Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Today's Lineups CUBS REDS Ian Happ - LF TJ Friedl - CF Kyle Tucker - DH Santiago Espinal - 3B Seiya Suzuki - RF Elly De La Cruz - SS Pete Crow-Armstrong - CF Austin Hays - LF Carson Kelly - C Spencer Steer - 1B Michael Busch - 1B Tyler Stephenson - DH Dansby Swanson - SS Jose Trevino - C Nico Hoerner - 2B Connor Joe … [Read more...] about Game 52: Reds vs. Cubs (6:40 PM EDT) – Greene vs. Boyd
Reds option Lyon Richardson, send Christian Encarnacion-Strand out on rehab assignment
Photo by Rayni Shiring/MLB Photos via Getty Images Off-day moves ahead of the upcoming Cubs series. Lyon Richardson has looked fully removed (and re-established) in 2025, finally, after overcoming the Tommy John surgery that cost him all of the 2022 season. His ‘stuff’ recovered much quicker, as he’s pitched his way onto the Cincinnati Reds roster in each year since, … [Read more...] about Reds option Lyon Richardson, send Christian Encarnacion-Strand out on rehab assignment
Game 51: Reds at Pirates (12:35 PM ET) – Singer vs. Heaney
Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Can the Reds win a road series against a completely meh ballclub? Or, are they ‘meh’ themselves? Game 51. Game 51, the 51st game of the 2025 season, the game after the 50th game of the season yet before the 52nd game of the season. Thou shalt not play the 53rd game of the season or the 54th game of the season lest ye play the 52nd … [Read more...] about Game 51: Reds at Pirates (12:35 PM ET) – Singer vs. Heaney
Cincinnati Reds bats stymied again in 3-1 loss to Pirates
Photo by Joshua Veon/MLB Photos via Getty Images Oof. The struggles of the Cincinnati Reds against left-handed pitching had been accounted long before lefty Bailey Falter flummoxed them through 7 scoreless frames in yesterday’s shutout loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. With lefty Andrew Heaney scheduled to be on the bump for the Pirates in Thursday’s series finale, there … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds bats stymied again in 3-1 loss to Pirates
The Cincinnati Reds still can’t hit left-handed pitching
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Will they ever address that issue? There is a train of thought that suggests that if your team either can’t - or won’t - go out and spend big on position players who can really hit, it can find a way to build a platoon to mimic said production. After all, players who can truly mash against both lefties and righties are few and far … [Read more...] about The Cincinnati Reds still can’t hit left-handed pitching