The first cuts have been made down in Sarasota. None of these are particularly surprising: The seven players sent out included the organization’s last three first-round Draft picks. First baseman Yonder Alonso (2008) was optioned to Double-A Carolina, while catcher Devin Mesoraco (2007) and ou...

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% ...

So far it has been an extremely eventful off-season and we still have two months before reporting to Sarasota, for the last time, for spring training.  I have been keeping very busy working the same jobs as last fall, a customer service position at a fulfillment center in West Chester during the da...

“I just didn’t think (the trade to the White Sox) would happen this soon. I was just talking to my parents. They’re a little upset about it, but I know it’s probably good for me, considering there’s a designated hitter [in the American League]. That’s another posi...

Midwest League Prospect Of The Day Centerfielder Engel Beltre (Rangers) put on a speed clinic on Wednesday. He went 3-for-4 with his ninth triple and stole his 14th base for Clinton. Beltre also has multiple hits in each of his past five games. Prospect Nuggets Dayton catcher Devin Mesoraco (Reds) i...