Minor League Blogs

The Bats had plenty of hitting stars in their 11-5 over Gwinnett.  Darnell McDonald went three for five with a pair of solo homers and three runs.  Kevin Barker went two for two with a double, a solo home run and two runs scored while Edwin Encarnacion belted a three run blast during his rehab [...]

Homer Bailey did it again and he improved to 7-5 with a really nice start in the Bats 6-2 win over Norfolk.  He gave up seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in eight shutout innings.  Robert Manuel got the final batter out to pick up his fourth save of the season.
Daniel Dorn was [...]

Homer Bailey had another solid inning and he improved to 5-5 with an exceptional start in the Bats 6-0 win.  He gave up just four hits and two walk with eight strikeouts in eight shutout frames.
Darnell McDonald went two for five with a home run and two RBIs.  Drew Sutton went belted a home run, drew [...]

It’s hard to believe Bailey’s ERA could get even lower but he did just that yesterday with 7 1/3 shutout innings in a 5-0 win over the Mud Hens.  Bailey gave up just five hits with a walk and three strikeouts and he’s now 3-1 with a 1.03 ERA and a .204 batting average against.  [...]

Don’t blame Homer Bailey.  He threw about as good of a game as you could, the hitters just didn’t get it going for him.  Bailey gave up a single run on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts in seven innings. 
The Bats picked up just four hits in this one and Ryan Hanigan had [...]

Baseball America was the first site to throw out their top Reds prospects list.  What’s most impressive about the list is how many major league ready players the Reds have at the top of their list.  There’s no surprise that Jay Bruce comes in at number one, even ahead of Homer Bailey.  Bruce had the [...]

Pedro Lopez had only one hit, but it was a two run homer and he drew walk en route to a three run game.  Josh Hamilton also continued his solid hitting in his rehab start. He went two for five with a two run homer.
Homer Bailey didn’t have his best stuff but he improved to [...]

Homer Bailey had another great start and he improved to 5-1 on the season in the 4-1 win over Charlotte.  He gave up one run on five hits and struck out nine in seven quality innings.
Joey Votto singled and he drove in two runs in the win.  Christopher Dickerson was a perfect four for four [...]

The pen made this game interesting by giving up four eighth inning runs after the Bats took a 6-1 lead.  Still Homer Bailey picked up the win and he gave up just one run on one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Earl Snyder hit a two run homer to help out [...]

Homer Bailey’s start wasn’t all that bad, but with just one run of support, it turned into his only loss so far this season. He gave up three runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six innings. 
The lone run was driven in by Aaron Herr.  Jeff Keppinger went two [...]

Homer Bailey got it done today, but the scored wouldn’t reflect it in the Bats 8-4 loss.  Bailey gave up just a single run on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings of work.  Then the pen exploed and gave up seven runs in the final four frames with the big [...]

Homer Bailey got it done today.  He gave up just one run on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  It’s his second straight start where he’s given up just one run and you wonder how long he’s going to have to prove himself down here at Triple A.
The Bats scored six runs in [...]

Homer Bailey got it done and while his numbers weren’t great, he got the benefit of a ton of runs by the Bats offense.  Bailey gave up just a single run on only one hit but he walked three with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Joey Votto had a huge game at the plate.  He [...]

Chris Kline at Baseball America got a scout’s take on Homer Bailey and while he starts with the fact that Bailey doesn’t yet have a third pitch, and he finishes up with how he thinks Bailey should get some time at Triple A like the Reds are giving him.

Three Reds minor leaguers made the cut in MiLB.com’s All NL Central prospect team.  Homer Bailey is the top right handed starting pitcher while Joey Votto (1b) and Jay Bruce (OF) also made the cut.  Not too shabby considering if they had done this a couple of years ago, there probably wouldn’t be any Reds [...]