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• Joey Votto gets notable offer from his former team

Joey Votto’s absence from Cincinnati may end up being very short-lived....2024
• What Reds honors should Joey Votto get?
With Joey Votto having retired from baseball, what should the Cincinnati Reds do to honor their former first baseman? The post What Reds honors should Joey Votto get? appeared first on Redleg Nation....2024
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images A spot in Cooperstown may be unlikely, but Andrew McCutchen deserves praise for an outstanding run. If I had to pick my favorite cliche statement in sports media, it’d be that father time is undefeated. Time and time again we see the decline of a once seemingly unstoppable athlete, as the miles start to pile on and they are simply not the same as they once ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Benches empty in Philadelphia. The White Sox have been dealt a bad hand. The Mets are surging. And other news from around MLB. I don’t want to pick on the White Sox, but it’s mind-blowing to think that they could go on a 79-game winning streak and still be under .500. Of course, there aren’t 79 games left in the season, so it’s kind of a silly way of sa...2024
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• Joey Votto was an all-time Cub killer

Joey Votty dons a viking hat last August at Wrigley Field to celebrate one of his 50 career home runs against the Cubs | David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Let’s take a minute to reflect on a great career. Last week the career of an all-time great Cincinnati Reds player came to an unceremonious close as Joey Votto announced his retirement from the Buffalo Bisons parking lot on Instagram. The for...2024
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• The Joey Votto Draft Episode!

We had a lot of Viewer Mail questions about our favorite Joey Votto moments, and what better way to has those out than through an old-fashioned draft?? Nate was joined by the hosts of Locked On Reds, Jeff Carr and Steven Offenbaker to make their selections for Favorite On-Field Moment, Favorite Off Field Moment, Best […] The post The Joey Votto Draft Episode! appeared first on Redleg Nation....2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The most interesting man in baseball retires. The Mariners fire their manager. A look ahead to the stretch run and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Driving to the stadium right now. My Uber driver asked, "Are you a player?" I said, "No."— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) August 22, 2024 Longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto an...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yet another day off. Michael Lorenzen righted the ship after a rocky first few innings last night: “I was rushing through a lot of stuff, and instead of hitting the panic button, you’re trying to figure out how to problem-solve out there and figure out exactly what’s off,” Lorenzen said. “I felt like I was able to figure it out and slow things down, slowed m...2024
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• Braves News: AJ Minter’s surgery, Gio Urshela, unlucky loss, more

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday The Braves officially suffered another brutal injury loss in AJ Minter, while one injury replacement in Gio Urshela had a solid evening amidst an unlucky loss to the Phillies. It’s just been that kind of season in Atlanta, with bad luck of all kinds. They will turn to Spencer Schwellenbach to try and secure ...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 20, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The boys are playing some ball. Manager Matt Quatraro talks about the big inning last night. KC batted around in the frame. Garcia began the inning with a leadoff walk and second baseman Michael Massey opened the floodgates with a two-run single. “Maikel taking the walk and the (sacrifice) bunt was big,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “Being able to ext...2024
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• Jays' Votto starting in Triple-A after injury rehab

Blue Jays infielder Joey Votto is scheduled to start for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Friday after missing time with ankle and lower-back issues....2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Julio Franco becomes second oldest player to homer in a game

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1975 - The Atlanta Braves trade holdout first baseman Dick Allen and catcher Johnny Oates to the Phillies for catcher Jim Essian, outfielder Barry Bonnell and cash. Allen refused to report to the Braves after he was acquired in an off-season deal with the White Sox. 2005 - Julio Franco records three hits including his first h...2024
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 43 — Cincinnati Reds

Chrystal and Wick chat about the Votto-less Reds Wick Terrell of Red Reporter is back this season to chat about the Reds, how fun Elly De La Cruz is, and what to expect from the opponent for this White Sox homestand. Cincinnati had a busy offseason and welcomed a slew of young players to the team, but have also faced the injury bug — just at a much slower pace than the White Sox. What’s new in C...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The case for signing Charlie Blackmon to a one-year extension

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 It’s happening. The Colorado Rockies are letting the kids play just as they’re coming out from under some veteran contracts, which includes seeing the end of Charlie Blackmon’s six-year, $108 million deal. (This year, he’s making $15 million.) In 2024, the Rockies can reset an...2023
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• Mark Teixeira's Resurgence a Major Asset for AL East-Leading Yankees
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2024
"Joey Votto, former MVP and face of Reds, officially retires"

2023
"Let’s begin at the beginning, which was when the Reds took a 3-0 lead, on a two-run homer by Spencer Steer in the first, and a solo shot by Joey Votto in the second."

2022
"Joey Votto’s season is over, as the longtime Reds first baseman told reporters (including Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer) that he will undergo surgery on Friday to fix a damaged rotator cuff."

2021
"MLB's All-35-and-Over Team: Max Scherzer, Adam Wainwright, Joey Votto among veterans thriving in 2021"

2020
"The Reds have placed Joey Votto on the injured list but didn't give a reason for the move."

