Red Leg Nation

Imagine, if you will, a woman wearing ruby red slippers with magical powers. Imagine that woman is also a huge Cincinnati Reds fan. “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. Kyle Schwarber, there’s no play like home!” For many, that’s the kind of magic it’s going to take for Cincinnati to bring the local slugger back home to play for the Reds. They have never … [Read more...] about This is the time and place for the Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are bringing back closer Emilio Pagan. Cincinnati has agreed to a 2-year deal for $20,000,000 to bring back Pagan, who served as their closer in 2025, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and C. Trent Rosecrans. The deal will include a player opt-out after the first year. This contract is similar to the previous one signed by the Reds and Pagan. … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds lock up closer Emilio Pagan on a 2-year deal

Before I dive in here, I want everyone to understand something. Last year, the league hit .245/.315/.404. Let that sink in. .260 batting average? That’s good! .330 on-base percentage? Also good! .450 slugging percentage? Wow! Power bat! So when you’re talking about how a guy can’t hit or whatever in the comments, please do it in context. This ain’t 1999. The Premise I was … [Read more...] about Finding the areas where the Cincinnati Reds can improve in 2026

Major League Baseball announced the competitive balance draft picks for the 2026 draft earlier today. Those picks are available to organizations that are generally considered to be small market teams based on a formula that looks at several factors. This year 15 teams qualified for the picks. Cincinnati was given a competitive balance Round B pick for 2026. The Reds will have … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds pick up additional draft pick for 2026

This afternoon we’re going to scour the internet and share a few stories of interest about the Cincinnati Reds. There were more than a few of them that have popped up on Monday that seem like they are worth sharing. The first one is over at Fangraphs. Davy Andrews wrote about the errors by Elly De La Cruz. More specifically he wrote about his throwing errors over the last two … [Read more...] about Reds Notebook: Shortstop errors and a breakout candidate