening up playing time for Ryan Hanigan. Dusty is reportedly inconsolable. Browse more photos » The Fayplacement reports that Ramon Hernandez will have surgery on his barking kneeYou probably caught this in another thread from yesterday, but I feel it's important enough to repeat it. He'll like be out 4-6 ...

Titanic Struggle - Phils 3, Reds 2 - July 8, 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:29:49 -0500

negFINAL Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2 WP: Madson (3-4) LP: W******* (1-2) BOX SCORE POSITIVES Another strong start by David Bailey. 6 IP, 7H, 6 K, 0 BB, 2 ER. Looks like he may finally have figured it out. Ramon Hernandez had a few good ABs. NEGATIVES TOS. Jay Bruce, in particular, really needs to get it in gear. W******* blows another Bailey win. He’s been effective, if not exactly impressive this year. But Chad’s Favorite Player has hit a very rough patch lately. And f...

Ramon Hernandez is the Most Outstanding Player

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:04:17 -0500

Ramon Hernandez won the coveted and I mean coveted Most Outstanding Player in the Ohio Cup. The Ohio Cup is the 6 game series played between the Reds and the Cleveland Indians. In five games, he hit .474 with a 2b, 3b, and a homerun while driving in 5 runs. He also [...]

Another thing about the Hernandez trade…

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:11:30 -0500

We didn’t only take on Ramon Hernandez (and his salary, some of which is picked up this year, but is $8.5M next year) and get rid of Ryan Freel, but also traded Justin Turner (.301/.356/.374 at AAA Norfolk) and Brandon Waring. Waring’s having a pretty decent season for the Fredrick Keys (.275/.353/.512 13 homers and 46 RBIs). If Waring were still in our system, he’d rate ahead of Francisco, IMO.

Can the Reds win the World Series? Not Gonna' Happen

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:35:42 -0500

Can they? The heck if I know, but if you trust the people who make a living being right on these types of things the odds are a big whopping NO. I was browsing BetUS.com, since it's almost that time of year for me to rack in the cash, and apparently they are not very high on the Reds chances at the moment.

They have the Reds listed under the title of "Not Gonna' Happen". Can't say I blame them considering the Reds pretty much tanked it last year and all they have done is added the 32 year old Ramon Hernandez. Anyways, just for you guys (and girls) who like to add some extra meaning to the games here is the odds that are laid out.

Legitimate Contenders

Boston Red Sox +500
New York Yankees +600
Chicago Cubs +700
Los Angeles Angels +800
Tampa Bay Rays +900
Philadelphia Phillies +1200

Can't say I disagree even though I hate the Cubs so much that I'd rather go watch Mamma Mia than see them win the World Series. Just kidding I love Mamma Mia.

On the Fringe
Arizona Diamondbacks +1400
Los Angeles Dodgers +1400
New York Mets +1400
Cleveland Indians +1600
Toronto Blue Jays +2500
Chicago White Sox +2500
Minnesota Twins +2500
St. Louis Cardinals +2500

Pretty surprising to see the White Sox listed in that group considering the off-season trades so far this year and the rumors of Dye getting shipped off.

Long shots
Detroit Tigers +1800
Florida Marlins +3000
Atlanta Braves +3000

Nothing to see here!

Now for the good teams!

Not Gonna' Happen
Colorado Rockies +3500
Milwaukee Brewers +4000
Cincinnati Reds +5000
Oakland Athletics +5000
Texas Rangers +5000
San Francisco Giants +5000
Houston Astros +6000
San Diego Padres +6000
Seattle Mariners +6000
Washington Nationals +6000
Pittsburgh Pirates +6000
Baltimore Orioles +10000
Kansas City Royals +10000

Sometimes the truth hurts Reds fans. Maybe we will get lucky, but these guys live off being right so are you willing to take a chance? I might just have to do it, but I'm going to be pulling for the Padres. If I was you I'd check out the rest of their lines for baseball at http://www.betus.com/sports-betting/mlb-baseball/.