And to play some better baseball, ideally.
The Cincinnati Reds have participated in three series so far in 2025, and they’ve lost each and every single one of them. The first, you’ll recall, was the opener for the year at home against the San Francisco Giants, with an Opening Day meltdown in the bullpen the defining moment of said series.
The reeling Reds will already get a chance to avenge those Opening Day troubles as they’ve headed west to the Bay to take on the Giants as the road side. And, in theory, they’ve lined up the top three arms in their starting rotation to hopefully make the upcoming three-game series vastly more successful.
If the offense shows up again, that is. Right now, the Reds are sporting a collective 72 wRC+ as a team through 10 games, and that’s good for 5th worst in all of baseball. Having Matt McLain be sidelined with a hamstring issue the last few days has only exacerbated that problem.
As things stand on the morning of April 7th, the Reds are where they’ve been all too often during most of our lives – stuck in a tie for last place in their division. The Giants, meanwhile, are off to a blistering 8-1 start to their season and in 1st place in the NL West, their lone loss on the season to these very Reds.
We have very much reached the put up or shut up portion of April already, as we’ve witnessed far too many Reds seasons fall by the wayside in the season’s first month due to disastrous play. So, go Reds?
Probable Pitchers
Monday (9:45 PM ET) – Hunter Greene vs. Logan Webb
Tuesday (9:45 PM ET) – Nick Lodolo vs. Landen Roupp
Wednesday (3:45 PM ET) – Nick Martinez vs. Justin Verlander
How to Watch
All games this series will be carried locally by FanDuel Sports Ohio, which you can either catch on cable or stream (sans blackouts) in Reds TV territory. If you’re out of market, you can stream each game via MLB.tv.