Sorry for the lack of articles other than the game reviews. The day that I got back from seeing the Mudcats, my computer that I work on (the only one that can handle HD video, which is what my camera shoots) totally crapped the bed, so to speak. I spent a day and a half trying to keep from formatting the thing and starting fresh, but that didn’t work. Couldn’t diagnose the problem. Wound up going out and buying a 2 TB external hard drive and just transferring everything I needed over and then formatting and starting fresh. So, things seem to be back to normal at this point, which hopefully means that it isn’t a hardware issue (I was worried the hard drive was dying). Anyways, on to some news.
The Reds traded David Johnson to Toronto for a player to be named and some cash. He had appeared in 36 games for Louisville, mostly as a reliever. 4.98 ERA in 56 innings with 44 strikeouts.
The Reds released Philippe Valiquette before the weekend. To be honest, I am a little bit shocked. Something more has to be going on. This is a guy who hit 100 MPH last season and the Reds had a 40 man roster spot committed to him. Even if the idea was to open up a roster spot for someone else, you put him on waivers and try to get him through. The Reds flat out cut him. I expect more to this story in the future, as I can’t imagine the Reds just releasing a guy with that kind of arm without even sending him out on rehab.
Just checked the Reds starting line up for the final game in Pittsburgh and low and behold, Fred Lewis is going to have started all three games in left field for the Reds, while Alonso and Sappelt are on the bench. Awesome.
After gong .500 in the first half of the season, Dayton’s run of 20 games over .500 in the second half has pushed them to having the best overall record in the Midwest League at 72-52 on the season. This team simply finds a way to win almost every night. They are a joy to watch.
That is all for now. Going to work on some stuff for the rest of the week.