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Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The spring finale with Opening Day just days away... Today marks the Cactus League finale for the 2024 Cincinnati Reds. Here are a few things about this spring that I did not know. The Reds enter play today having slugged a collective .468 for the spring - that’s second best among all teams this spring (behind only the Dodgers mark of … [Read more...] about Reds wrap Cactus League action Sunday afternoon against the Guardians

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Who will be the 13th position player? Despite his torrid Cactus League play, I’d never gotten around to using a picture of Mike Ford in a Cincinnati Reds uniform this spring. It seems only right that he get that honor once, though given that the above is the lone image of him in the Getty files it figures to be the last. Ford was … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds set Opening Day roster (with one notable caveat)

Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images Awful news continues in Reds camp. The Cincinnati Reds have a full-blown injury crisis on their hands. TJ Friedl is on the shelf with a busted wrist after diving for a ball in a meaningless Cactus League game, while Matt McLain’s oblique-turned-shoulder absence was exacerbated earlier today when manager David Bell mentioned that even … [Read more...] about Reds top prospect Edwin Arroyo to miss season with torn labrum

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images An infielder! They need those! If you’ve been under a rock all offseason, you missed the scuttlebut about the Cincinnati Reds having more infielders than any team could possibly need. The addition of Jeimer Candelario, for instance, was widely palled - me, included - since it seemed crazy to find space for him amid a sea … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds acquire infielder Santiago Espinal from Toronto Blue Jays

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Questions loom... Matt McLain has zero hits in 14 trips to the plate in Cactus League action this spring, as the former 1st round pick of the Cincinnati Reds dealt with oblique soreness throughout much of camp. Yes, it’s a similar injury to the one that derailed his otherwise electric rookie campaign in 2023, and that’s something … [Read more...] about MRI reveals ‘something’ in Reds infielder Matt McLain’s balky shoulder