Red Reporter 9 hours ago
Reds extend Devin Mesoraco to 4 year, $28M contract
Contract details are out, via MLBTR's Tim Dierkes: Mesoraco gets a four-year, $28MM deal from Reds. No options. Can reach $30MM with escalators. — timdierkes (@timdierkes) January 26, 2015 The deal buys out his remaining years of arbitration, as well as one free agency year. It's a nice reward for Mesoraco, who broke out as an All-Star last year, and could end up being a coup for the Reds if he's able to repeat his performance. More as we get it.
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Better Off Red 7 hours ago
THE CROSLEY ROOM
Remember the footage from press conferences at Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field? Those press conferences took place in an area on the office-level of the stadium called the “Crosley Room.” The Crosley Room was easily identifiable on TV and in newspaper photos due to the conspicuous red and black mural of Powel Crosley Jr. That mural served as […]
Better Off Red 9 hours ago
#REDS, MESORACO AGREE TO 4-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION
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Red Reporter 9 hours ago
Red Reposter - Mesoraco, Rotation, & Billy's Winter
Back to baseball, with Mesoraco links and more. Before I jump into some real, live, actual baseball links, I'd like to tip a cap to Red Reporter on its 10th birthday, too, since I was out of pocket for the last few days. I stumbled into RR nearly eight years ago while looking to discover more about baseball, the Cincinnati Reds, and all the crazy new stats I saw getting thrown around. While I've subsequently learned more about each of those topics than I ever could have imagined, the amount I've absorbed about life, liberty, and the pursuit of the absurd thanks to this place has trumped...
Red Reporter 10 hours ago
Reds close to locking up Mesoraco
Devin Mesoraco is up for arbitration for the first time this offseason. Tim Dierkes at MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the team is working on a deal with their All Star catcher to skip that process in a big way. Details are scarce right now. All we know is that it's rumored to be a "multiyear extension." At minimum, that means the Reds are buying out his next two arbitration years. Slow news day or not, though, it's probably a bigger a bigger deal than that to merit its own post. One way they might go is the Johnny Cueto route and grab one of his post-arbitration years. Cueto signed a...
Cincinnati.com 10 hours ago
Reds fans line up with lineup questions for Bryan Price
Bryan Price says he hasn't made any decisions as far as the Reds' batting order.
Cincinnati.com 14 hours ago
Doc's TML: Time to lift Pete Rose's ban
Paul Daugherty writes about the Commish on Pete. Pro Bowl silliness, NFL silliness. General silliness.
Cincinnati.com Jan 25, 2015
Billy Hamilton looking to put two solid halves together
Centerfielder is ready to step up for Reds
Red Reporter Jan 25, 2015
Happy 10th birthday, Red Reporter
Today's Red Reporter's 10th birthday. It's been a wild ride. We've talked to players, coaches, hall of famers. We've broke news, started feuds, and done our damnedest to make this place a place where Reds fans (and fans of other teams) can come to discuss anything and everything under the sun. The community here is what makes this place special, and I absolutely believe that to be the most crucial thing for us to keep intact going forward. We've had a great time this past week going over the best work and the people who made this place what it is, but when it comes down to it, the community...
Red Reporter Jan 25, 2015
RR Classic: Royal Meridian or the Evening Blueness in the Central - A 2013 Kansas City Royals Preview
Ed. Note: Far and away the best of the 2013 alter ego previews was Farney Fool's preview of the Kansas City Royals as Cormac McCarthy. This is seriously one of my favorite things I've ever read on this site. Bon appétit. Dear friends my name is Cormac. I am a writer and teller of truths. I once stated: There's no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your...
Better Off Red Jan 25, 2015
#REDS HOST ‘SELECT-A-SEAT’ AT GABP TODAY!
Last chance to guarantee 2015 MLB® ALL-STAR GAME® tickets Members of the Reds Caravan to conduct a free Q&A at Noon CINCINNATI — Reds fans buying ticket plans can choose their seats for the 2015 season at the annual Select-A-Seat event today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club […]
Cincinnati.com Jan 24, 2015
For Reds in 2015, 'if' is operative word
Votto and Bruce returning to form is only part of the Reds equation for success
Better Off Red Jan 24, 2015
MERCURY MARTY RECAPS DAY TWO OF THE #REDSCARAVAN
“I love you guys!” That’s a salutation that echoes throughout every facility with which we grace our presence…without any exception. Knowing us as you do, we never tire of hearing it. We would be less than honest, however, to admit that we are shocked or surprised at having people tell us that. We are not […]
Red Reporter Jan 23, 2015
Red Reporter Belated Exit Interviews: JD Arney
To conclude this series, we go to the man who started it all. JD founded Red Reporter 10 years ago this weekend, and we're lucky enough to hear from the man himself about how things got off the ground here. Enjoy. Can you remind us again about how Red Reporter came about? First of all I'm fighting the urge to write 3500 words on the Australian Open and the Buckeyes national championship per Brendan's comment here: http://www.redreporter.com/2015/1/20/7863041/red-reporter-belated-exit-interviews-rijosabocaseywkrp#284744132 But I'll refrain. Somewhat boring origin story: I started a Reds...
Red Reporter Jan 23, 2015
Red Reporter Classic: It's Hotels and Whiskey and Sad-Luck Dames
In my opinion, one of the best-written pieces ever on the site was Cy Schourek's tribute to Ryan Freel. This was published shortly after his death in 2012, near the holidays, and is just a piece of damn beautiful writing. Enjoy. I'm obviously not more prepared or entitled to write a Ryan Freel tribute than any of you, and I hope you all choose to write/sing/draw/think your own. I didn't even think that I would be writing something like this, stuck as I was in the same state of "dang"itude as the rest of you. But last night I was stuck at a party full of septuagenarians telling jokes in a...
