Bakersfield Blaze

    In general terms, the Reds Minor League affiliates are a quarter of the way through the 2012 season.  Let’s take a look at how each team is faring and select the prospect having the best season so far down on the farm.  To break...

The Billy Hamilton who is scorching the base-paths in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system is only in Class A, but he is putting up throwback numbers as a base stealer. And it’s hard to throwback much further than to Billy Hamilton. Sliding...

Bakersfield’s Billy Hamilton is all the rage thanks to an incredible start that has seen him steal 31 bases in his first 26 games this season. I think every baseball-related blog and website in existence has written something about him in the past...

Yesterday, I suggested that after an unfortunate getaway day loss against the San Francisc Giants where the Reds entered the 9th inning with the lead and an opportunity to sweep and instead gave up three runs and the game, it was a wonderful opportun...

Tonight with the Reds losing a day game, it appears to be a good time to focus on the 9 game winning streak authored by the Bakersfield Blaze.  Pitching for the Blaze will be highly touted prospect Tony Cingrani who has a 1-1 record entering into th...

Nearly 20 games into the 2012 season seems a good time to review the progress of the future of this franchise.  The Reds opened the season with a wonderful opportunity to meet the futures with the April 3rd Futures game.  After the Futures won the...

Over the past few months media forums throughout the baseball world offer up list counting down the top 10 or 20 prospects in each organization.  Most of these lists bear caveats indicating the writer has never seen the prospects in question, they a...

Word broke across Twitter today about the impending hire of former Nationals skipper Jim Riggleman as the manager of the Reds new AA affiliate the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in the Southern League.  This follows a week of changes throughout the Reds orga...