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Reds near deals with top two Draft picks | reds.com: News
Reds near deals with top two Draft picks | reds.com: News
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com 07/08/09 6:20 PM ET PHILADELPHIA -- Neither side has urgently tried to put pen to paper, but the Reds are nearing deals with their top two selections from the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. The club has been in extensive talks with agent Dan Horwits, who represents ...
Game Thread: Mets (40-44) vs Reds (41-43)
Game Thread: Mets (40-44) vs Reds (41-43)
nleastchatter.com — Game Time: 7:10pm Record: 3-2 Era: 2.79 K: 17 BB: 16 WHIP: 1.48 Mets Notes: Although he... wasn’t nearly as effective as he had been in his first three starts with the Mets, Nieve deserved a slightly better fate when he faced the Phillies on Saturday. He was charged with four runs ... (more) Game Thread: Mets (40-44) vs Reds (41-43)
Game Thread: Mets (40-45) vs Reds (42-43)
Game Thread: Mets (40-45) vs Reds (42-43)
nleastchatter.com — Game Time: 7:10pm Record: 9-7 Era: 3.29 K: 107 BB: 36 WHIP: 1.23 Mets Notes: Though he... lost to the Phillies on Sunday — for the first time in his career — Santana provided the kind of performance the Mets expect from him, and one that might have been accompanied by a ... (more) Game Thread: Mets (40-45) vs Reds (42-43)
Reds Still Clinging to Mediocrity
Reds Still Clinging to Mediocrity
reds.gearupforsports.com — Now that my 4th of July hangover finally subsided I decided to spend some time scouring the... interwebs this morning for some Reds news. I came across an article by Tom Verducci of SI.com which I found very interesting. Basically, Verducci talks about how the Reds are the symbol for parity in ... (more) Reds Still Clinging to Mediocrity
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Odds & Ends: Reds, Dodgers, Rangers
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Links for Wednesday evening, with more to come... MLB.com's Mark Sheldon reports the Reds are nearing deals with their top two picks, pitchers Mike Leake and Brad Boxberger.  "It's going very well with both of those guys," Reds scouting director Chris Buckley said Wednesday. According to Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Daily News, ...

Red Reposter - 7/9/09
Red Reporter — ... you can just forget the idea that Willy Taveras and Chris Dickerson will be platooned in CF. After Taveras started against two lefties, Dickerson was in CF and leading off against righty Rodrigo Lopez. "Dickerson hadn't played in a couple of days," Reds manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday. " ... Willy will be back in there (today)." As the Fay points out, Dickerson's OBP is .375 while Taveras is getting on at an embarrassing .287 clip. The Reds' top two draft picks last month, Mike Leake and Brad Boxberger are close to signing ...

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