The biggest news of the day is that Baseball America is releasing their Reds Top 10 list this afternoon. That is always fun to get into and is likely to be what the chat revolves around later this evening. Now that the list is out, I will say that I am incredibly surprised that Billy Hamilton is rated higher than Devin Mesoraco is. What are your thoughts on their list?
The Reds also signed Jeremy Hermida to a minor league deal. Low risk, but he has shown some real talent in the past, so the reward could be quite good.
The most disappointing news around is that it seems the Reds are keeping Aroldis Chapman in the bullpen. What a waste. If he ever goes to the rotation, you are delaying his time before he can become a full time starter, or risking injury by not properly building up his innings. Either way, I don’t like it one bit.
RedReporter is doing its community ranking of its prospects. If you are a member over there, go vote.
I will have a chat at 6pm ET tonight. I will place the chat at the top of this post when its getting close to starting.