August 14, 200818 yr http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Ryan%20Hanigan&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=452672 Looks like he hit .324 to me... Interesting ... Baseball America has Hanigan's current stats (.324) while The Baseball Cube said he hit .303, although his stats were a week or so out of date. You would think the Cube guys would keep their site updated ... It certainly doesn't change my assessment of him. Either way it doesn't really matter. Hanigan is a career minor leaguer that will be lucky to hit .240 in the big leagues. If the Reds are depending on him to be their catcher of the future get ready for a long, long, long rebuilding process. Hanigan=Bako, nothing more.
August 14, 200818 yr Author Either way it doesn't really matter. Hanigan is a career minor leaguer that will be lucky to hit .240 in the big leagues. If the Reds are depending on him to be their catcher of the future get ready for a long, long, long rebuilding process. Hanigan=Bako, nothing more.Mesaroco is the C of the future. Anyone else is a stop gap.
August 14, 200818 yr The Cincinnati Reds today acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks versatile C Wilkin Castillo as part of the Monday's trade in which they received RHP Dallas Buck and 2 players to be named later in exchange for OF Adam Dunn and cash. The second player to be named has not been announced. Castillo, 24, will be assigned to Class AAA Louisville. In 6 minor league seasons he is a career .283 hitter and 3 times batted .300, including .301 in rookie ball in 2003, .302 for Class A South Bend in 2005 and .302 for Class AA Mobile last year. This season in 104 games at Class AAA Tucson he hit .254 with 6 HR, 47 RBI and 4 stolen bases. Castillo has appeared in 246 career games at catcher but also has played second base (23g), third base (50), shortstop (16g) and outfield (37g). This season at Tucson he appeared in 51 games behind the plate, 41 at third base, 7 in the outfield, 6 at shortstop and 4 at second base. Buck, 24, this season went 1-4 with a 3.94 ERA in 9 games and 8 starts with Class A South Bend. Last Monday he was promoted to High Class A Visalia and made one appearance, pitching 5.0 shutout innings Thursday vs San Jose. He was assigned to Class A Sarasota.
August 15, 200818 yr Of the 104 games Castillo played in 2008, 51 were at catcher and 41 were at third base. Another 17 games were played at second base, shortstop or the outfield. Arizona's depth at catcher made it possible for him to be used elsewhere, Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "He was a guy we looked at as being very versatile with a strong arm," Jocketty said. "We think he is a guy that would be very valuable for [manager] Dusty [baker] because he can play many positions and run well." Sounds more promising than what the Reds currently have, as far as a catcher.
August 15, 200818 yr Looks like the claims on Owings are either void, or he was not placed on waivers yet because you can't put an injured player on the wire...
August 15, 200818 yr I read somewhere that ole leather pants snatched him off waivers. The D-backs pulled him back, but the trade can still be made after the season.
August 15, 200818 yr Here it is. Yet as of Wednesday, Owings remained with Arizona. The fact is he has not even been placed on the waiver wire yet, two Major League sources told MLB.com. There have been erroneous reports circulating that the Nationals and general manager Jim Bowden put in a claim to block Owings on waivers and that he was pulled back. http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080813&content_id=3302408&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin
August 15, 200818 yr Here it is. Yet as of Wednesday, Owings remained with Arizona. The fact is he has not even been placed on the waiver wire yet, two Major League sources told MLB.com. There have been erroneous reports circulating that the Nationals and general manager Jim Bowden put in a claim to block Owings on waivers and that he was pulled back. http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080813&content_id=3302408&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin Injured players can not be placed on waivers. Right now Owings is considered "injured"...
August 15, 200818 yr Injured players can not be placed on waivers. Right now Owings is considered "injured"... Injured or...I think he will be the other player.
August 15, 200818 yr Injured or...I think he will be the other player. He is the 3rd guy in the deal. I don't think the Reds would mind one bit if they shut him down for 08 and made the move in the offseason. As more news comes out, it looks to me like that's the plan...
August 15, 200818 yr He is the 3rd guy in the deal. I don't think the Reds would mind one bit if they shut him down for 08 and made the move in the offseason. As more news comes out, it looks to me like that's the plan... Any chance they give him a shot at 1B next year and move Votto to left and leave Dickerson in CF w/ no free agent signings?
May 26, 201313 yr I'm not sure why you're laughing. They have a better chance at not contending for the next 8 years than they do of contending in the next 8. Nailed it... This thread was a pretty funny read.
May 26, 201313 yr Either way it doesn't really matter. Hanigan is a career minor leaguer that will be lucky to hit .240 in the big leagues. If the Reds are depending on him to be their catcher of the future get ready for a long, long, long rebuilding process. Hanigan=Bako, nothing more. Not your best prediction AJG.
May 26, 201313 yr Not your best prediction AJG. He's hit better than .240 but he's played over 100 games once and never hit over 14 doubles, 6 homers or driven in over 40 runs in a year. Not exactly catcher of the future numbers. He's a part time player, I wasn't wrong about that. Luckily, it wasn't too long of a rebuilding process.
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