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Laynce Nix a free agent, Daryl Thompson outrighted off 40-man roster
Mark Sheldon tweets it. I think we all expected Nix to get nixed with so many better, cheaper options, and Thompson shouldn't be a surprise either. Dude's been riddled with injuries. Remember his debut at Yankee Stadium though? That was awesome.
MLBTraderumors also says Craig Tatum was claimed off waivers by the Orioles. Plenty of roster clean-up going on with deadline to set the 40-man fast approaching.
Update at 4:04 PM (by BK):
We have a list of players added to the 40-man roster:
RHP Enerio Del Rosario
OF Chris Heisey
RHP Logan Ondrusek
RHP Jordan Smith
IF Chris Valaika
LHP Philippe-Alexandre Valiquette
LHP Travis Wood
No shockers there, and Wood and Heisey get protection from the Rule 5. Anyone you think should have been protected but wasn't?
The Greatest Reds: #34 - #31
by riverfront76 on Nov 20, 2009 12:00 PM EST
in History/Hall of Fame
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34. Billy Rhines
| Played as Red | Primary Position | Career Rank | Peak Rank | Prime Rank |
| 1890-92, 1895-97 | SP | 33 | 9 | 86 |
| Percent Breakdown of Value | Best Season | Best player on Reds | ||
| Hit | Field | Pitch | 1890 | 1890 |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | ||
| Awards/Honors as a Red | Leading the League | On the Reds Leaderboard | ||
| N/A | ERA+ – 1890, 1896 ERA – 1890, 1986 WHIP – 1890, 1896 Hits Per Inning – 1896 |
-9th in career ERA+ |
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Billy Rhines, a household name in all but the most rustic of homes, has the 9th best peak in Reds history, but just the 86th best prime score. How is this possible? In 1890, as a 21 year-old rookie playing in the inaugural NL season in Cincinnati put together a season which has not been topped since: Rhines had a 28-17 record with a 1.95 ERA (leading the league), which was good for a 184 ERA+ (also led the league) over 401.1 innings (6th best in the NL). He started 45 games, and finished them all. As great as that season was, it did not portend a great future: over the remainder of his career, most of which was with the Reds, he was strictly an average pitcher, with a .500 W-L record and a 105 ERA+. He did, however, manage a blast-from-the-past type season in 1896, recording a 2.45 ERA (188 ERA+), albeit in just 143 innings.
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The Red Reporter Book Club (Season 2, Episode 1): The Machine - The Prologue
by ken on Nov 19, 2009 11:27 PM EST
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Welcome to Red Reporter's second hurrah into some old-timey nerdery in the form of a book club. This time we'll be reading Joe Posnanski's The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. As most of you know, Posnanski is a former Cincinnati Post reporter, current Sports Illustrated writer, and a Clevelander at heart. I think he does a great job discussing the personalities and stories of the 1975 Reds, and if you have the means I highly recommend acquiring The Machine and giving it a read. I'll try to post something every week or two covering a chapter of the book so that we finish the book before Opening Day.
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The Greatest Reds: #38 - #35
by riverfront76 on Nov 19, 2009 12:00 PM EST
in History/Hall of Fame
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38. Miller Huggins
| Played as Red | Primary Position | Career Rank | Peak Rank | Prime Rank |
| 1904-1909 | 2B | 50 | 34 | 26 |
| Percent Breakdown of Value | Best Season | Best player on Reds | ||
| Hit | Field | Pitch | 1905 | Never |
| 75% | 25% | 0% | ||
| Awards/Honors as a Red | Leading the League | On the Reds Leaderboard | ||
| Inducted to Hall of Fame – 1964 | Walks – 1905, 1907 Singles – 1906 |
-11th in career sacrifice hits |
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Bill James once fashioned a way of calculating a player’s most similar players, statistically, and he posited that if a player’s most similar player had a relatively low similarity score, it was evidence of that player’s excellence. In Miller Huggins’s case, he shared a rather low score with his most similar player (Don Blasingame), but in his case, it was due to the unique nature of the 5’6" player’s game. Consider: over Huggins’s 13-year career, his on-base percentage was 68 points higher than his slugging percentage. He routinely topped 600 plate appearances in a season, but never even reached 20 doubles in any one year, despite his good speed (324 career steals). He scored nearly three times as many runs as he drove in. Roughly half of his playing career was with the Reds, accumulating a batting line of 260/362/310 (104 OPS+), before being traded to the Cardinals for a pair of players who never did much to help the good guys.
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Dusty's Father Dies
After all the bad things I've said about Dusty, I wish him and his family nothing but the best in what has to be a very difficult time.
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The Greatest Reds: #42 - #39
by riverfront76 on Nov 18, 2009 2:00 PM EST
in History/Hall of Fame
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42. Curt Walker
| Played as Red | Primary Position | Career Rank | Peak Rank | Prime Rank |
| 1924-1930 | RF, LF | 42 | 50 | 44 |
| Percent Breakdown of Value | Best Season | Best player on Reds | ||
| Hit | Field | Pitch | 1926 | 1926 |
| 82% | 18% | 0% | ||
| Awards/Honors as a Red | Leading the League | On the Reds Leaderboard | ||
| N/A | N/A |
-6th in career triples |
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In Walker’s seven years as a Red, he was a consistent source of triples, hitting a total of 94, and at least ten each year. Five of those years, he finished in the NL top 10. Additionally, Walker was above average in terms of taking a walk, and his career hitting rates as a Red were 303/378/441 (113 OPS+). Ultimately, however, the Reds might have been better off keeping the player they traded for Walker (George Harper), who from 1924 through the end of his career in 1929 hit for an OPS+ of 127, albeit in about 1100 fewer plate appearances, plus being a better defender in right field.
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Baseball America releases their Reds top 10 prospects list
Guess who's #1? (hint: his name DOESN'T rhyme with Bonder Garbanzo)
This in an interesting list....thoughts?
If you have a BA subscription JJ Cooper, who made the list, is hosting a chat at 2:30 E.T.
4 days ago
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Red Reposter - Where Were You When You Heard The Reds Re-signed Ramon Hernandez?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 18, 2009 11:15 AM EST
in News
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Hall o' Famer Hal weighs in with his opinion on the Hernandez signing
and he does little to convince me. "Hernandez hit only .258 last year with five homers and 37 RBIs, but...(he) is the kind of guy I want around when I want to have fun and a guy I want to have around when I need somebody to watch my back." Sorry Hal, but this team needs a catcher, not Danny Glover. Hal also tries his hand at a bit o' statistical analysis. He discusses Jay Bruce's LD% and Aaron Harang's DER. It's actually pretty impressive for an old-timer. -
Mark Sheldon wonders if the re-signing of Ramon Hernandez will prohibit the team from signing a LF
He says Jonny Gomes is the better choice over Laynce Nix (duh), but "you have to wonder if catcher Ramon Hernandez's re-signing on Monday for one year at $3 million takes away some of the dollars for left field." He says there are other in-house options, but gives the impression that Gomes would be the superior choice. -
Matthew Pouliot likes the Hernandez signing as well
"He's 33 now and clearly on the decline, but if the Reds give him a fair amount of rest, he should be good for a dozen homers and his typical .330-.340 OBP." -
The Fay has the Boss Man's word on the signing:
"It was an offseason priority. When you look at the alternatives, they’re not great. I think he and (Ryan) Hanigan are a good combination. Corky (Miller) is going to go to Triple-A that that gives us some depth."
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