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Reds trade interest in Astros CF Jake Meyers raises questions
Charlie Goldsmith, former Enquirer reporter (and current purveyor of Charlie’s Chalkboard on Substack), caught up with Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona at MLB’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, picking the future Hall of Famer’s mind on a number of topics ranging from Kyle Schwarber to managing the overall roster of the club through the grind of […]
Will Benson might still deserve a bigger role on the Cincinnati Reds
While all the focus and spotlights of this particular Cincinnati Reds offseason are pointed firmly at Middletown slugger Kyle Schwarber, it’s still a pertinent exercise to dig through the nuts and bolts of the rest of the roster in search of ways this team’s offense can find improvement in 2026. That digging, for me, keeps […]
Cincinnati Reds head to MLB Winter Meetings hungry for deals
Executives from all Major League Baseball franchises will begin to descend upon Orlando, Florida today for the annual Winter Meetings, with the next few days paramount in the advancement of all offseason transactions. Agents for available players will be on hand, deals will be hashed out into the wee hours of the morning, and by […]
Reds Free Agent Target – 1B/OF Ryan O’Hearn
As the Cincinnati Reds continue their epic quest to somehow land free agent slugger Kyle Schwarber in free agency, it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the Disney-ness of the storyline. He’s from the area, he’s the perfect lineup fit, he’s what will put the Reds over the top for the first time in […]
Cincinnati Reds links – Pagán signing reactions, Winter Meetings preview
The Cincinnati Reds reunited with closer Emilio Pagán on Wednesday, inking the righty to a deal worth up to $20 million over two years. It includes a player option for the 2027 season at an equal $10 million salary to the one he’ll earn in 2026, and brings back the guy who took the closer’s […]
BREAKING: Reds to re-sign closer Emilio Pagán to two-year contract
The Cincinnati Reds made their first splash of the Hot Stove season on Wednesday night, reportedly agreeing to bring back closer Emilio Pagán on a two-year, $20 million contract that includes an opt-out clause after the 2026 season. MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon and Mark Feinsand relayed the news. The Reds were in clear need of a […]
Method to the madness: why the Reds are still in on Kyle Schwarber
You can take as many grains of salt as you see fit before considering a possible signing of slugger Kyle Schwarber by the Cincinnati Reds, of all clubs. If you’re here, you know the obvious connection – yes, he’s from just up the road from Cincinnati in Middletown, and still calls that part of the […]
Reds land pick in Competitive Balance Round B for 2026 draft
The Cincinnati Reds play in one of the smaller markets in all of Major League Baseball, something COO Phil Castellini will effectively tell you whilst introducing himself. Considering that for most of the last three decades the team itself has been terrible on the field, they’re also one perennially one of the lower-attended teams during […]
How the Reds could fit Kyle Schwarber and an entire bullpen on payroll
On the back of a 2025 season that saw him hit 56 homers, lead all Major League Baseball with 132 RBI, post a career-best 4.7 bWAR, and walk over 100 times, Kyle Schwarber entered free agency this winter as one of the prizes of the class. By all accounts, his patience at the plate and […]
If free agents simply signed where they grew up
The Cincinnati Reds need to hit more dingers, and there’s a hulking dinger-honker in free agency who grew up just down the road from Cincinnati in Middletown. So, when you head to Google, type in ‘Kyle Schwarber Middletown Reds,’ and scroll past the dozens of AI suggested answers and sponsored posts, you’ll come across dozens […]
A trade concept I hate, but this is the Reds we’re talking about
Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror, and that launches us firmly into the Hot Stove season across Major League Baseball with the Winter Meetings set to take place December 7th through 10th down in Orlando, Florida. It’s a time of little concrete activity, but the next week and a half will feature teams doing their […]
MLB Roundup – Cardinals rebuild escalates with Sonny Gray dealt to Boston
It became pretty clear prior towards the end of the 2024 season that the St. Louis Cardinals were destined to begin a pretty epic rebuild. Bloated contracts for aging stars that simply weren’t good enough to drag them to contender status led longtime GM slash president of baseball operations John Mozeliak to announce in September […]
Four Reds boost earnings through MLB pre-arbitration bonus pool
