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Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images They didn’t lose it, either. The featured picture on this article is something of a microcosm of the 2025 Cincinnati Reds season. Since you don’t see that after opening articles here at SB Nation anymore, I’ll embed it again below. Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images You’ll recognize that trio as Elly De La Cruz, Hunter … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds did not win the 2024 World Series

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images They’re back on the roster, folks! Two cornerstones of the would-be Cincinnati Reds infield in 2024 ended up on the Glendale Desert Dogs in Arizona Fall League play this October. Both Matt McLain and Christian Encarnacion-Strand dealt with respective injuries that required respective surgeries during the course … [Read more...] about Matt McLain and Christian Encarnacion-Strand are ‘rehabbing’ no more

Now THIS is how you direct hitting! | Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images A Farmers Only legend returns! The SB Nation search engine has long functioned like a blind librarian who’s too short to reach the top shelves. Prompt it and it will give you something, but odds are it’s not exactly what you’re looking for. Running to Google instead, I typed “red reporter valaika” … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds bring back Chris Valaika as new Director of Hitting

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The shortstop’s shoulder looks much, much improved. The laundry list of injuries to Cincinnati Reds players at the big league level actually made the spotlight on Edwin Arroyo’s shoulder injury last spring that much brighter. After all, when the big leaguers go down (and the team’s record goes down with it), the natural … [Read more...] about It’s time again to start making plans for Edwin Arroyo & the Reds

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Who stays? Who goes? Is anyone actually healthy? A lengthy glance at the 40-man roster of the Cincinnati Reds over at Reds.com shows a whopping 48 names included at the moment. That’s merely procedural for now, however. There are currently eight players still listed on the 60-day IL, an administrative move that ‘opens up’ an additional … [Read more...] about A look at the looming Cincinnati Reds 40-man roster decisions