In scouring sportsbooks for win total prop bets, Yardbarker noticed one team that hasn't gotten a ton of press but has the potential to start off the season surprisingly well.
A notable utilityman has opted out of his deal with the Reds.
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The number 37 is scratched across the back of the jersey of the guy on the right in the above photo, a guy coming off injury and in camp on a non-guaranteed contract. His previous team had the option to retain him and declined, and he waited into March before finally coming to terms with a new club.
Said club - the Toronto Blue Jays - has a star 1B on its roster already, a guy who, in a non-Ohtani world, would have an American League MVP...
The bad news just keeps on coming in Cincinnati. As if the 80 game suspension of Noelvi Marte wasn’t enough, the Reds lost another starter before Opening Day.
The Cincinnati Reds have no timeline for the return of center fielder TJ Friedl, who fractured his right wrist while trying to make a diving catch in a game on Saturday in Goodyear, Ariz.
Reds center fielder TJ Friedl was pulled from Saturday's game with what the club initially termed a right wrist sprain.
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And the team’s depth will be tested yet again...
Despite the vast influx of young talent seen on the 2023 Cincinnati Reds, it was TJ Friedl who was truly the breakout star. He led the team in bWAR (3.8), showed he could hit lefties, and cemented himself as the team’s leadoff hitter throughout the season, his combination of speed, defense, and competent power something of a prototype CF.
Thing is, while the Reds built in failsafes on...
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After a series of big moves and injury updates, here’s our latest projection.
As should always be expected in the third and fourth weeks of any camp in Spring Training, a whole hell of a lot of news has impacted our initial (and subsequent) roster projections.
Noelvi Marte got smacked with an 80-game suspension for PEDS. Ouch!
Jose Barrero got placed on waivers in early March, for whatever reason, a decision that might well have serious...
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An old friend was signed to a big league deal on Friday.
The Cincinnati Reds bullpen managed to eek out a 4.11 ERA over the course of the 2023 regular season, a mark that landed them middle of the pack among all MLB clubs (16th). Despite the roughly league-average results, though, many of the advanced metrics were much more sour on them.
Their 4.45 SIERA, for instance, was third worst in all of baseball, while their .280 BABIP was the fourth...
The Cincinnati Reds lost 7-4 to the Texas Rangers yesterday during Cactus League play. They play the Kansas City Royals today, but before the game, the Reds made some assignments and one Free Agent signing.
The Cincinnati Reds will sign Justin Wilson to a one-year, $1.5 million contract, according to Robert Murray of FanSided. The deal comes with $1 million worth of incentives and likely cements Wilson’s spot in the Opening Day bullpen.
The Cincinnati Reds are taking on the Kansas City Royals today with Nick Lodolo on the mound making his second start of the spring, in his first start he got the win going two innings and didn’t allow a run, a hit, or a walk and he struck out one only throwing nine pitches.
He pitched for the Pirates, Yankees, Tigers, Cubs, Mets and Reds from 2012 to 2021, posting a 3.42 earned run average in 522 appearances.
The Cincinnati Reds are going through one of the more intriguing rebuilds in baseball. Are they ready to break out in earnest?
Bill Plummer, who earned two World Series rings while backing up Johnny Bench, has died. He was 76. Plummer died Tuesday. The former Cincinnati Reds catcher had a heart attack last Thursday at his home in Redding, Calif, according to Redding Colt 45's general manager Rick Bosetti.
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The Cincinnati Reds will continue their quest to actually finish Cactus League play with an above .500 record this afternoon when they face the San Francisco Giants at their Scottsdale complex.
Frankie Montas will be on the bump for the Reds, his first such in-game action since being named the team’s starter for their Opening Day contest against the Washington Nationals at Great American Ball...
The Cincinnati Reds lost yesterday 14-1 to the Chicago White Sox in Cactus League play. As the Reds continue to trim down their roster as Opening Day nears, the team optioned two players this morning to the Louisville Bats their Triple AAA affiliates.
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The name Griffey stretched across the back of Cincinnati Reds uniforms for parts of 21 different seasons. Reds jerseys sporting that name swatted nearly 2200 hits, 281 dingers, 1068 ribbies, and swiped 173 bags in over 2100 games for the club, as both Ken, Sr. and Ken, Jr. mashed their way into the club’s Hall of Fame.
One a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown, the other a key cog of a pair of...
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The Reds play host to the White Sox under the lights tonight.
Two things were distinctly obvious as the Major League Baseball hot stove season began this winter.
First, the Cincinnati Reds desperately needed some pitching upgrades. Their starting rotation, while talented, was still incredibly young and inexperienced - with much of that inexperience due to their inability to stay healthy.
Second, the Chicago White Sox were entering a rebuild. They finished...
David Bell isn’t reading too much into the Cincinnati Reds’ spring training lineups. According to Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the exception could come down to Elly De La Cruz, who has been hitting in the No.