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The word trade gets used in a weird way in sports and today’s a perfect example of that. The Cincinnati Reds “traded” utility man Ryan Vilade to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. In other words they “traded” him for cash, much like you trade cash to the grocery store for a loaf of bread. Cincinnati picked up the 26-year-old Vilade on waivers in the middle of June from … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds trade minor leaguer to the Tampa Bay Rays

While much of the baseball world was getting ready to watch Game 7 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, the Arizona Fall League was just having a normal afternoon on their schedule. Rhett Lowder was scheduled to make his 4th start of the fall for Peoria in a road game against Surprise. After tossing a perfect 1st inning on just 10 … [Read more...] about Reds pitcher Rhett Lowder completes his longest outing in Arizona

Two Cincinnati Reds players have elected to become free agents today. Neither is a surprise. Ian Gibaut and Santiago Espinal were both designated for assignment, cleared waivers, and then outrighted to Triple-A this week. Ian Gibaut has been outrighted to the minor leagues before. That made him eligible to refuse his outright to the minor leagues this time around and opt to … [Read more...] about Two Cincinnati Reds elect to become free agents

The Cincinnati Reds are trimming down the number of players on the 40-man roster this week. Ian Gibaut was outrighted to the minor leagues earlier this week and on Friday afternoon the club outrighted infielder/utility man Santiago Espinal to Triple-A. As a player with more than five years service time, Espinal has the right to refuse his outright assignment to the minor … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds outright Santiago Espinal to Triple-A Louisville

The World Series in underway and by the end of the week there is going to be a team holding a trophy on the field and celebrating a championship. Whenever that is then the following day free agency will begin. Sort of. That day begins a 5-day exclusive negotiating window between free agents and their team during the 2025 season. When those five days are up if players and teams … [Read more...] about Retaining Free Agents: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Martinez