Baseball Historians

Where have you gone Colby Rasmus.  If you ask Cardinals fans, you think the guy was done but that’s hardly the case.  The Cardinals had one of the top prospects in all of baseball in Rasmus and he fell flat and was hurt most of the year.  Still, the Cardinals had some great succes in […]

The Twins just can’t seem to get over the hump.   Making the playoffs isn’t the problem, but winning a playoff series is.  Still, the Twins had some help this year from the minor league system and even more help is on the way. In fact the Tigers thought so much of their pitching development that […]

These organization reviews are great to read if you see your team and “deep system stocked with pitching and several strong position players” in the same column.  The best place to start is the top as Frederick Freeman and Tommy Hanson were your hitting and pitching organizational players of the year.  Freeman hit .316 and […]

Matt Joyce made the BA Top Twenty International League prospects.  I’m not sure what the criteria is, but I’m surprised Jeff Larish didn’t make the list.  There were some 26 year olds on the list, but it looks like Joyce made it more for what he did at the big league level then anything.  He […]

Another year, another season lost. The Reds season is winding down and despite having some nice additions, it’s just more of the same. The Reds won’t finish in last, but they definitely won’t be finishing in first and once again, we’re looking at a losing season. Brandon Phillips had another outstanding year […]