Joey Votto

Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle… FINAL Cincinnati Reds 2 Atlanta Braves 1 WP: Chapman (4-0, 0-0 ERA) LP: Martinez (2-1, 4.56 ERA) Boxscore Video Highlights PitchFX for Bronson Arroyo POSITIVES • The Reds have won the first t...

The Reds have not been the hitters we all expected them to be this year, right? I mean, night in, night out, this is the question that keeps popping up. When are they going to hit? Or, even worse, are they going to hit? It’s a complicated quest...

Our buddy David Schoenfield over at the SweetSpot blog has a post up about the fact that the Reds are breathing down the neck of the Cardinals. It’s a good read. This particular portion made my head hurt, though: The four solo shots do highligh...

When you mention lefty bats and the Cincinnati Reds, the first name to pop into your head is Joey Votto. The second is Jay Bruce. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say the Reds go as Joey Votto goes. All you have to do is look at the numbers. Those n...

Let’s recap tonight’s titanic struggle…. FINAL Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 4 W: M. Leake (1-5) L: M. Minor (2-4) S: S. Marshall (8) BOX SCORE POSITIVES –Mike Leake was brilliant tonight. In his best start of the year, Leake went 8 st...

It’s not every day that we find gems. Some are rare and some are rarer than others. This fits in the last category. BRM readers may be fondly aware of the #VottoOccupiedAlliance or if you follow “them” on Twitter, @VottoOccupied.

The baseball season is amazing at its quarter point and it’s time to hand out some awards. Let’s start at looking who has been the MVP of the American and National League. American League Candidates: Adam Jones, Josh Hamilton, Asdrubal Ca...

Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle… FINAL Cincinnati Reds 6 New York Yankees  3  4  5 WP: Bailey (2-3, 4.34 ERA) LP: Nova  (4-2, 5.69 ERA) S: Arredondo (1) Boxscore Video Highlights PitchFX for Homer Bailey POSITIVES • Wha...

Over at CBS Sports, Danny Knobler has an interesting piece on Aroldis Chapman: The Reds paid $225 million to keep Joey Votto, and $72.5 million to keep Brandon Phillips. They’re willing to spend money. Even so . . . What exactly is this team do...

My high school debate coach used to say, “Whether you’re rich or poor, it’s good to have money.” Photo: Steve Mancuso Over the last decade, the New York Yankees spent $1.3 billion (billion!) more on player payroll than the Ci...

Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle…. FINAL New York Mets 9 Cincinnati Reds 4 W: B. Parnell (1-0) L: L. Ondrusek (3-1) Box Score POSITIVES –Joey Votto can hit a baseball. Two hits today, including a home run. He’s now h...

The Mets and the Reds concluded their two-game set at Citi Field with an afternoon matinee, allowing New York time to get up to Toronto for their weekend series against the Blue Jays. For Cincinnati, they will be heading across town to take on the Ya...