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So much of the local discourse surrounding the Cincinnati Reds baseball season has been the offense, or lack thereof. But, it’s pitching that beats hard upon the shore of the baseball world. It says here that pitching will decide the fate of the Reds in 2025. Terry Francona may be excited at the prospect of watching Elly De La Cruz create offensive havoc, but my sense is that … [Read more...] about Enjoy De La Cruz, but Reds playoff chances rely on the pitching

The 2025 Cincinnati Reds are a better team, on paper, than they were at the end of 2024. Essentially, they’ll have five players whose presence in the 2024 lineup was little or none: Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Matt McLain, Gavin Lux, Austin Hays and (to begin the year, anyway) Jose Trevino. There’s potential for an offense with more pop, but each of those players has question … [Read more...] about The 2025 Cincinnati Reds are better, but by how much?

The Cincinnati Reds are taking the field this afternoon in Arizona for the last time this year. They will play one more game on Tuesday in Dayton to wrap up their spring training schedule. Today they finish things up in Goodyear against their facility mates, the Cleveland Guardians, with a 3:05pm ET scheduled first pitch. Guardians and Reds … [Read more...] about Spring Game Thread: Cleveland Guardians vs Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are getting ever closer to their spring training schedule coming to an end and today they will play their second to last game in Arizona before heading back east to Ohio. This afternoon they will take on the San Diego Padres in a road contest with first pitch scheduled for 4:10pm ET. Reds and Padres Lineups Reds Padres 1 Jake Fraley DH Fernando … [Read more...] about Spring Game Thread: Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres

The Cincinnati Reds have two games on the schedule today. The first game will be played against the White Sox at home with first pitch scheduled for 4:05pm ET. Five minutes later the Reds will hit the field against the Seattle Mariners in a road game with first pitch in that one scheduled for 4:10pm ET. White Sox and Reds Lineups White Sox Reds 1 Austin … [Read more...] about Spring Game Thread: Cincinnati Reds vs White Sox and Mariners