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Red Reporter’s annual crowdsourcing is here! The 2026 Community Prospect Rankings begin now! Perhaps more than any year in recent memory, the top ranking down on the Cincinnati Reds farm isn’t completely obvious. The club has sported the likes of Chase Burns and Elly De La Cruz atop their minor league rankings over the last […]
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Yesterday marked the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to come to an agreement on contract numbers for the 2026 season lest they simply be forced to publicly file and wait for compromise. The Cincinnati Reds landed on a $5.525 million deal with Gavin Lux for the season – his final arb-eligible year before reaching […]
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Today (Thursday the 8th of January) marks the deadline for arbitration-eligible MLB players and their teams to swap salary numbers for the 2026 season. For the Cincinnati Reds, that means negotiations with a full dozen of their currently rostered players need to wrapped up today lest they end up at the hands of an independent […]
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The MLB transaction schedule gets a bit wonky during the holiday season, especially around the waiver and claiming process. That made for an extra-anxious wait for both Keegan Thompson and Lyon Richardson when both were designated for assignment following the sigining of outfielder JJ Bleday and the acquisition of outfielder Dane Myers from the Miami […]
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It’s almost impossible to talk about the Cincinnati Reds without talking about money. How much they have. How much they don’t. Who they could sign. Who they must deal away. Who does – and does not – have a long-term contract extension. Despite them consistently operating in the bottom third of the league in terms […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Reds fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Cincinnati Reds saved all of their holiday season news for one single day, backfilling the […]
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It isn’t exactly a who’s who of modern baseball sluggers, but it’s impossible not to notice a few specifics about the hitters the Cincinnati Reds had in 2025 and, conveniently for this article, no longer have. Miguel Andujar was their biggest trade deadline acquisition on the hitting front, a right-handed hitter who mashed lefties with […]
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Each year here at Red Reporter you, the fine folks who fuel the ship, put your heads together and rank the top prospects down on the Cincinnati Reds farm. Our Community Prospect Rankings have become the single biggest crowdsourcing event we do around these parts, and it always brings with it the requisite surprises. The […]
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There’s almost always a cyclical nature to the MLB offseason. It typically begins with a flurry, especially now that Qualifying Offer decisions (and their $20+ million price tags) force the hands of teams within a week of the end of the World Series. Teams often try to get a jump on the offseason and put […]
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The Cincinnati Reds continued to add to their bullpen depth this week, albeit again on the frugal side of the transaction tree. As Francys Romero reported, the Reds are bringing in right-hander Yunior Marte on a minor league deal that includes an invite to spring training in Goodyear, a deal that will pay him some […]
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Cincinnati Reds shortstop prospect Edwin Arroyo hasn’t exactly had the meteoric rise many hoped for when he was acquired from the Seattle Mariners in the deal that sent Luis Castillo the other way. His 2024 season was completely wiped out by a shoulder injury suffered while diving into a base in spring training play at […]
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Where, exactly, the Cincinnati Reds choose to deploy Sal Stewart during the upcoming season remains very much to be seen. The 22 year old took the lineup by storm when called upon late in 2025, but did so primarily while rotating through 1B and 3B to keep each of Spencer Steer and Ke’Bryan Hayes ‘fresh’ […]
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The Cincinnati Reds spent their Saturday morning finalizing a deal to sign outfielder JJ Bleday, the former 4th overall draft pick and former member of both the Miami Marlins and Athletics of Wherevertheyare. That move added depth to Cincinnati’s outfield, something that was a) vital and b) something that most of us considered a spot […]
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The Keegan Thompson era of Cincinnati Reds history lasted nearly two months and featured exactly zero innings of actual professional baseball. That is, of course, if it actually ends today – and it sure looks like it has. The Reds designated the right-hander for assignment on Saturday as they were in need of a 40-man […]
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The Cincinnati Reds have signed a former 4th overall draft pick, a player who once ranked as high as the #20 overall prospect according to MLB.com! In their seemingly neverending search for corner outfield upgrades, the Reds landed on former Oakland Athletic JJ Bleday, who reportedly signed a major league deal with the club on […]
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It was announced earlier in December that Aaron Harang would be inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame during the summer of 2026. His spate of brilliance came during the mid-aughts era of Reds history, a time when he became both the first pitcher in National League history to lead the league in both […]
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Tuesday saw another rival of the Cincinnati Reds make a significant move towards being better at baseball during calendar year 2026. The Pittsburgh Pirates, of all clubs, jumped at signing free agent 1B/OF Ryan O’Hearn, landing him on a deal worth some $29 million across a pair of seasons, proving that they are at least […]
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Somewhat lost in the weekend shuffle of posturing NFL divisional games, NCAA football playoff high drama, college basketball showcases, Premier League football clashes, and my kids each having the flu at the same time as my wife was the news that the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds are discussing a deal involving former All-Star […]
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Chaim Bloom took over as president of baseball operations of the St. Louis Cardinals following the end of the 2025 season, doing so after serving as an advisor to exiting PoBO John Mozeliak dating back to September of 2024. Prior to those jobs with that particular NL Central power, Bloom served as Chief Baseball Officer […]
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The Baltimore Orioles have seemingly been in perpetual pursuit of starting rotation upgrades as they emerged from their years-long rebuild at the end of last decade. Their position player corps is robust, with top draft picks littering the field in their uniforms each and every day. But the primary culprit for why they’ve fallen from […]
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The Cincinnati Reds further bolstered their bullpen on Wednesday with the signing of lefty Caleb Ferguson, who comes to the Queen City fresh off a 2025 season split between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners. He fired 65.1 IP of 3.58 ERA, 3.26 FIP ball with a new and improved arsenal on the mound, and […]
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The Cincinnati Reds further bolstered their bullpen on Tuesday afternoon by agreeing to a one-year major league contract with lefty Caleb Ferguson. As of the time of publishing, the details of the deal were not yet disclosed, and the deal itself is still pending a physical. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was first to relay […]
25 days ago | 1 read
The Cincinnati Reds announced their 2026 Hall of Fame class on Tuesday, and it’s a doozy. Headlining it will be former manager Lou Piniella – he of the 1990 World Series Reds – as well as the likes of Brandon Phillips, Aaron Harang, and the perenially overlooked Reggie Sanders (who should have been in years […]
26 days ago | 3 reads
The eye-test through the 2025 season revealed to anyone who paid attention that the Cincinnati Reds simply weren’t the slugging Reds of yore. The roster assembled by the front office had been deliberately put together to hit ‘line drives,’ a club designed to, in theory, produce more contact gap to gap even at the very […]
26 days ago | 1 read
There’s a presumption that this offseason is far from finished for the Cincinnati Reds. Though they were rendered second fiddle (at best) in their pusuit of slugger Kyle Schwarber and have so far not managed to land any other impact bats via trade, their seemingly genuine efforts to acquire some legitimate bats shows they know […]
27 days ago | 1 read