2019
" Twins' Byron Buxton, Reds' Joey Votto among four MLB players primed to bounce back from disappointing 2018 seasons "

2018
"In the last two years, Paul Goldschmidt, Joey Votto and Anthony Rizzo have all finished in the top three in NL MVP voting at least once, with Votto coming up just a vote short of a second MVP victory last season."

2017
"Six-year-old Walter "Superbubz" Herbert's smile and upbeat attitude during his cancer battle was one that had an entire city cheering and rallying for him -- including Reds first baseman Joey Votto."

2016
"Zack Cozart and Jay Bruce each hit two-run homers and Joey Votto drove in two runs to back lefty Brandon Finnegan, who served up four home runs but held on for a 9-5 Cincinnati victory at Wrigley Field."

2015
"Rodriguez, Byrd and Cincinnati's Joey Votto were tossed as a result of the benches-clearing incident."

2014
"Until now, clubs have had to gulp and swallow hard just to stomach the idea of $200 million contracts (hello, Cincinnati and Joey Votto, who agreed to $225 million over 10 years, and Seattle and Robinson Cano, who made a deal for $240 million over 10 years)."

• Joey Votto gets notable offer from his former team
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia
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• Joey Votto was an all-time Cub killer
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• The Joey Votto Draft Episode!
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2208: Thank You for Your Servais

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners firing Scott Servais, the Angels not firing Perry Minasian, Joey Votto’s career and retirement, the continued collapse of Craig Kimbrel, NPB players pushing for a faster path to domestic and international free agency, and the NWSL abolishing its draft. Then (42:45) they’re joined by Patreon supporter […]...2024
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• Cub Tracks earns a split?

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs lose, Neely has a bad debut, but they play again today. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• Joey Votto was an all-time Cub killer
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• Winning one for the team, finding the toughest division, and saluting Joey Votto

If you take a fresh look at the stats, Tanner Bibee is an 18-game winner...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 20, 2024
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 6: Mike Tauchman walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports An exciting ending to a wild game and series. Mike Tauchman grew up in the Chicago suburbs and as a result, has sometimes been termed the “Palatine Pounder.” He rooted for the Cubs as a kid and teenager. What a thrill, then, it must have been for him to hit his first career walkoff home run for his favorite team, for which he’s performed quite well the la...2024
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• 2024 AL East preview: High-flying young Orioles seek to repeat

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Baby Birds zoomed up to 101 wins and the division crown in 2023, and their nest of prospects only continues to grow. For almost a decade, the daunting AL East was dominated by the high-profile New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, as well as the perennially savvy Tampa Bay Rays. In 2023, however, the division champion was none of those three teams; inst...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 9, 2024

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Is Nick Pratto forcing his way onto the roster? Jaylon Thompson writes about the importance of veteran presence on the pitching staff. Schreiber also said having an older mentor is important for young pitchers as they adjust to playing at the professional level and improving their craft. “How to go about pitch sequences” was one of the most important things...2024
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• The Joey Votto Draft Episode!
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• My old gang is breaking up

Joey Votto announced his retirement yesterday in the usual quirky-and-lovable way.It was another sad reminder that my old gang is breaking up. First Evan Longoria and now Joey Votto.I'll explain.I feel an odd kinship with the rookie class from 2008, at least those players who received rookie logos in 2008 product. That's because I started when they started. I began a blog in 2008, and that w...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 20, 2024
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 6: Mike Tauchman walks it off
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• Cub Tracks gets its steps in

