What do the Sox do? Rumor has it Theo has been shopping around, inquiring after Adam Dunn and Nick Johnson of the Nationals and Jeff Francoeur of the Braves (while we’re at it, if
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11 August 2008
Arizona has just traded for Adam Dunn, reports Baseball Digest Daily, bolstering their outfield to offset injuries to Eric Byrnes and Justin Upton, as well as to counteract the Dodgers' recent acquisition of Manny Ramirez. That Dunn passed through waivers is both an indication of his big salary for the year, as well as his undervalued status among GMs.
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3 June 2008
Names that have often been mentioned to be available include Ken Griffey, Jr. or Adam Dunn in Cincinnati and there is talk the Rockies could potentially look to move Matt Holliday. Certainly others could become available as teams fall out of contention. And of course there is one Barry Bonds who sits waiting for a phone call from an interested party. Bonds, however, comes with his own set of problems and would seem to be the complete antithesis of David Ortiz, which brings me to my final point.
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30 May 2008
Easily the biggest news anywhere in baseball this past week was the long-anticipated callup of Jay Bruce, savior-in-waiting for Cincinnati and #1 prospect by most of the writers in the Baseball America Prospect Handbook. With Cincy wallowing in last place in a revitalized NL Central that offers not only the surprising Cardinals, but also the resurgent Astros and the overachieving Bucs, it seems that Reds management is ready to bring out the big guns--or at least begin the rebuilding process. As further signal of the latter possibility, they called up Andy Phillips and sent down Corey Patterson, someone only a vet-lover like Dusty Baker still considered a serviceable outfielder.
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8 May 2008
The Reds went all homer-happy over the Cubs last night, and Edinson Volquez twirled a gem on the mound, leading the Reds commentators and Steve Phillips on ESPN to go all gushy on them, proclaiming the future is now and they're gonna take the NL Central. Is this the case?
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6 May 2008
One out later, Jeff Keppinger blooped a two-run single to go ahead, 3-0. Adam Dunn made it 5-1 when he hit a two run home run. Prior to Dunn's at bat, DeRosa had a fielding error which allowed Encarnacion to reach base. If DeRosa fields the ball cleanly, Encarnacion would have been the third out. Ken Griffey Jr. later robed Soriano of a potential home run making a remarkable catch crashing in the left field wall.The biggest chance for the Cubs to tie it was in the ninth when Reds closer Francisco Cordero got himself into a jam when he loaded the bases up with one out with Theriot and Lee coming up to bat. But, as Lou said earlier, the Cubs handed the Reds this game. Cordero threw a wild pitch, that got a couple of feet away from, and Fontenot scampered home. Reds catcher Paul Bako made a quick play to the ball, and tossed it to Cordero. Fontenot was called out. Two outs. Not only did Fontenot have a bad break towards home, but he even admitted he did not see where the ball went. What disturbs me most is you almost take the bat out of Lee's hands. Luckily Theriot walked, which would have brought in a run, and Lee was up to bat. Lee grounded weakly to the second baseman making the final out of the game.The Cubs had their chances to score and did not come through in clutch. This was the story from last year as well and it seems it is something we are going to hear all season.
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4 March 2008
bsp; This team has some wonderful pieces in place. Brandon Phillips is a stud at second base, Adam Dunn can hit 40 homers, Ryan Freel is a spark plug and Ken Griffey Jr. can still play a little bit. Aaron Harang is a top-notch pitcher who has continued to stay under the radar somehow and Bronson Arroyo can win some games. Chad Cordero is a very productive closer and they have a solid bullpen other than him. But then they sit around and play people like Scott Hatteberg, Alex Gonzalez and Edwin Encarnacion. I don’t get it, either sell high on your studs and get some prospects and more young players or you go out and spend the money and really make your team a contender. I don’t get it; they have had this core of players for a few years now and have done nothing with it. Boggles my mind, I guess that’s why they are the Cincinnati Reds.
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