The Reds signed Jeff Francis to a minor league deal, which I am sure you have heard about by now. But, maybe you haven’t heard that he has the choice to opt out of his contract by March 28th.With a good spring, I still don’t see him making the rotation unless there is an injury, and if there isn’t, he won’t be with the Reds in April.
MLB.com has released it’s Top 100 prospects list. Jonathan Mayo ranked Devin Mesoraco at #14 and Billy Hamilton at #34. No other Red made the list.You can check out his chat tomorrow afternoon at 2pm.
The Reds kind of teased at another “Futures” game this year in April at Redsfest. Well, now the Reds have made it official. The game is on April 3rd and tickets go on sale Saturday, February 4th. I will be waking up early that Saturday to buy my tickets. Anyone else planning on going? Where are you going to sit?
Not sure if you have ever thought about it, but I have multiple times in the past and now there is a simple way to donate new or used baseball equipment to amateur players in the Dominican Republic. If that is something that interests you, go check out the Dominican Prospect League site for donation details.
You Scout
Like nearly every Friday, it is a You Scout Friday. This idea originally started at Project Prospect and I thought it was cool enough to bring it over here. Watch the video and talk about all of the things that you like, dislike, would think about changing or anything else.