Reds

The Reds recently severed ties with Diamond Sports Group and will go into 2025 with MLB handling their broadcasts. The club’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer Doug Healy spoke with Mark Sheldon of MLB.com about all the changes, most notably stating that there’s no payroll reduction coming. “We will maintain payroll levels at or above 2024,” Healy said. “And … [Read more...] about Reds COO: Payroll To Be “At Or Above 2024” Level

With the Cincinnati Reds landing a new broadcasting deal for fans to watch games in 2025, Mark Sheldon of Reds.com broke down some of what that means. One big question, though, was will the new deal impact what the club spends on payroll given that it seems incredibly unlikely that Cincinnati will be able to match the roughly $60,000,000 a season they were getting from Bally … [Read more...] about The Reds payroll will be maintained, perhaps increased in 2025

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Veteran right-hander Nick Martinez is accepting the Qualifying Offer from the Reds, according to a report from Francys Romero. Martinez will remain with Cincinnati for the 2025 season on a one-year, $21.05MM deal. Martinez, 34, was a somewhat surprising recipient of the QO after a strong inaugural season with the Reds. The right-hander joined the club on a two-year, $26MM … [Read more...] about Nick Martinez To Accept Qualifying Offer From Reds

Nick Martinez has until Tuesday afternoon at 4pm ET to officially accept or decline the Cincinnati Reds qualifying offer. Francys Romero is reporting that Martinez is going to accept the Reds offer. It’s not often that a player does accept a qualifying offer, but most of the time the players who are offered them aren’t in their mid-30’s, either. Martinez is now 34-years-old, … [Read more...] about Report: Nick Martinez is accepting the Reds qualifying offer