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The Cincinnati Reds rotation is easily the best group on their team. In fact, in 2025 the Reds pitching staff as a whole led Major League Baseball in ERA+ (which is ERA after adjustments made for the ballparks everyone pitched in throughout the year, scaled to 100 being league average). Essentially, that means that the Reds pitching staff prevented runs better than any team in … [Read more...] about Reds pitcher Chase Burns projects as one of the best in MLB

Spring training is still about a month from getting started, with pitchers, catchers, and players who will be playing in the World Baseball Classic all reporting to Goodyear on February 9th and position players showing up on the 14th. While we know that all players on the 40-man roster will be in big league camp, the Cincinnati Reds announced an additional nine players from the … [Read more...] about Reds invite nine minor leaguers to big league spring training

After dominating the bottom of the list, Elly De La Cruz saw some teammates join him on the list in the top half. But the Cincinnati Reds shortstop is back for the 6th time and on top of the list for the entire 2025 season. If we learned anything from Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux a few decades ago it is that everyone loves the long ball. Perhaps that wasn’t quite the takeaway … [Read more...] about Reds Longest Home Runs of 2025: #1 – Elly De La Cruz

The Cincinnati Reds front office can say one thing about their offseason – they did try to improve their bullpen. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that the club has a deal in place with Pierce Johnson, pending his passing a physical. Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting it’s a 1-year deal. The amount of money has not yet been reported on. In 2025 … [Read more...] about Reliever Pierce Johnson to sign with the Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are getting to work on filling out the Triple-A roster and trying to give themselves a roster there full of players with some big league time under their belts. This time around they’ve added right-handed pitcher Hagen Danner and first baseman/outfielder Michael Toglia, signing both of them to minor league deals. Michael Toglia has spent parts of the last … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds sign Hagen Danner and Michael Toglia