LOS ANGELES -- In August 2023 during his rookie season for the Reds, Elly De La Cruz took a moment to be a fan around Shohei Ohtani. As Ohtani stood on second base with a double, the shortstop walked over and playfully poked him on the arm to see if

This spring, the Cincinnati Reds and PNC continued their partnership away from the field with three additions to their program, Murals With A Mission, powered by PNC. Armed with the talents of local artist Brent Billingsley, the organizations launched the initiative in 2022 with the intention of creating lasting works

With the 2024 Draft still two months away, there's not much hard intel on who's going where in the first round. That picture will become clearer as college and high school players start wrapping up their seasons in the next few weeks, and teams conduct interviews and get medical information

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PHOENIX -- Reds starting pitching has been a strong area for the club, even during its recent struggles. Now it will have to get by without the best starter of the group for a little while. Left-hander Nick Lodolo was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left groin

PHOENIX -- Elly De La Cruz didn't particularly want it, but the Reds shortstop was given his first day off from the starting lineup on Wednesday. It ended up being a partial off-day, but his struggling team will badly need the benefit of his recharged batteries ahead of a stretch

PHOENIX -- Torey Lovullo got on the team bus, fresh off a victory over the Phillies in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series, and looked at his coaching staff. He told them not to make plans for the 2024 All-Star break because they would be coming with him to

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Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio

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PHOENIX – Perky bats, double-digit hit totals and runs scoring. There appears to be a budding revival of the Reds offense. While they came up short the previous few days, it all came together during Tuesday's 6-2 victory over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field. For a Reds club that had

PHOENIX -- Even before he started in the big leagues for the Reds in left field on Tuesday, outfielder Jacob Hurtubise was already a rarity. Recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Monday, Hurtubise is only the second graduate of West Point to ever reach the big leagues. Pitcher Chris Rowley appeared

In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in

PHOENIX -- This was supposed to be a season where the Reds challenged for the postseason, but that goal seems to be drifting further from reach. Especially on nights like Monday's 6-5 walk-off loss to the D-backs, with wins being painfully rare of late, they desperately needed their closer to

PHOENIX -- The struggling Reds barely had time to enjoy having TJ Friedl back contributing to their regular lineup and now they are faced with losing their center fielder again for several more weeks. Friedl went on the 10-day injured list on Monday with a broken left thumb. It's terrible

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Reds started off on the wrong foot right from the first pitch of Sunday's series finale at Oracle Park. Leadoff hitter TJ Friedl stepped into the box against Giants left-hander Kyle Harrison and immediately took a 90.6 mph four-seamer off his left thumb. Friedl doubled over

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The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nick Lodolo felt like he was a pitch away from getting out of the first inning of Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Giants. With two outs in the opening frame, the Reds southpaw had given up two singles and a walk to load the bases for Giants

Travis Bazzana keeps rewriting the Oregon State record books. MLB Pipeline's No. 2 Draft prospect already claimed the program’s all-time and single-season home run records this season. Now he has set another major school mark. Bazzana became OSU’s all-time hits leader on Sunday, setting the school record with a run-scoring