BAR: Adam Duvall's 29th homer leads minors

The Blog Above Replacement is Reds beat writer C. Trent Rosecrans' daily look at the Reds, their minor leagues and whatever else is on his mind.

I've got to pack for this long road trip and I'm not sure I've got too much, so this will be the hodgepodge of things.

• Yeah, this doesn't look like fun. The high in Phoenix today is 109.

• I was looking at some stats comparing the Reds' offense to the Cardinals' offense:

Runs: Cardinals 424, Reds 419, league average 429

Batting average: Cardinals .255, Reds .252, league average .253

On-base percentage: Cardinals .322, Reds .316, league average .314

Slugging: Cardinals .391, Reds .401, league average .391

OPS: Cardinals .713, Reds .717, league average .705

OPS+: Cardinals 97, Reds 96, league average 94

Home runs: Cardinals 88, Reds 114, league average 96

Basically, they're not that far off, the difference is the Cardinals' pitching has been fantastic.

• These things are listed below, but Adam Duvall of the Bats has hit a home run in three of his first four games in Louisville. He leads the minors with 29 home runs so far this season.

• Cody Reed was fantastic last night, striking out 12 in eight innings for the Blue Wahoos in his second start of the season. That was a season-high for Pensacola.

• Keury Mella made his debut for high-A Daytona and picked up the win. He allowed a run on three hits over five innings.

MINOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP

• Triple-A: Louisville 3, Norfolk 2: Yet another homer by Adam Duvall, who has three in his four games with the Bats. Duvall now has 29 homers, the most in the minors. Brennan Boesch was 3 for 4 and hitting .355/.420/.477 at Louisville. Donn Roach went seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk. [Box]

• Double-A: Pensacola 2, Jacksonville 1: Lefty Cody Reed, acquired in the Johnny Cueto deal, had 12 strikeouts over eight shutout innings. He gave up four hits and two walks. RF Juan Duran and 2B Ryan Wright each drove in runs in the seventh. [Box]

• High-A: Daytona 3, Dunedin 1: In his Reds debut, Keury Mella went five innings and gave up a run on a home run on three total hits, four walks and four strikeouts. C Joe Hudson was 2 for 2 with a walk and his fifth homer of the season. [Box]

• Low-A: Dayton 8, Cedar Rapids 3: 2B Corey Thompson hit two home runs and 1B Avain Rachel was 4 for 4 with a home run. [Box]

THE ROTATION

1. Danny Knobler on the real-life Crash Davis.

2. David Ortiz doesn't exactly accuse Alex Rodriguez of anything, but he doesn't exactly not accuse him, either. [NJ.com]

3. NFL players are just like us — hoping to avoid spoilers. [Wall Street Journal]

4. According to this article from The Street, Cincinnati's craft beer market has the second-largest market increase in America in the last year.

5. Matt Berninger of the National has a new side project, and here's their first video.