Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

[redsmetz]

Unless I've miscounted, I'm seeing the roster at 33 as of today.

[BRM]

Unless I've miscounted, I'm seeing the roster at 33 as of today.

That's what I see. And that includes the 4 players listed in mth123's post.

[OnBaseMachine]

Last day for Ty Pelland? Nope, that was yesterday, when he was oughrighted to l-ville.

Yep, I just noticed he's no longer on the Reds 40-man roster.

The current roster is down to 33 as redsmetz pointed out. I'd at least cut it down to 31 by cutting Hopper and Majewski.

[BRM]

Yep, I just noticed he's no longer on the Reds 40-man roster.

The current roster is down to 33 as redsmetz pointed out. I'd at least cut it down to 31 by cutting Hopper and Majewski.

Dusty said Norris hits the ball real hard though. And he's very fast.

[OnBaseMachine]

Dusty said Norris hits the ball real hard though. And he's very fast.

Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing Norris knock the cover off the ball on a couple of his bunts.

[BRM]

""Boy, [Norris Hopper] can hit that ball hard. He's a strong little dude," Baker said. "The ball made a loud sound. I use my ears a lot. I can tell what kind of bat speed [he] has by that sound."

[kpresidente]

You guys are too hard on Hopper.

[BRM]

You guys are too hard on Hopper.

All I'm doing is repeating what Baker said about him.

[batsfan]

I really just got in to reds baseball this year, so could someone explane why people seem to think hopper suck because he hit 200 this year, even though he hit 300+ in 07 and 06?

[dougdirt]

I really just got in to reds baseball this year, so could someone explane why people seem to think hopper suck because he hit 200 this year, even though he hit 300+ in 07 and 06?

Its not that he sucks, its that he is easily replacable. He can hit .300ish, but its because he can bunt. Basically he is a slap hitter who is a 5th outfielder because he isn't a starter and Ryan Freel's contract dictates he stays because the Reds aren't going to eat 4 million bucks. Slap hitting 5th outfielders are easily replacable, especially if it is the difference between protecting actual talent that will play more than 20 times a year in the future.

[OnBaseMachine]

I guess the Reds are waiting until the very last minute to reveal their roster moves.

[Matt700wlw]

From the Reds:

Today the Reds added to their 40-man roster RHP Carlos Fisher, IF Juan Francisco, RHP Sam Lecure, LHP Matt Maloney and RHP Robert Manuel... the Reds also outrighted off the roster LHP Tyler Pelland, while IF Andy Phillips refused an outright assignment and elected free agency...the Reds’ roster includes 37 players.

[BRM]

No Cumberland or Henry. That leaves them unprotected in the Rule 5, right?

[dougdirt]

No Cumberland or Henry. That leaves them unprotected in the Rule 5, right?

I believe that it does.

[OnBaseMachine]

Cumberland I can understand, but I would have protected Henry. I could see him sticking on a roster as a 5th outfielder. I was unaware that Juan Francisco had to be protected already.