Through the first month of the season, pitcher Anthony Reyes has been a diamond in the rough for the Memphis Redbirds. Columnist Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the time is right for a big-league promotion. Read all about it here.
Do we sense a trend here? According to John Guinozzo, Memphis preeminent baseball historian, the Redbirds 0-7 start is the worst in 129 years of baseball in the Bluff City. But hey, our boys lead the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts with 80. Oh, wait. Thats our hitters . . . and thats bad. Read more about it here.