Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Joey Votto finishes 22nd in NL MVP Voting! Congratulations, Jo-eh! Oh, and congrats to Albert Pujols too, for winning the award unanimously...or whatever. Yay, Joey!
Bob Lazzari On Sports (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... the Christmas Tree Shops. Pablo Sandoval of the Giants finished second followed by the Reds' Joey Votto. *The BLACKSTONE/HOUDINI DISAPPEARING ACT Award: Aaron Harang of the Cincinnati Reds. After putting together back-to-back 16 win seasons in '06 and '07, he's won just TWELVE games since then--sporting a combined record of 12-31 over the past two seasons. Garrett Atkins of the Rockies finished...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | yesterday
As demonstrated in the opening article, the 2009 Reds fielding was a massive improvement over the 2008 team fielding. Like we did with the offense, lets go position by position: The above plot is strictly based on UZR data (except for catchers, which use "my" catching stats based on sb/cs/pb/wp/e rate s). But you can see that there was a small dropoff in both Votto's and Phillips'...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... I like to wait on my first basemen until the later rounds where I can draft guys like Joey Votto , Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Gonzalez but when Miguel Cabrera falls to the second rounds, you almost have to bite. I really don't think Cabrera falls to the second round in drafts next year. When drafting in the first round, I like to concentrate on consistency picks as opposed to upside picks....
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... position. The Reds had a nice uptick at 1B and 2B thanks to improved offensive seasons by both Votto and Phillips. But there were major dropoffs in offense at 3B, SS, and LF. 3B was largely due to the massive underperformance of (and injury to) Encarnacion and subsequent powerless debut by Scott Rolen . At SS and LF, the story is a bit more nuanced. The Reds had guys who were essentially...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... 2 8 Tim Lincecum , Giants 1 1 2 8 Yunel Escobar , Braves 1 6 Mark Reynolds , D-backs 1 1 1 6 Joey Votto , Reds 1 4 Yadier Molina , Cardinals 1 3 Miguel Tejada , Astros 1 3 Huston Street , Rockies 1 2 Justin Upton , D-backs 1 2 Ryan Zimmerman , Nationals 2 2 Jeremy Affeldt , Giants 1 1 Chris Coghlan , Marlins 1 1 Brad Hawpe , Rockies 1 1
ESPN (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... Victorino, Phillies; Tim Lincecum, Giants; Yunel Escobar, Braves; Mark Reynolds, D-backs; Joey Votto, Reds; Yadier Molina, Cardinals; Miguel Tejada, Astros; Huston Street, Rockies; Justin Upton, D-backs; Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals; Jeremy Affeldt, Giants; Chris Coghlan, Marlins; Brad Hawpe, Rockies.
