Todd Frazier News

SHORTSTOP: The Reds are perfectly content with Paul Janish's glove and spectacular defensive ability.

One of the things the Reds general manager has to do every year at Redsfest is face the fans.

Brandon Phillips knows the Reds' D is better than grandma's pecan pie. Lisa Winston at MLB.com wrote a nice overview of the Reds' farm system The AAA team looks stacked next year, as the Reds have a ton of good prospects at the higher levels.

Baseball America has announced its Top 10 prospects for each major league organization and among those listed for the Reds are five former Dayton Dragons, including top prospect Todd Frazier, an infielder/outfielder, as well as outfielder Chris Heisey , third baseman Juan Francisco , pitcher Travis Wood and shortstop Zack Cozart .

The Cincinnati Reds selected Todd Frazier, a product of Rutgers, with the 34th selection in the 2007 MLB Draft.

Brandon Phillips has been one of the best defenders in the league over the past 3 seasons, and he's looked mighty handsome doing it.

Alex Gonzalez proved his fitness in the field and at the plate. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop made an outstanding play in the field and doubled in a run in a 9-6 victory over the club's top minor-leaguers in Dayton.

With the organizational meetings completed last week in Arizona, the Reds front office has maintained a low profile but kept busy.

Here is the FanGraphs win probability graph from the Twins-Tigers play-in game the other night.

HOUSTON - Rick Sweet, as the manager of Triple-A Louisville, gets a long look at future Reds each year.

PITTSBURGH - Reds manager Dusty Baker knows this season is not going to sell season tickets or be a highlight on his managerial resume.

Wednesday 16 Sep 2009 Cincinnati Reds Farm Report Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 09:51AM LOUISVILLE - Here is the final report on teams in the Cincinnati Reds system: LOUISVILLE : For the 2nd straight season, the Bats won the International League West Division Championship and finished the year with the league's best record ...it marked the first ...

Saturday 19 Sep 2009 Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 02:03AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Dayton, Ohio - The Dayton Dragons 10th season in the Midwest League was highlighted by the extension of the club's record-setting sell-out streak and a first-of-its-kind event, the historic Reds Futures Game.

Here's how quietly a ballgame, or a season, can start to slip away. It happened in the sixth inning of the Louisville Bats' 5-3 loss to Durham in Game5 of the International League playoff semifinals Sunday at Louisville Slugger Field.

So last Friday night, Slyde, jsl413 and I ventured down to Louisville to watch the Reds AAA affiliate take on Durham in Game 3 of the first round of the IL playoffs.

The two best hitters from the Louisville Bats' opening-day lineup scored the winning runs for the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.

Bats bop Bulls 5-2 to even series at 1 Chris Valaika , Chris Heisey , Todd Frazier , and Danny Dorn each had two hits to pace the offense, while Ben Jukich , Enerio Del Rosario, and Logan Ondrusek held the Bulls to six hits.

The Reds AAA affiliate takes on the Rays AAA team, starting tonight in Durham. If you want to check out some excellent minor league baseball, there's no better chance.

As the Louisville Bats move toward the playoffs, Thursday night's game is not one they will want to remember.

I'm gonna make this short and sweet. Keeping it light on the scores today, and highlighting the big action in the system, with so many of them.