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  • Fernando Martinez is playing like a star. In the absence of Carlos Beltran, prospect Fernando Martinez is looking like he belongs and then some. And...

  • Phillies consider trading Ryan Howard for Albert Pujols? “It’s the sort of thing that is much more likely to happen in fantasy baseball than in...

  • Good interview with Darryl Strawberry: “Greatest pitcher he ever played with? “Hands down, Doc. You’re never going to see anything like him again. In ’85,...

  • The Aroldis Chapman hype is growing like a weed. And we’ll let it continue to grow here. In case you haven’t gotten enough hype on...

  • Will Leitch on the Reds in 2010: “Cincinnati and St. Louis are more similar cities than is often noted. A baseball tradition unrivalled by any...

  • It’s time to break the seal. There’s real baseball to be played. Today at 3 PM ET, we’ve got Cactus League Baseball coming at cha’....

  • The top 10 Baseball video games of all time. We think that Griffey baseball has to be a little higher, and that Triple Play has...

  • Reds lineup getting ironed out. Looks like it will be Stubbs/Dickerson followed by Orlando Cabrera, Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Scott Rolen, and Jay Bruce being...

  • Baseball Prospectus on Jay Bruce: “He’s just a baby and he hit 22 home runs in an off year,” a scout said. “Imagine what he’s...

  • Bad, really bad baseball commercials. We could have ripped one of these off for our Diamond Hoggers Video Select, but we’re not going to do...

  • MLB2k10, don’t fuck me. 2ksports releases it’s annual MLB title here in a few weeks. Again, I don’t have my hopes up but with owning...

  • Don’t let the Cincinnati Reds surprise you. “Pretty much every year, there’s a team that the projection systems are optimistic about, relative to the general...

  • Esteemed baseball writer Murray Chass details the New York Mets mess: “But more than one agent cited the Mets’ inability to deal with more than...

  • Bruce the right fit for Reds right field. “What I like about Jay is that he loves baseball,” Dayton Dragons manager Todd Benzinger said during...