Todays game is on MLB Network at 3pm. I can’t begin to tell you how happy that makes me. It has been nice to see pictures and hear the guys call the games, but actually seeing our guys play is going to be a treat.
Kevin Goldstein over at Baseball Prospectus has his Top 101 Prospects list up. He has four Reds in his Top 101 and here they are:
- #6 – Aroldis Chapman
- #46 – Billy Hamilton
- #53 – Devin Mesoraco
- #86 – Yasmani Grandal
What do you guys think of the rankings? I still think Hamilton is a little high here, while Mesoraco is a little low. Yonder Alonso missing on the list is still questionable to me as well.
Goldstein also held a chat at Baseball Prospectus to discuss the rankings. Here is the only Reds related things he had in the chat:
Mario66 (Canada): Regarding ranking in a vacuum, does your ranking of Chapman and C. Sale reflect your expectation as to whether they’ll be starters or relievers? In other words, do you ding pitchers that you think will wind up in the pen? That should wind up in the pen? Thanks.Kevin Goldstein: I don’t ding pitchers based on how their team will use them. If the Angels suddenly, inexplicable moved Trout to 1B for no reason, I’m not sure how I could ding him.
More rankings are out as well, as Marc Hulet at Fangraphs has up his Reds Top 10 Prospects. His big surprise to me was including Drew Cisco in his Top 10. Go check out the list.
Here is how the prospects performed in yesterday afternoons game:
- Todd Frazier went 0-2.
- Dave Sappelt went 2-2.
- Devin Mesoraco went 1-1.
- Juan Francisco went 02-.
- Chris Valaika went 0-2.
- Danny Dorn went 0-2.
- Yonder Alonso went 1-2.
- Neftali Soto went 1-2.
- Kris Negron went 0-2.
- Yasmani Grandal went 0-1.
- Tucker Barnhart went 1-1.
- Zack Cozart went 0-2.
- Philippe Valiquette threw 0.2 perfect innings of relief.
- Aroldis Chapman threw a hitless inning with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts.
Mark Sheldon has some notes up from the game at Reds.com, including some notes on Aroldis Chapman.
Mark Sheldon also has up an article on Daryl Thompson and his comeback. Thompson has such a good arm, its a shame that he has dealt with so many injuries after finally overcoming several injuries to make his MLB Debut back in 2008, only to suffer through more.