Juan Francisco News

Reds players were honored on Friday with local postseason awards for their play in 2009.

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 .

It's that time of year again! That's right, time for everyone's favorite minor league awards, the Farmie Awards! We'll be presenting awards for outstanding performances in the Reds minor league system during the 2009 season.

Could Dusty be the next victim of Banana Bob's storied impatience? I think most of us figured it was a foregone conclusion that Dusty Baker would be back with the team next year But there are rumblings that Banana Bob could ditch him to complete his secret master plan of recreating the Reds in the image of the early-2000's Cardinals .

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

A jovial Johnny Cueto did postgame interviews in a mixture of Spanish and English late Saturday, celebrating a happy end to his season.

Cincinnati 10, Houston 4 Cincinnati Top 9th - - Juan Francisco struck out swinging to end the inning.

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

While it's been a disappointing season for the Reds, manager Dusty Baker has been using the final weeks of the season to take the measure of some of the organization's youngsters.

Matt Maloney , of course. Matty went 7 strong innings, giving up only 2 runs on 6 hits, and walked nobody.

Cincinnati Reds third baseman Scott Rolen was a late scratch from the lineup Friday night against the Houston Astros because of low back spasms.

Jeff Brantley spoke at Fifth Third Field today, Sept. 15, on the concourse of the field where so many current Cincinnati Reds played early in their careers.

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.

Among the highlights of Friday night's tough loss to the Marlins was a pinch-hit 423-foot solo home run into the right-field Moon Deck off the bat of rookie Juan Francisco.

Francisco Cordero was going for his fifth save in five nights. That's a huge workload.

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Jay Bruce's first stint on the disabled list was a monster one. On Monday, it finally ended when the Reds activated the right fielder.

The Cincinnati Reds activated outfielder Jay Bruce from the 15-day disabled list Monday and also recalled infielder-outfielder Juan Francisco from Triple-A Louisville.

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.