Not only did the Reds find that they have some exciting young pitchers for the future in Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto, but they also found some good hitters to give them hope for the future, and a few of them have been hot lately. Joey Votto had seven hits over the weekend, and also drove in five runs as he has hit a little hot streak. The…
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Tags: billy butler, blake dewitt, brandon wood, brett myers, carl pavano, Chris Dickerson, Dan Wheeler, edwin encarnacion, jayson werth, joe nelson, Joey Votto, Kevin Gregg, matt lindstrom, max scherzer, pablo sandoval, rocco baldelli, travis snider, Troy Percival

Rich Harden continues to pitch his butt off for the Cubbies, as that trade seems to have paid off for Chicago. Tonight he was great again, as he threw seven shutout innings, and struck out 10 batters for the fourth time in just seven starts.  I will always discount Harden’s talent because of his injury history, but now you can see what…
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Tags: Anthony Reyes, Billy Wagner, brian buscher, Dan Wheeler, grant balfour, ian kinsler, ian snell, jacoby ellsbury, josh beckett, kevin slowey, rich harden

A congratulations to Ryan is in order, who by the time he reads this, should be a father to a second beautiful baby girl (Good luck when they are teenagers!). So in the time he is away, I will try to fill his shoes with tonight’s Beyond the Boxscore.

Daisuke Matsuzaka left yesterday’s Redsox game at the start of the fifth inning. It was first believed to…
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Tags: adam jones, Al Reyes, alex gordon, bartolo colon, BJ Upton, Brad Lidge, Brandon Phillips, chase utley, Clay Bucholz, Corey Patterson, Daisuke Matsusaka, dan uggla, Dan Wheeler, darrell rasner, Delmon Young, edinson volquez, Ian Kennedy, Jay Bruce, joba chamberlain, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Justin Masterson, Kerry Wood, matt garza, Phil Hughes, Ryan Braun, Tim Lincecum, Troy Percival