Minor League Blogs

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.  [...]

Jay Bruce is definitely heating up and and he had a nice day at the plate in the Bats 6-4 win over Norfolk.  The rightfielder went three for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Jerry Hairston, Jr. went two for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.
Matthew Maloney improved to [...]

Louisville took care of the Bats 9-2 and it was the Reds top prospect, Jay Bruce, who led the way.  After a slow start to the season he went two for five with a triple, a homerun and three RBIs.  Jerry Hairston, Jr. went three for four with a double, a triple and two runs.
Justin [...]

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 [...]

I knew when the Reds signed Corey Patterson that this would probably happen.  I’m not into baseball betting, but Dusty Baker’s propensity of going with the veterans just stayed in the back of my head.  Anyway, Jay Bruce was sent down to the minors today so the folks in Louisville will enjoy his talents to [...]

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 [...]

Ben Jukich didn’t take the loss but he got the Reds off to a poor start in their 10-8 loss to Clearwater.  He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks and he pitched just 1 1/3 innings.  Derrick Lutz ended up taking the loss and he gave up two runs in 1 [...]

Jay Bruce had a nice day at the plate in Sarasota’s 5-2 win over St. Lucie.  He only had one hit but it was a double and he finished the game with three RBIs.  Brandon Szymanski also had a great day and he went three for four and was a single short of hitting for [...]

Logan Ondrusek dropped to 4-3 on the season in the Reds 8-4 loss to Vero Beach.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Jay Bruce had another good gaem.  He went three for five with a double, a run and an RBI.  Brandon Szymanski hit [...]

Sarasota lost to Fort Myers 5-3 and Daryl Thompson took the loss in a tough start.  He gave up five runs (three earned) on nine hits with three strikeouts in five innings and the loss drops him to 1-2 on the season.
Jay Bruce hit a solo homerun in the loss.  Michael DeJesus went two for [...]

Daryl Thompson had a great start in the Reds 6-1 win over Daytona.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in six innings and the win improves his record to 1-1 on the season.
Jay Bruce had a big day at the plate.  He went three for [...]

Sarasota got just enough offense to take care of Clearwater 4-3.  Michael DeJesus hit a two run homerun in the third inning to put the Reds on the board while Jay Bruce went two for four with a double and an RBI.
Kevin Gunter picked up the win with two perfect innings.  Josh Roenicke pitched a [...]

This is one of those games where the box score looks like something out of a video game.  Five different Reds hit homeruns with Craig Tatum’s being a grand slam.  Jay Bruce hit homerun number nine and he drove in three and scored twice while Michael DeJesus went two for four with a homerun, three [...]

Ramon Ramirez was hit hard in the Reds 7-4 loss to Lakeland.  He gave up four runs on six hits and four walks but he struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings.  The loss drops him to 2-1 on the season.
Jay Bruce had a big game at the plate in the loss.  He went two [...]

Johnny Cueto picked up the win today with six solid innings in Sarasota’s 7-2 win over Lakeland.  He gave up just one run on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts and the win pushes him to 1-1.
Michael DeJesus went three for four with two doubles and two runs.  Jay Bruce singled twice and [...]

Richie Gardner improved to 2-0 with another good start as Sarasota beat Clearwater 4-3.  Gardner gave up just a single run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings of work.
Jay Bruce had another big game.  He went two for three with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and a run.  [...]

Ramon Ramirez has made pitching as Sarasota look easy so far this year.  He won his first start in an impressive outing in which he gave up just a single run on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  It was the first earned run he’d given up all season and he’s struck out [...]

Craig Tatum hit the ball well in the Reds 6-3 win over Tampa.  He went two for four with a two run homer.  Jeremiah Piepkorn went three for four with two doubles and a run while Jay Bruce continued to hit well with two hits and two runs.  Bruce now has nine runs in the [...]

The pitching wasn’t really there tonight but the hitting did a nice job in the Reds 7-6 win over the Miracle.  Jay Bruce went three for four with a run while Michael DeJesus went two for three with a double, a run and two RBIs.  Michael Griffin hit the only homerun for the Reds.
Travis Wood [...]

Carlos Fisher threw a gem today for Sarasota and he combined with two relievers for a shutout over Fort Myers.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in seven shutout innings. 
Jay Bruce led the way in a light hitting outing for the team.  He singled, drew a walk and scored [...]

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 [...]