Game Time: 1:10 in NY, 12:10 in Ashland   Lineups: TBA   Leading Off Let's stop beating around the bush.   Obviously, things haven't been all that great around here this season. We've had a hard time getting thread starters; we've lost key contributers and commenters; we've been snippy/snarky/downright rude to one another over and over again. The 2013 Reds October has been nothing like the 2010-2012 Reds October, or its previous incarnations.   And if, right ... [More]

  Game Time: 7:10 in New York, 6:10 in Ashland   Lineups: Cincinnati (27-18 and assured of a winning road trip with two games to play) # Player Pos RunsV HrV RBIV SBV AvgV OBPV 1 Derrick Robinson(S) CF NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 Zack Cozart(R) SS -0.78 -0.56 -0.94 -0.52 -1.20 -2.06 3 Joey Votto(L) 1B 0.94 0.02 0.63 -0.60 1.67 3.07 4 Brandon Phillips(R) 2B -0.06 -0.52 0.52 0.15 0.26 -0.70 5 Jay Bruce(L) RF ... [More]

  Game Time: 7:10 in New York, 6:10 in Ashland   Lineups: Cincinnati (26-18 and second/third in the best division in the league)   # Player Pos RunsV HrV RBIV SBV AvgV OBPV 1 Shin-Soo Choo(L) CF 0.54 -0.26 -0.32 0.63 0.41 1.24 2 Cesar Izturis(S) SS -1.31 -1.50 -1.85 -0.11 -1.84 -2.85 3 Joey Votto(L) 1B 1.37 0.46 1.30 -0.54 2.03 3.52 4 Brandon Phillips(R) 2B -0.09 -0.49 0.60 0.14 0.04 -0.93 5 Jay ... [More]

  Game Time: 1:45 EST   Lineups: Cincinnati (15-13) # Player Pos RunsV HrV RBIV SBV AvgV OBPV 1 Shin-Soo Choo(L) CF 0.13 -0.52 -0.97 0.56 -0.49 1.11 2 Zack Cozart(R) SS -1.17 -0.88 -1.12 -0.55 -1.84 -2.60 3 Joey Votto(L) 1B 0.96 0.06 0.62 -0.58 1.19 3.75 4 Brandon Phillips(R) 2B -0.45 -0.85 0.26 0.09 -0.45 -1.14 5 Jay Bruce(L) RF -0.26 0.75 0.36 -0.39 -1.14 -0.04 6 Todd Frazier(R... [More]

Game Time: 8:15 in C-Town, 7:15 in A-Town   Lineups: Cincinnati (15-12 and Looking to Bind the Dragon for 1,000 Years)TBANosnorb 1   St. Louis (14-11 and Prowling Around Like a Lion, Looking For Someone to Devour)TBAGarcia 1   Leading Off: It's a day for optimism! It's 80 degrees, sunny, and the Reds have two shots to finally win a series in their own private Baseball Hell. But that's not all - while this month has its share of discouragement, there's much to be encou... [More]

  Game Time: 8:15 in Cincinnati, 7:15 in Ashland and St. Louis   Lineups: Cincinnati (14-12 and walking into Hell) # Player Pos RunsV HrV RBIV SBV AvgV OBPV 1 Shin-Soo Choo CF 0.12 -0.68 -0.96 0.54 -0.01 0.46 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.05 -1.03 -1.21 -0.50 -1.35 -2.41 3 Joey Votto 1B 0.87 -0.12 0.47 -0.55 1.69 2.62 4 Brandon Phillips 2B -0.35 -1.00 0.04 0.13 0.02 -1.08 5 Jay Bruce RF -0.33 0.45 0.06 -0.3... [More]

Game Time: 1:10 in Cincinnati, 12:10 in Ashland   Leading Off:   Johnny Cueto VS Stephen Strasburg.   If you need more motivation to care about this game, then I simply don't know what to tell you.   GO REDS!!!   NATIONALS (4-1) CF Denard Span RF Jayson Werth CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Chad Tracy SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa C Kurt Suzuki RHP Stephen Strasburg REDS (3-2) CF Shin-Soo Choo LF Xavier Paul 1B Joey Votto 2B Brandon Phillips RF Jay Bru... [More]

Game Time: 1:10 in Cincinnati, 12:10 in Ashland   Lineups: Washington (3-1 and wishing they'd re-signed Edwin Jackson and left Dan Haren alone) TBA Detwiler 1   Cincinnati (3-1 and glad Washington didn't re-sign Edwin Jackson and were happy to see Dan Haren) TBA Leake (who I love) 1   Leading Off: It was the tale of two fourth starters.   In a vacuum, one should always choose Dan Haren over Edwin Jackson. Haren, after all, has 37.5 WAR in 10 years, as oppos... [More]

Game Time: 7:10 in Cincinnati, 6:10 in Ashland   Lineups: Washington (3-0, and having only given up a single run so far) TBA Haren 1   Cincinnati (2-1, and having only given a way a single game so far) Choo 8 Heisey 7 Votto 3 Phillips 4 Bruce 9 Frazier 5 Cozart 6 Hanigan 2 Bailey 9   Leading Off This, friends, is a heavyweight fight.   Twin 97 game winners from a year ago, the Nationals and Reds are locked and loaded for an October run. Both teams added... [More]

The 2012 Cincinnati Reds were lucky.   The above sentence is a fact. Or, at least, is widely held as a fact. And I don't just mean by detractors of the Reds or Cardinal fans; I mean by the general population of those that watch baseball. In 2012, the Cincinnati Reds had a dream season, with health the likes of which the league had rarely, if ever, seen before, and whose hottest stretch coincided with the injury to their best player. Add it up, and the Cincinnati Reds were lucky last seaso... [More]