Ivan the Great | Talking Chop: Nothing has gone right for Max Fried this year, but things went from bad to worse when Fried apparently injured his hamstring running the bases during Tuesday night’s game against the Marlins.
Stephanie Springer | Baseball Prospectus $: MLB is cracking down on pitchers using foreign substances, but detecting these foreign substances is trickier than one would think. Baseballs are inconsistent and they have a varying amount of acceptable substances applied to them.
Wick Terrell | Red Reporter: The Reds offense has been carrying them through the early parts of the season, but wouldn’t you know, they’ve been overperforming in the first week and a half.