The winter meetings begin next week and that’s usually when we start to see more free agent signings take place. It’s also where we begin to hear about a whole heck of a lot of rumors. That’s naturally going to be the case given that all 30 front offices are in one spot and while technology today makes it far easier to have continuous conversations, being in the same place … [Read more...] about Reds Notebook: Jesse Winker reunion? Trade with the White Sox?
The Cincinnati Reds continue to look to add an outfielder
The Cincinnati Reds are in the market to add an outfielder as they look to try and bolster their offense. Last month the club’s COO Doug Healy said that the team would at least match the 2024 payroll, if not be above it. The Reds are currently at the same level they were at in 2024, so if they are not going to go above what they were at last season then they are going to have … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds continue to look to add an outfielder
Reds Longest Homers of 2024: #10 – Will Benson
Today we start one of my favorite series of the offseason. If Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux have taught us anything it’s that everyone loves the long ball. Ok, maybe that wasn’t the exact takeaway from those two guys, but long home runs have been something people have talked about for over a hundred years. Only in the last decade or so, though, have we truly been able to measure … [Read more...] about Reds Longest Homers of 2024: #10 – Will Benson
Cincinnati Reds sign free agent catcher Will Banfield
The Cincinnati Reds lost a handful of catchers to free agency between Double-A, Triple-A, and the big leagues after the 2024 season ended. That left them with just one catcher on the 40-man roster – Tyler Stephenson – and the need to fill out the upper levels of the minor leagues with catchers to provide depth, too. Their first move down that road was signing Alex Jackson to a … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds sign free agent catcher Will Banfield
With Nick Martinez back, what’s the next move for the Reds?
Over the weekend we learned that right-handed pitcher Nick Martinez was going to be accepting the Cincinnati Reds qualifying offer for the 2025 season that will pay him $21,050,000. Monday saw Martinez officially inform the team that he was going to accept it, first reported by Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He further reported that talks of a multi-year … [Read more...] about With Nick Martinez back, what’s the next move for the Reds?