AAAA Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds will roll out lefty Andrew Abbott for another tune-up start today when they take on the San Francisco Giants at their stadium over in Scottsdale, Arizona. They’ll also be up against an old friend as righty Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants. The Reds, who still refuse to post anywhere […]
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The Cincinnati Reds have trimmed their roster prior to Friday’s trip to Scottsdale to face the San Francisco Giants. According to C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic, right-handed pitchers Julian Aguiar and Jose Franco were joined by shortstop Edwin Arroyo and outfielder Hector Rodriguez in being optioned to AAA Louisville, while infielder Leo Balcazar was […]
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It was a wild one in Goodyear Ballpark on Thursday afternoon as ESPN broadcast a ridiculous 14-13 victory by the Cincinnati Reds over the Los Angeles Dodgers that featured a combined 10 (!) homers between the two clubs. Fortunately for the Reds, they came out victorious in this game that ultimately means nothing in the […]
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The Cincinnati Reds are fresh off of thumping Team Cuba 19-2 in the latter’s final warm-up game before heading to the World Baseball Classic. On Thursday, they’ll jump right back into Cactus League play at home in Goodyear, this time up against the very same team that ended their 2025 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers […]
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The Cincinnati Reds will open their 2026 season on March 26th in Great American Ball Park with the Boston Red Sox in town. Cincinnati’s Cactus League slate at their home in Goodyear, Arizona will begin this Saturday, February 21st, with the Cleveland Guardians both their home complex compatriots and opponents for the day. With competitive […]
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The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates may well be National League Central rivals, but that hasn’t stopped them from swinging notable trades of late. Last summer, we saw the deal that sent Ke’Bryan Hayes from the Bucs down river to the Queen City, and on Wednesday evening we saw yet another deal between the two […]
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On two separate occasions the Cincinnati Reds have turned to Hunter Greene to start for them on Opening Day, first back in 2023 and again in 2025. He’s the undisputed ace of their staff, a former #2 overall draft pick who was long assumed to be a frontline starter for any team that lucked into […]
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The Cincinnati Reds have put together an enviable breadth of starting pitching heading into the 2026 Major League Baseball season. That’s a nebulous, bland, blanket statement on its surface, but it’s also very much emblematic of the fact that almost none of the cadre of starting-caliber arms they have down there is the same, or […]
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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. When Elly De La Cruz first broke in with the Cincinnati Reds in 2023, his 30.1 […]
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The Cincinnati Reds took on the Chicago Cubs for the first time this spring on Monday afternoon, and when the dust settled the back of just about every hitter’s baseball card looked as rosy as could be. Chief among the batting culprits on the day was one Matt McLain, he of the .220/.300/.343 line in […]
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The Cincinnati Reds swiped a league-best 190 bases as recently as the 2023 season, easily topping the 166 bases swiped by the second-best Arizona Diamondbacks. The emergence of both Elly De La Cruz and TJ Friedl atop the order prompted then-manager David Bell to put his runners on the move as often as possible, and […]
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Andrew Abbott yielded a dinger and a pair of earned runs in 2.0 IP in his initial outing of Cactus League play for the Cincinnati Reds this spring. On Sunday afternoon, he’ll toe the rubber against the Philadelphia Oakland Las Vegas Sacramento Athletics of Mesa at their home park as the Reds continue their mini […]
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The bats of the Cincinnati Reds have been alive for most of Cactus League play in the early going, and that was very much still the case on Saturday. The Reds went on the road and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-7 in their own ballpark, even doing so while television cameras were broadcasting their action […]
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Hunter Greene will make his 2026 Cactus League debut on Saturday afternoon in the ballpark formerly known as Maryvale, as the Cincinnati Reds hit the road to take on their NL Central rivals from Milwaukee. Manager Terry Francona has rolled out a lineup chock full of regulars for the outing, too, as the lineup and […]
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The Los Angeles Mike Trouts of Anaheim sent the Cincinnati Reds to their showers with a 4-3 defeat on Friday at Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona. The Reds had been riding a 3-game win streak heading into this game, which did not feature Mike Trout even though I insinuated that it did with a misleading nickname […]
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The Cincinnati Reds continue their quest to play only in Goodyear Ballpark on Friday, as they’ll take the field at their home stadium for the fifth time through six Cactus League games played so far this spring. When they do so, they’ll be up against a former teammate, too. Brent Suter will lead the charge […]
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There were only 12 hitters in all of Major League Baseball in 2025 who logged over 650 PA and sported an on-base percentage over .360. Cincinnati Reds centerfielder TJ Friedl was one of them, and he was joined by a cast of characters who you may recognize – Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Geraldo […]
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Chase Burns continues his chase to become the fifth member of the starting rotation of the Cincinnati Reds today at Goodyear Stadium at the Reds complex in Arizona, this time doing so against the heart of the San Diego Padres roster. Each of Fernando Tatis, Jr. and Manny Machado are in the Padres lineup today, […]
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The Cincinnati Reds ran their win streak to, well, a win streak on Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. It was their first true road game of the season as they shipped over to Camelback Ranch, and the squad got both excellent pitching and a pair of big dingers to win […]
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The Cincinnati Reds will send Nick Lodolo to the mound today for his first action of the 2026 Cactus League season, and they’ll do so outside of Goodyear Ballpark for the first time this spring. Camelback Ranch will be the site of today’s action, as the Reds hit the road to take on the Chicago […]
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The 2026 edition of the World Baseball Classic doesn’t technically begin until March 6th, but exhibition games will commence on March 3rd. So, the players who will be participating in the event will be scootin’ out of spring training at the end of this week to join their national teams, and the prep work for […]
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Michael Toglia smashed a grounder down the 1B line to plate Leo Balcazar in the Bottom of the 9th inning in Goodyear Ballpark on Tuesday afternoon, and doing so pushed the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. It marked the first win of Cactus League play for the Reds, who […]
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Mentally and physically embiggened by an off-day on Monday, the Cincinnati Reds return to the field on Tuesday still seeking their first victory in Cactus League play. So far, they’re 0-2 after dropping games to both the Cleveland Guardians and Seattle Mariners, and now their tour of American League squads sees them face off against […]
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There have been 250 big league hitters who have logged at least 650 plate appearances since the start of the 2024 season. Orlando Arcia, who somehow could not find a way to hit with the Colorado Rockies last season, ranks dead last among that group with a meager 62 wRC+ in that time. Ranking just […]
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Back in the go-go dinger days of 2019, Eugenio Suárez socked nearly as many home runs (49) as he blew gum bubbles, a number he matched in a 2025 season split between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners. So, if you ponder the question of who leads the 2026 Reds in dingers, it’s easy to […]
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