Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Another brutal spring training blow to a would-be Reds roster! Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson was scratched from his would-be start on Wednesday with what was initially characterized as lower back pain. When news later broke that he not only wasn’t back in the scheduled lineup the following day but was instead headed for an MRI, it became clear that he may well be more injured that initially feared. As Gordon Wittenmyer of The Enquirer relayed on Friday morning, those fears were confirmed. Stephenson will begin the 2025 season on the injured list with ..read more

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Which twenty-six Reds will we see? A good bit has changed about the nature of the Cincinnati Reds roster mix since last we gave our best guess at who might be included on it come Opening Day. Spencer Steer’s shoulder maintained its issues, and he received a cortisone shot back on March 1st. Andrew Abbott, though, has seen his shoulder progress well enough that he threw a pair of IP in a AAA game just yesterday. Rhett Lowder is still behind schedule, unfortunately, but at least it looks like he’s moving forward and not backwards. Speaking of ‘back,’ Tyle ..read more

Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Go Reds! They are the A’s, unless they are the Athletics. They’re from Sacramento, via Oakland, en route to Las Vegas...we think. They’re a Major League Baseball franchise, of that we are sure, and they are set to play the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear, Arizona in Cactus League action this Thursday afternoon. And, for that, we are thankful. Nick Lodolo takes the mound again looking to cement his status as a once-again dependable staple within the Reds rotation. He’ll share the bump with fellow lefty (and guy I wanted the Reds to ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Does Cincinnati’s Opening Day roster now look set? Selecting players in the Rule 5 Draft is almost always a complete dice roll. Sure, there are always ample reasons why players are selected, but the hoops they have to jump through to stick with their new organizations paired with the reasons why their previous organizations hadn’t protected them from said draft in the first place more often than not make it tough for the moves to stick. Such is now officially the case with Cooper Bowman and the Cincinnati Reds, who selected the versatile defender off the Sacrame ..read more

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images He’s back. Can he be better than ever? Fast Facts Born on August 5, 1990 in Miami, FL Was teammates with former Red Wladimir Balentien on the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks during the 2021 Japan Western League season on a roster that also included current New York Mets starter Kodai Senga Participated in the 2020 Olympics on the Team USA squad that earned a silver medal alongside the likes of Scott Kazmir, David Robertson, and former Reds Mark Kolozsvary, Patrick Kivlehan, and Todd Frazier Organizational History Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 18th ..read more

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Go Reds! Former Red Nick Martini leads the line for the Colorado Rockies today as their leadoff man and DH, the Rockies being in Goodyear, Arizona taking on the Cincinnati Reds in some sweet, sweet Cactus League action. Brady Singer is the man in charge of retiring the former Red as he gets another start. Matt McLain and Elly De La Cruz are back in the lineup again, though this one won’t be televised anywhere, sadly. First pitch at 4:05 PM ET...let’s do some baseball! Today's Lineups ROCKIES REDS Nick Martini - DH Stuart Fairchild - CF Sam Hilliard ..read more

Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images And it’s on TV! The Cincinnati Reds are in Peoria, AZ today to face the San Diego Padres. Elly De La Cruz & Matt McLain are both in the lineup, while Hunter Greene toes the rubber in yet another prep outing for his upcoming regular season dominance. First pitch is slated for 4:10 PM ET, and it will be watchable via MLB.tv courtesy of the Padres feed. Go Reds! Today's Lineups REDS PADRES TJ Friedl - CF Luis Arraez - 1B Matt McLain - 2B Fernando Tatis - RF Elly De La Cruz - SS Jackson Merrill - CF Austin Hays - LF Manny Machad ..read more

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Camp in Goodyear gets more streamlined! Not even the shoulder issues plaguing Spencer Steer could pave the way to an Opening Day roster spot on the Cincinnati Reds for Noelvi Marte. Marte, whose 2024 season was derailed by an 80-game PED suspension and brutal slump upon returning, was among six players cut from spring camp in Goodyear, Arizona on Monday morning. Said list included plenty of promising names, too, as each of Connor Phillips, Yosver Zulueta, Rece Hinds, and Tyler Callihan were optioned to AAA Louisville while Sal Stewart - t ..read more

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Can he rebound from a disappointing 2024? Carlos Jorge’s stock was sky high this time last year. He had mauled his way through the difficult offensive environment that is the Florida State League and made it all the way to the Dayton Dragons in the Midwest League in 2023, and had done so at just the age of 19. He’d swiped 32 bags, socked 12 homers, and even began the move up the defensive spectrum from 2B to CF. At Dayton full time in 2024, however, things turned sideways for Jorge. His walk rate dropped from 11.4% to just 7.7%, while his stri ..read more

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images The latest Cactus League adventure is coming your way! The offseason acquisition of Gavin Lux sure seemed like an odd one for the Cincinnati Reds. Yeah, his bat played quite well during the second half of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Lux was primarily a 2B - and the Reds had just traded away resident 2B Jonathan India to turn 2B over to the returning Matt McLain. The baseball gods, however, are not so easily solved. While Lux’s primary position is 2B, there was immediate willingness from both the Reds and the player to explore getting playing t ..read more