One of the pre-agreed upon additions to the compensation structure of Major League Baseball during the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement was the addition of an annual $50 million pre-arbitration bonus pool. In essence, it’s a way to compensate newer players who haven’t logged enough service time to reach their arbitration (read: bigger earning) years […]
Reds bring back RHP Carson Spiers on minor league deal
Carson Spiers has appaeared in 29 games for the Cincinnati Reds across the last three seasons, pitching to a 5.69 ERA (79 ERA+) and 5.28 FIP across 117.0 IP. He’s been versatile – 14 of his outings have been starts, and he’s managed to finish 6 games in that time – and that’s been valuable […]
Mets, Rangers posture through huge trade of Marcus Semien for Brandon Nimmo
Major League Baseball’s offseason is still in its infancy, yet the New York Mets and Texas Rangers shook its pillars late on Sunday evening. The two sides came to an agreement on a deal that sent second baseman Marcus Semien to Queens and outfielder Brandon Nimmo to Arlington, an extremely rare one-for-one swap of nine-figure […]
Reds non-tender Will Banfield, Roddery Muñoz, Carson Spiers
As Friday’s deadline to tender contracts to all arbitration-eligible and pre-arb players neared, questions arose about which of the litany of players in that category would still be on the roster of the Cincinnati Reds by day’s end. Some 14 players who finished the 2025 season on Cincinnati’s roster were originally destined to go through […]
We’ll learn a lot about the 2026 Reds with today’s Gavin Lux decision
The deadline to tender contracts to all players in their pre-arbitration and arbitration years is this Friday evening, and it gives a perennial glimpse into how teams operate their budgets at the margins. Almost by definition, pre-arb and arb players aren’t truly ‘expensive’ just yet. They are either gaining enough service time to finally get […]
Elly De La Cruz played through a torn quad, and here’s the context
Elly De La Cruz cruised into the 2025 All Star Game with an .854 OPS to his name, having hit a cool .284/.359/.495 in his second full season as a Major Leaguer. He’d hit 18 homers and swiped 25 bags through 97 games, putting him on a full-season 30/40 pace – all while being the […]
ZiPS projections see 2026 Cincinnati Reds as just about average
Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs (hi, Dan!) and his basement supercomputer have been hard at work getting the ZiPS projections for the 2026 season ready, and today marked the drop of those for the Cincinnati Reds. Keep in mind that the model used here includes players who were on the Reds for the 2025 season and […]
Cross Taylor Ward off Cincinnati’s offseason shopping list
Since Jesse Winker was dealt to the Seattle Mariners after the 2021 MLB season, the Cincinnati Reds have leaned hard into refusing to address their corner outfield situation long-term. Instead, they’ve relied on a steady stream of over-30 guys brought in for one year (if that), the likes of Tommy Pham, Wil Myers, and most […]
Starting today, comments and Feed posts on Red Reporter will have activity notifications
When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
Reds add trio of top prospects to 40-man roster ahead of Rule 5 Draft
The deadline for Major League Baseball clubs to add players to their 40-man rosters to prevent them being exposed during December’s Rule 5 Draft was on Tuesday at 4 PM ET. The Cincinnati Reds did not let it pass without protecting a trio of their best and brightest prospects, officially adding shortstop Edwin Arroyo, shortstop […]
Deadline to protect players from Rule 5 Draft is today
Major League Baseball’s Rule 5 Draft isn’t until December 10th, but today (Tuesday, November 18th) marks the deadline for teams to protect prospects who would otherwise be draft-eligible by adding them to their 40-man rosters. Teams have until 6 PM ET this evening to make additions, and the Cincinnati Reds have several key pieces from […]
Shin-Soo Choo, Edwin Encarnacion headline newcomers on 2026 Hall of Fame ballot
The names on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for 2026 were released on Monday afternoon, and there are several with previous ties to the Cincinnati Reds. Chief among them are outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and 3B/DH Edwin Encarnacion and, presumably, the parrot on his shoulder. Ryan Thibodaux relayed the latest ballot on Bluesky, with the […]
MLB Roundup – Mariners bring back Josh Naylor, where will Pete Alonso go?
The Seattle Mariners traded minor league rightie Ashton Izzi and lefty reliever Brandyn Garcia to the Arizona Diamondbacks one week before last July’s trade deadline, and what they got in return was a masterclass in teambuilding. Its physical form was Josh Naylor, formerly of the Cleveland Guardians, who immediately morphed into a five-tool star from […]
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