The Cincinnati Reds made four roster moves today. They “activated” infielders Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Matt McLain from the 60-day injured list. In order to create room for them on the 40-man roster the team designated left-handed pitcher Brandon Leibrandt and infielder Amed Rosario for assignment. Much of this is just shuffling around some paper. When the season is … [Read more...] about Reds designate Amed Rosario, Brandon Leibrandt for assignment
Are the Cincinnati Reds spending enough money?
Yesterday we wrote about how the Cincinnati Reds have more sponsorship deals than any other team in baseball. It’s not even a close race for the top spot, either, with the Reds having over 200 of them and there’s a pretty wide gap between them and the New York Yankees, who are second in the league in total number of sponsorships. There wasn’t a ton of detail about how much … [Read more...] about Are the Cincinnati Reds spending enough money?
The Cincinnati Reds lead the way in MLB sponsorship deals
No, the headline of the article is not a made up, fictitious thing. The “small market” Cincinnati Reds have more sponsorship deals than any team in Major League Baseball. Maury Brown of Forbes and Sponsor United provided a plethora of information in recent reports about team revenues from advertising/sponsorship deals. The Reds have more than 200 sponsorship deals. They added … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds lead the way in MLB sponsorship deals
Cincinnati names former Reds infielder as new hitting coach
The Cincinnati Reds have announced that Chris Valaika is their new hitting coach and director of hitting. He had been the hitting coach for the Cleveland Guardians for the past three seasons, and prior to that was the assistant hitting coach with the Chicago Cubs. As a player, Chris Valaika was a 3rd round draft pick by the Cincinnati Reds back in 2006 out of UC Santa Barbara. … [Read more...] about Cincinnati names former Reds infielder as new hitting coach
Handing out the Cincinnati Reds team awards
The local chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America has announced the three team awards that they vote on for the Cincinnati Reds at the end of every season. They submit votes for the Team MVP, the Most Outstanding Pitcher Awards, and the Good Guy Award. The Ernie Lombardi Team MVP Award feels like it should have been very obvious. And it seems like the writers … [Read more...] about Handing out the Cincinnati Reds team awards