Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images Go Reds! It’s a fight to remain relevant once again for the Cincinnati Reds as they take on the surging Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Saturday. The Reds, who slipped back to .500 at 35-35 after Saturday’s loss to Detroit, find themselves 7 games back of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central race while they’re also 4 games back … [Read more...] about Game 71: Reds at Tigers (1:10 PM ET) – Singer vs. Flaherty
Nick Martinez takes the mound tonight for Cincinnati as perhaps their biggest trade chip
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Reds begin a series in the Motor City! Nick Martinez toes the rubber tonight for the Cincinnati Reds in something of a precarious position. His position in the team’s starting rotation isn’t precarious because of results, I should add. In 75.1 IP so far this season he’s pitched to a tidy 3.70 ERA, 120 ERA+, and a 3.59 FIP that … [Read more...] about Nick Martinez takes the mound tonight for Cincinnati as perhaps their biggest trade chip
Game 70: Reds at Tigers (7:10 PM ET) – Martinez vs. Hurter
Photo by Lonnie Major/Allsport/Getty Images Go Reds! Go Reds! Today's Lineups REDS TIGERS TJ Friedl - CF Gleyber Torres - 2B Santiago Espinal - 3B Kerry Carpenter - RF Elly De La Cruz - SS Riley Greene - LF Christian Encarnacion-Strand - 1B Spencer Torkelson - DH Tyler Stephenson - C Colt Keith - 1B Spencer Steer - LF Wenceel Perez - CF Gavin Lux - … [Read more...] about Game 70: Reds at Tigers (7:10 PM ET) – Martinez vs. Hurter
Cincinnati Reds aim to keep on winnin’ on the road vs. Detroit Tigers
Photo credit should read TONY RANZE/AFP via Getty Images A short road trip to the Motor City awaits! There has been no pitcher in baseball better than Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. That’s an open-ended statement, and that’s by design. If I’m talking about 2025, well, the answer is Tarik Skubal. He leads all MLB pitchers with 3.4 fWAR so far this season, a full … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds aim to keep on winnin’ on the road vs. Detroit Tigers
Andrew Abbott has pitched his way into ‘ace’ conversation
Not when his aim is like that, though. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images His complete game mastery of Cleveland on Tuesday night vaulted him into pretty elite company. The term ‘ace’ gets lobbed around pretty easily in baseball parlance, and it never truly gets defined very well. Does each of the 30 MLB clubs have an ace? Are there five aces across the entire … [Read more...] about Andrew Abbott has pitched his way into ‘ace’ conversation