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. On National GlenAllen Hill Remembrance Day, the Cubs faced Paul Skenes, who was as advertised. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped ...2024
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 43 — Cincinnati Reds
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• Benches Clear in Pirates-Reds Game After Tempers Flare in Beanball War
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• Votto attends visitation for 6-year-old fan
Six-year-old Walter "Superbubz" Herbert's smile and upbeat attitude during his cancer battle was one that had an entire city cheering and rallying for him -- including Reds first baseman Joey Votto. Herbert died on Oct. 6 after two years of battling neuroblastoma. On Thursday night, according to WLWT-TV, Votto was among the hundreds of mourners who paid his respects to the family during a visitati...2017
• Votto hits 3 of Reds' 5 homers to power past Philly
Joey Votto walloped three home runs on Tuesday night to lead the Reds to an 11-2 victory over the Phillies and secure the three-game series at Great American Ball Park....2015
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• Reds ride early barrage to victory over Cubs
After being roughed up by the Cubs this season, the Reds got some revenge on Tuesday. Zack Cozart and Jay Bruce each hit two-run homers and Joey Votto drove in two runs to back lefty Brandon Finnegan, who served up four home runs but held on for a 9-5 Cincinnati victory at Wrigley Field....2016
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• Votto extends streak, speaks from heart
Until Joey Votto stretched his career-high streak of reaching base safely to 46 games by walking during his final plate appearance on Tuesday night, the Reds' first baseman seemed poised to finally come up empty during a 4-1 loss to the Cubs. There was even a question of whether Votto was feeling well enough to finish the game....2015
• Clutch Votto blasts Reds past Cubs in ninth
Joey Votto crushed a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth to power the Reds to a 7-4 victory on Wednesday at Wrigley Field over the Cubs, who had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on Kris Bryant's two-run home run....2015
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• Leake, Reds defeat Tribe in rainy opener
Mike Leake turned in six solid innings and drove in three runs, helping lead the Reds to a 6-1 Interleague victory over the Indians in the annual battle for the Ohio Cup. Marlon Byrd and Joey Votto helped back Leake's big night with a home run apiece....2015
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• Votto clutch as Reds come back to beat Cards
With his first career hit off reliever Trevor Rosenthal, Joey Votto followed the Reds' climb out of a four-run hole with a go-ahead RBI single as Cincinnati stunned the Cardinals with a 5-4 win that salvaged a split of the rain-shortened series at Busch Stadium....2017
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• Preseason Prep, March 9th, 2024
Minnesota's Outfield Byron Buxton, CF As has been the case since he arrived in Minnesota in 2015, Buxton has the highest potential in the Twins' outfield. Of course, staying healthy is the key for the 30-year-old. Buxton has only played in more than 100 games once in his career, which was back in 2017. He battled a knee injury last season that limited his playing time severely and kept him out of...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 26, 2024

Mark Taylor/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Negro League Baseball Museum is free next month - take a look! Jared Perkins at Farm to Fountains considers the trade market for closers, which could include Boston’s Kanley Jansen. It’s also hard to see Jansen being a fit, but for a team that just spent $105 million this offseason, they might be willing to take on a sal...2024
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1862: Forbidden Ball Trick
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joe Maddon’s mohawk, the latest details about Mike Trout’s (and Tommy Pham’s and Joc Pederson’s) legendary fantasy football league, a rash of hidden-ball-trick attempts, the “old guy’s still got it” resurgences of Nelson Cruz and Joey Votto, how big a deal Aaron Judge’s potentially historic home-run pace shou...2022
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• Prepare Yourself For Some Votto Erotica
Went looking for Joey Votto stats since the All-Star break and I found this tidbit: Votto since AS break: .462/.560/.692 Votto vs. MIL in 2016: 12 games, 18-for-46 (.391), 2 HR, .472 OBP#RedHots pic.twitter.com/OQp576zXSF — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) August 14, 2016 In case you missed the fine print, that's from 2016, so kinda pointless, but it shows he loves himself some hot air. Joey is filled w...2021
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• Jays' Votto starting in Triple-A after injury rehab
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 6: Mike Tauchman walks it off
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball players won Oscars last night

Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images But it was still a fun show. While most of the buzz this weekend was over the Oscars, that doesn’t mean there was no baseball news to delve into. The Reds have a suspension scandal to deal with. Former Reds player Joey Votto is heading to his Canadian homeland on a minor league deal. The Twins are getting their sleep, Willy Adames is looking ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the Cubs’ biggest threat this year?

Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is likely to win the NL Central, if not the Cubs. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There are still a few tables available. Let us know if there is anything we can do for you. The show will start...2024
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• Braves News: Top 30 prospect list, Luis Guillorme, more

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Our prospect team continues their great work on our Braves top 30 prospect list, as we look towards the rapidly approaching Spring Training. While the system is still recovering from a plethora of trades and graduations, it does seem to be gradually building back up from all of the losses. ...2024
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote, but if I did, this is what it would look like. This is an exercise that I have thought about doing for the last three years, but ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble. Voting for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in my opinion is the ultimate honor for a writer, but in recent years we have seen b...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16

MLB History 1886 - The Washington Nationals are admitted to the National League, bringing the league total to seven teams. 1891 - A new national agreement was signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association. The agreement creates a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues. 1964 - American League owners vote down Charlie Finley’s proposed move of the Ka...2024
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• Cub Tracks strikes back
Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Cubs pile it on again and force the issue. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maxi...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The Mets got a lump of Correa for Christmas
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Though if he passes his physical, he might be a diamond for the Mets. This will be the last OTC before Christmas, so first and foremost I want to wish everyone reading a very safe and happy holiday. I hope you get some time off and an opportunity to decompress, spend time with family, and just enjoy the offerings of the season. And with the holiday in m...2022
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• Central Notes: Suarez, Mahle, Romano, Garrett, Kirby, Tigers
Mark Sheldon of MLB.com posits that the Reds’ extension of Eugenio Suarez is a sign that the club is making an effort to keep a young core of players together for the foreseeable future, alongside potential future Hall-of-Famer Joey Votto. In the companion video, GM Dick Williams speaks highly of Suarez, particularly in regards to his defensive capabilities. “This is one of the premier defenders i...2018
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