AAAA Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Reds fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The 2025 season was something of a success for the Cincinnati Reds, at least by the […]
Through 11.0 IP across four starts so far in Cactus League play this spring, Andrew Abbott hasn’t exactly flashed his best stuff. He’s yielded 12 earned runs on 16 hits in that span, with four of those hits leaving the yard altogether. He has struck out 14 batters in that time, which is great, and […]
This is a Spencer Steer story, really. Steer, Cincinnati’s most recent 1B, is now a guy who’s slated to play defense all over the place in 2026. In many ways, he’s expected to be one part his former self and another part what Gavin Lux was last year, albeit with (hopefully) improved defense throughout the […]
The first semifinal of the 2026 World Baseball Classic is packed with about as much star power as you could hope for. The United States will be sending Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes to the mound opposite Luis Severino of the Dominican Republic (and the Athletics) with a trip to the final on the line. […]
Brandon Williamson has looked the part so far this spring in Goodyear, the ‘part’ being a guy who was a former 2nd round draft pick and consensus Top 100 overall prospect. A full year off in 2025 while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery has apparently allowed his left arm – and left shoulder – to […]
Opening Day for the Cincinnati Reds is just 11 days away, yet the current number of players they have in camp right now still far exceeds the 26 they’ll carry on their Opening Day roster. That means we’re in for some pretty aggressive rounds of cuts in the coming days, and those began in earnest […]
The Cincinnati Reds have somehow already navigated their way through 20 games of Cactus League play so far this spring, and it honestly feels as if they’ve played 37 of those 20 games at home in Goodyear. Today, they’re in Goodyear again, too – this time playing host to the Texas Rangers. Cincinnati will send […]
The Cincinnati Reds are playing a pair of Cactus League games on Friday evening down in the desert of Arizona, but neither of those games are televised. What is televised this fine Friday evening, however, is more World Baseball Classic action. Down in Miami, the Dominican Republic will play South Korea, with the DR serving […]
It’s a full day of baseball down in the desert as the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants go up against one another twice in split-squad action at both teams’ home parks. Chase Burns will toe the rubber in the early game, which will begin at 7:05 PM ET. That one’s on the road in […]
Trying to jump into the mind of Terry Francona might actually be a little easier than those of many Major League Baseball managers. To be clear, that’s no knock on the intellect of the future Hall of Famer – rather, it’s an admission that the man speaks pretty openly about what it is he would […]
The Cincinnati Reds will play under the lights on Thursday when they travel across the Land of the Endless Strip Mall to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not resting on their World Series laurels, the Dodgers are 12-6 in Cactus League play so far this spring, proving that they are equally adept at winning […]
Left-hander Caleb Ferguson was signed by the Cincinnati Reds this offseason to a 1-year contract that will pay him $4.5 million, the first move of several to help backfill a bullpen that had seen quite the exodus. Taylor Rogers was jettisoned at the trade deadline last year due to poor performance, while each of Brent […]
Batting Average on Balls in Play is a stat that’s about as objective mathematically as can be. The fine folks at FanGraphs provide this concise explanation of the metric. The basics are this: when a batter puts a bat on the ball and it ends up in the field of play, how often does said […]
I’m going to throw some numbers at you and let you decide whether or not I’m completely making them up. Matt McLain, the resident 2B of the Cincinnati Reds and likely #2 hitter in the lineup everyday, is 17 for 28 so far in Cactus League play in 2026. Seventeen for twenty-eight, or a .607 […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Reds fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The 2025 edition of the Cincinnati Reds was anchored by both TJ Friedl and Elly De […]
The Cincinnati Reds head over to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Tuesday afternoon to take on the Colorado Rockies, and they’ll do so with left-hander Brandon Williamson on the bump. Williamson, who has allowed 2 ER in 4.o IP with 6 K and a lone walk so far this spring, has looked good […]
There’s a good chance that the Cincinnati Reds will have their ace pitching every fifth day down the stretch of the 2026 season. That’s the best possible way to spin the news that dropped on Tuesday, which contains the important caveat that Hunter Greene will have surgery to remove bone chips in his ailing right […]
It’s impossible to land on just one definition of the word ‘success’ in anything, let alone in the world of sports. Success as a concept to the Boston Celtics and New York Yankees is a vastly different bird than success to, say, the Cleveland Browns or Colorado Rockies. Success to the Cincinnati Reds, at least […]
If it feels to you as if the Cincinnati Reds have hit a bit of a lull this spring, you aren’t alone. The starting pitching – the bedrock on which this franchise is built – has seen some hiccups of late, chief among them the elbow issue that Hunter Greene is dealing with and the […]
The Cincinnati Reds made another wave of cuts from spring camp on Monday morning, and in doing so got the number of players still in camp down to 42. Both infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand and right-hander Chase Petty were optioned to AAA Louisville, while catcher Michael Trautwein – in camp as a non-roster invitee – was […]
The Cincinnati Reds embark upon split-squad action on Sunday afternoon in the Land of the Endless Strip Mall, taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks at home in their Goodyear complex while also fencing with the San Diego Padres at their home at the Peoria Sports Complex. Both games, believe it or not, are going to have […]
For Cincinnati Reds left-hander Andrew Abbott, there couldn’t have been much better news on Sunday. Manager Terry Francona informed the 2025 National League All Star that he would get the ball come Opening Day, an honor that will sear him into the history books for all those in Reds Country. The Reds announced the move […]
Elly De La Cruz is no longer going to lead off for the Cincinnati Reds. That much we are sure of since manager Terry Francona took over, with his switch-hitting superstar now penciled into the #3 spot in the lineup each and every day. Elly is also a guy who filed a 67 steal season […]
Jonathan India turned around a 94.3 mph sinker in a 2-2 count, launching it 392 feet over the left field wall for a leadoff dinger in Saturday afternoon’s Cactus League outing. It was precisely the kind of thing that made Cincinnati Reds fans smile for most of four seasons, the 2021 National League Rookie of […]
The Cincinnati Reds will venture over to Surprise, Arizona for Saturday’s Cactus League action, the Kansas City Royals playing host for the day. The Royals will be starting veteran left-hander Kris Bubic, and perhaps with that in mind manager Terry Francona has rolled out a starting lineup featuring a lone left-handed hitter (TJ Friedl) to […]