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MILWAUKEE — Round one of the critical division series to end the first half went to the Brewers on a tough night for Andrew Abbott. The rookie left-hander suffered his first defeat, allowing a career-high six runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings during a 7-3 loss to the Brewers on Friday night in […]
If you were to Google “complete offensive performance,” the Chattanooga Lookouts might well have earned the top result. The Reds’ Double-A affiliate put on an absolute clinic on Thursday, scoring more runs than it recorded outs, in a 29-3 drubbing of Rocket City. By the second inning, they had already scored a season-high 15 runs. […]
On the latest Ballpark Dimensions Podcast, Matt Meyers and Mike Petriello discuss Shohei Ohtani‘s chances of breaking the AL home run record Aaron Judge set in 2022, how the Orioles could improve at the Trade Deadline and the players leading MLB’s stolen base surge. Below is a look at the key topics they touched on this […]
The 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game is set for Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. ET at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, where 50 of the game’s top Minor Leaguers will take the field together for the 24th edition of baseball’s greatest prospect showcase. How to watchThe seven-inning game will air exclusively on Peacock and SiriusXM. MLB […]
With a class booming with high-profile talent, the Draft is coming to the Emerald City. For three days beginning Sunday, the Major League Baseball Draft hits Seattle. Here is everything you need to know. Broadcast and Logistical Details For the third straight year, the Draft will be part of All-Star Week. Sunday’s action begins at […]
WASHINGTON — The Reds had no intention of looking past the last-place Nationals this week, despite there being a series of much greater consequence against the division rival Brewers just ahead. That hasn’t been their mode of operating all season. That showed as Cincinnati completed a four-game series sweep of Washington with a 5-4 victory […]
De La Cruz crushes 455-foot homer, two doubles in win over Nationals
The Dodgers had mixed success in the first three years of the Draft, sandwiching lackluster efforts in 1965 and 1967 around finding three All-Stars (Charlie Hough, Bill Russell, Billy Grabarkewitz) and a Rookie of the Year (Ted Sizemore) in 1966. Los Angeles slid from a World Series championship to an eighth-place finish during that time, […]
This story was excerpted from Mark Sheldon’s Reds Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. WASHINGTON D.C. — The entirety of the 2023 MLB Draft is important to the Reds but one look at the club’s roster underscores how crucial the first-round pick can […]
The Draft is the best and most cost-effective way to procure and control talent. It’s virtually impossible to compete for postseason berths and World Series championships without identifying, selecting and signing future stars. With that in mind, we take a look at each team’s biggest Draft success in the last decade. Not surprisingly, 18 of […]