The IBAF World Baseball Cup has moved onto the second round. Here is how the Reds prospects performed in round one:
| Player | AVG | AB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K |
| Neftali Soto | .276 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Donald Lutz | .348 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Didi Gregorius | .261 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Player | ERA | W-L | SV | IP | H | BB | K |
| Luca Panerati | 2.25 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| JC Sulbaran | 0.82 | 1-0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Kyle Lotzkar | 3.38 | 0-0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
The Netherlands and Canada were the two teams to advance featuring Reds players.
Here is an update on the guys from the Arizona Fall League
| Player | W | L | ERA | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
| Brad Boxberger | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Nick Christiani | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Donnie Joseph | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Travis Webb | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Player | AB | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Yasmani Grandal | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 |
| Brodie Greene | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 |
| Cody Puckett | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .222 | .462 | .556 | 1.017 |
Yesterday the Phoenix Desert Dogs played their first game in a stadium with Pitch F/X hooked up. Nick Christiani was throwing 94 consistently and topped out at 95 MPH with a perfect inning of work. Brad Boxberger was throwing 90-93 and topped out at 95 MPH with a perfect inning of his own with a strikeout.
The Venezuelan Winter League begins tomorrow afternoon, so there will be some new players to follow.
All Questions Answered
As usual during the offseason, Wednesday is an AQA day. The rules are simple:
- Ask before midnight
- You get three questions that don’t relate to the news/notes above
- Avoid questions that require really long answers or me to do research to answer
That seems simple enough. Get to it.