Baseball America released its Reds 2012 Draft report card (subscription required) yesterday. They had nice things to say about Seth Mejias-Brean and noted his swing change that could lead to power he never showed in college being real.
Reds.com has an article up about Billy Hamilton making the transition to center field out in Arizona. Arguably the biggest Reds related news of the offseason is how Hamilton will make that transition. He has hit well in Arizona so far, and reports have been mixed on his defense. He has shown some really good things but has also shown a few times that he is still new to the position. He acknowledges that he is still learning the position and it isn’t just an easy move:
People say the outfield is easy, but once you get out there, you’ve got to know the hitters, how much power they’ve got and the angle of the bat when the ball comes off of it,” Hamilton said. “It’s been a little hard.
Here are the stats for the guys playing winter ball:
| BATTERS | LEAGUE | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Gregorius, Didi | AFL | 29 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .345 | .364 | .414 | .777 |
| Hamilton, Billy | AFL | 24 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | .292 | .370 | .292 | .662 |
| Lutz, Donald | AFL | 33 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .455 | .471 | .697 | 1.168 |
| Perez, Felix | VWL | 38 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .237 | .256 | .237 | .493 |
| Phipps, Denis | DWL | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .294 | .400 | .471 | .871 |
| Rojas, Miguel | VWL | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .172 | .226 | .207 | .433 |
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| PITCHERS | LEAGUE | W | L | ERA | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
| Crabbe, Tim | AFL | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.14 |
| De Sousa, Jose | VWL | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Freeman, Justin | VWL | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 2 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.57 |
| Hayes, Drew | AFL | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1.91 |
| Judy, Josh | DWL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Morillo, JR | VWL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Obispo, Wirfin | DWL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 |
| Parra, Jesus | VWL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Partch, Curtis | AFL | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.09 |
| Ravin, Josh | AFL | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.10 |
| Romero, Franderlin | VWL | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |