http://www.redslocker.com Daily Blog for Cincinnati Reds Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:19:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Cincinnati Reds have a very young and solid starting rotation heading into the 2012 season. It is also a pretty deep rotation. Here is a look at the Reds' rotation as of right now: #1: Johnny Cueto: 25-year old righty starting pitcher Johnny Cueto has graduated ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/02/02/the-cincinnati-reds-are-going-to-have-a-solid-rotation-in-2012/ The Reds have signed 31-year old lefty starter Jeff Francis to a minor league deal. Francis pitched in 31 games (all starts) for the Royals last year and he was 6-16 with a 4.82 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. He has now pitched in 181 games (180 starts) ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/26/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-jeff-francis/ The Reds have acquired 33-year old righty swinging SS/3B/2B Wilson Valdez from the Phillies for 26-year old lefty reliever Jeremy Horst. Valdez played in 99 games for the Phillies last year and he was 68 for 273 (.249 avg, .634 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 1 homer, 30 RBIs ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/25/the-cincinnati-reds-acquire-wilson-valdez-from-the-phillies/ The Reds have signed 33-year old lefty swinging OF/2B Willie Harris to a minor league deal. Harris played in 126 games for the Mets last year and he was 59 for 240 (.246 avg, .668 OPS) with 36 runs scored, 2 homers, 23 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-willie-harris/ The Reds have released 26-year old righty reliever/starter Kyle McCulloch. McCulloch pitched in 32 games (14 starts) in AA+AAA-ball last year and he was 6-8 with a 5.25 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP. He has now pitched in 165 games (116 starts) in his first six years in ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-cincinnati-reds-release-kyle-mcculloch/ The Reds have signed 27-year old righty swinging 1B/3B Joel Guzman to a minor league deal. Guzman played in 73 games for Chunichi in Japan last year and he was 43 for 238 (.181 avg, .517 OPS) with 15 runs scored, 7 homers and 15 RBIs. He last ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-joel-guzman/ The Cincinnati Reds have signed 33-year old righty swinging outfielder Ryan Ludwick to a 1-year deal, with a mutual option for 2013. Ludwick played in 139 games for the Padres & Pirates last year and he was 116 for 490 (.237 avg, .674 OPS) with 56 runs scored, 13 ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/17/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-ryan-ludwick/ The Reds have signed 27-year old switch-hitting catcher Dioner Navarro to a minor league deal. Navarro played in 64 games for the Dodgers last year and he was 34 of 176 (.193 avg, .600 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 5 homers and 17 RBIs. He has now played ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/16/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-dioner-navarro/ The Cincinnati Reds have been really aggressive in the trade market and free agency with the idea of fixing up the pitching staff. The Reds have not brought in any players for the field that have a good chance of making the team this spring as of yet. ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/14/the-cincinnati-reds-have-been-very-aggressive-this-winter/ The Reds have signed 40-year old lefty reliever Ron Mahay to a minor league deal. Mahay pitched in 24 games (0 starts) in A+AAA-ball last year and he was 1-2 with a 5.01 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. He last pitched in the majors back in 2010 with ... http://www.redslocker.com/2012/01/14/the-cincinnati-reds-sign-ron-mahay/