Red Leg Nation

Before I dive in here, I want everyone to understand something. Last year, the league hit .245/.315/.404. Let that sink in. .260 batting average? That’s good! .330 on-base percentage? Also good! .450 slugging percentage? Wow! Power bat! So when you’re talking about how a guy can’t hit or whatever in the comments, please do it in context. This ain’t 1999. The Premise I was … [Read more...] about Finding the areas where the Cincinnati Reds can improve in 2026

Major League Baseball announced the competitive balance draft picks for the 2026 draft earlier today. Those picks are available to organizations that are generally considered to be small market teams based on a formula that looks at several factors. This year 15 teams qualified for the picks. Cincinnati was given a competitive balance Round B pick for 2026. The Reds will have … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds pick up additional draft pick for 2026

This afternoon we’re going to scour the internet and share a few stories of interest about the Cincinnati Reds. There were more than a few of them that have popped up on Monday that seem like they are worth sharing. The first one is over at Fangraphs. Davy Andrews wrote about the errors by Elly De La Cruz. More specifically he wrote about his throwing errors over the last two … [Read more...] about Reds Notebook: Shortstop errors and a breakout candidate

Teams across Major League Baseball had until 4pm ET to add eligible minor league players to the 40-man roster in order to protect them in next month’s Rule 5 Draft. The Cincinnati Reds began the day with 38 men on the 40-man roster, leaving them with two spots to use if they chose. And they did. They also used a third spot after clearing it. The team has added shortstops Edwin … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds add three top prospects to the 40-man roster

It doesn’t feel like it’s time for the 2026 ZiPS projections to be out yet, but when there are 30 teams and you space them out over the offseason then it means that you are going to start them at some point in November. Dan Szymborski, creator of ZiPS, released the projections for the Cincinnati Reds today – the 4th team that’s been released so far over at Fangraphs. ZiPS seems … [Read more...] about 2026 ZiPS Projections: The Reds rotation is good, but….