From ESPN magazine (Jan 26) issue: K Korner says: The Reds think Ramon Hernandez, whom they acquired from the Orioles in December, is their solution at catcher. Dusty Baker values defense behind the plate, which is why he often played Paul Bako there last season. But Baker will find out that the 32 ...

Baseball America has two interesting articles running that rank minor league catchers by caught stealing percentage and passed balls per 120 games. Here are how the Reds catching prospects fared. Caught Stealing Percentage # CATCHER ORG LEVELS CS SB ATT PCT 18 Tatum, Craig CIN AA/AAA 35 58 93 37.6% ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 0 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 W: Johnny Cueto (6-8), L: Paul Byrd (3-9) HR: Adam Dunn (19) The Cleveland Indians in general, and Ryan Garko in particular, wasted several scoring opportunities on Saturday night, as Cincinnati’s R...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The Mets return home after going 3-3 out west, with three games against the Reds scheduled at Shea this weekend (emphasis on “scheduled” - as of this af...