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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

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images They capitalized Pitcher of the Week, not me. At no point in his professional career has Connor Phillips been more needed by the Cincinnati Reds than he is right now. The fireballing righty and his wipeout slider came to the Reds from the Seattle Mariners organization as the player to be named later in the deal that sent … [Read more...] about Connor Phillips named Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Not for the Cincinnati Reds, of course. Jack Flaherty, Shohei Ohtani, and the Los Angeles Dodgers absolutely eviscerated the New York Mets last night in Game 1 of the National League Championship at Dodger Stadium, laying waste to their contra-coastal brethren to the tune of 9 to zip. The Dodgers will turn to their bullpen for all 9 … [Read more...] about There’s a full slate of League Championship action today!