Joey Votto News

I'm trying to get some ideas together for the off-season and I was looking through the 40-man roster trying to see who I'd be willing to see traded or dropped and who I think is untouchable.

I was thinking about this over the weekend, trying to parse who the local baseball writers would pick to win the Ernie Lombardi Award for the team MVP.

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was named the National League Rookie of the Month for September yesterday.

Stability is not a platform that's easy to sell to fans these days. The average honeymoon period for a coach, manager or general manager is roughly two weeks or a half-dozen losses - whichever comes first.

Sometimes it seemed as if the 2008 Cincinnati Reds were all thumbs. So isn't it apropos that we do "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" about the season? Thumbs up Rookie Joey Votto suffered the loss of his father at ...

The baseball season is often compared to running a marathon, and the Reds didn't so much cross the finish line of a disappointing 2008 as they staggered over it.

A throng of rookies throughout Major League Baseball finished the regular season on a strong note, and now it's time for the fans to help determine which rookies stood above the crowd.

ST. LOUIS - It wasn't how the Reds wanted to end the season. The St. Louis Cardinals ruined left-hander Adam Pettyjohn's first start in the big leagues since 2001 by hanging eight runs on him in two-plus ...

The St. Louis Cardinals are in the same compact car as the Cincinnati Reds - eliminated from everything and going nowhere but home to golf courses, hunting fields and fishing ponds.

Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto is congratulated by teammate Jeff Keppeinger hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto concedes the likely. The National League Rookie of the Year title is Geovany Soto's to lose.

HOUSTON - Joey Votto knew Edinson Volquez was pitching well by what he heard. Volquez earned rave reviews from opposing batters, pitched 7 1-3 strong innings to help the Cincinnati Reds beat Houston 2-1 and ...

The Cincinnati Reds think instant replay didn't work Tuesday night. Umpires turned to replays to review a long drive by Cincinnati's Joey Votto, then upheld their call that it was not a home run in the seventh ...

Whether it's in the cage working on his swing, in front of a video machine or in the batter's box during a game, Reds rookie Joey Votto has been diligently focused on improving as a hitter.

TV Online Votto states case for rookie honors He's hitting .288, with 22 homers and 79 RBIs, but realizes the Cubs' Geovany Soto probably will be the N.L. Rookie of the Year.

Joey Votto homered and doubled, helping the Cincinnati Reds rally from a four-run deficit and beat the Florida Marlins 7-5 Monday in a makeup game.

When a pitcher can't pitch, for whatever reason, his value to a baseball team usually is the same as a bride at a wedding without a groom.

Joey Votto's eyes tell you there's a lot more to the story. Votto has played the best baseball of his life during the most trying time of his life.

Jay Bruce and Joey Votto have themselves a good little home run race going. They each hit a pair Friday in the Reds' 11-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers before a crowd of 20,855 at Great American Ball Park.

Joey Votto and Jay Bruce each hit a pair of homers Friday night, and the Cincinnati Reds piled up seven overall against a tattered pitching staff, rolling to an 11-2 victory that dealt another major setback to ...