The Cincinnati Reds hit the road in Arizona once again, this time to face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers and their new first baseman Freddie Freeman. The game will begin at 4:05pm ET.
Reds (2-2) and Dodgers (0-2-2) Lineups
| Reds | Dodgers | |||
| 1 | Jonathan India | 2B | Trea Turner | SS |
| 2 | Joey Votto | 1B | Justin Turner | 3B |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | Freddie Freeman | 1B |
| 4 | Tyler Stephenson | C | Will Smith | C |
| 5 | Kyle Farmer | SS | AJ Pollock | LF |
| 6 | Donovan Solano | DH | Cody Bellinger | CF |
| 7 | Nick Senzel | CF | Chris Taylor | 2B |
| 8 | Aristides Aquino | RF | Edwin Rios | DH |
| 9 | Jake Bauers | LF | Zach McKinstry | RF |
| 10 | Vladimir Gutierrez | SP | Walker Buehler | SP |
Reserve players on today’s Reds roster:
Where to watch/listen/follow the game
The game will be live on the Reds on Radio Network. The broadcast will be on 1360 WSAI in the greater Cincinnati area. The game will be available on MLB Network and MLB.tv.
Reds links and news
The Reds sign reliever Hunter Strickland
Cincinnati picked up reliever Hunter Strickland this morning. He posted a 2.61 ERA last season while pitching for three different teams. As of now the details of his agreement with the club are unknown.
Cincinnati’s pitchers are all dealing with shoulder issues
Ok, maybe not all of them. It was reported this afternoon that Luis Castillo had a sore shoulder that delayed his preparation this spring and that he may not be ready for Opening Day. Mike Minor also was dealing with a sore shoulder, but seems to be back on track. And then there’s Justin Dunn, who was shut down with a shoulder injury on June 17th of 2021 and is expected to miss a couple of months as he continues to recover from that injury…..
Jose Barrero to have surgery
This afternoon Jose Barrero is scheduled to have surgery in order to remove the hamate bone in his left wrist. He’s expected to miss six weeks due to the injury.
Talking with Brandon Williamson
Speaking of the trade with the Seattle Mariners, Brandon Williamson spoke with MLB.com’s Jim Callis out in Goodyear about the trade that brought the Top 100 prospect to the Reds organization and reunited him with his best friend Nick Lodolo. There’s some interesting stuff in there worth checking out.
Game Recap: Reds 10 – Dodgers 8
The Reds offense played long ball, giving away three different souvenirs to Dodgers fans during the game as they held on for a 10-8 victory of the winless team from Los Angeles.
The Highlights
Jonathan India, Kyle Farmer, and Jake Bauers all crushed home runs on the day. India also added a single. Nick Senzel went 2-3 with a run and an RBI. Donovan Solano went 1-2 with a double and a run. But he was also hit by a pitch in the arm and exited the game. An inning earlier it was Mike Moustakas who left the game early after diving for a ball and appearing to injure his shoulder on the play. Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer was the first to report that Mike Moustakas is fine and has full motion in his shoulder.
Quite the spring campaign for @JonathanIndia. #RedsST pic.twitter.com/HM4MapqfCS
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) March 22, 2022
Vladimir Gutierrez allowed a run in his lone inning of work. Trey Wingenter, Dauri Moreta, Alexis Diaz, and Riley O’Brien all threw a shutout inning of relief.
You can see the box score for the game here.
Wednesday’s Game
Tyler Mahle will get the start at 9:05pm ET against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game will be on 700 WLW and Bally Sports Ohio.
I’m not convinced that Gutierrez is a better option than Greene, Lodolo, or Ashcraft to begin the year in the rotation. I hope he proves me wrong and we can all point and laugh at this comment in about 7 months.
He hit a wall last year towards the end of the year. Up through mid August I thought he was solid. Eager to see how he follows up his rookie season.
What if his shuts out the lowly dodgers for his allotted innings today?
he-wonderful spell check.
AA has a rocket arm in RF. Great play to hold him to a single.
Hard line drive up the middle is a good sign for him too.
Dividends come from a strong arm in rightfield. Brings back memories of Paul O’Neil in the 1990 WS.
Aside. Yet another Red out in Seattle. Sal Romano.
Moreta – 23 pitches to get through the top of the Dodgers lineup. Single, flyout, near double play ball by Freeman, flyout.
After Cessa, Strickland, Warren, Hoffman, Wilson, Santillan (unless he starts), the last two bullpen spots are up in the air. Moreta should easily be in the conversation.
Sims is already throwing again so he’ll be one of the spots very soon. I’d guess Moreta or maybe Sanmartin gets moved if they want a lefty. Glad they aren’t banking on the NRI to fill out the pen like they did last year. If any of them stand out in AAA and get called up then great but starting the year with Fulmer, Bedrosian, Perez, and even Romano was brutal. Bullpen is in a much better place right now than a year ago.
If that’s the case, it’s a good move. Complete games by starting pitchers is pretty much a thing of the past in baseball.
Jonathan India, homerun.
Moose out with an injury …
Moustakas is hurt already. He’s glad it isn’t his sandwich-eating shoulder.
priceless
oh Lord, that gave me a chuckle @Old Big Ed!
Moose hurt his shoulder. Not going to help his trade value. Sorry to say, it might help the Reds lineup. Wish him a speedy recovery as it doesn’t look too bad.
Schrock @ 3B is not a bad option. Again, just another solid hitter.
This guy (Schrock) can hit.
I’m good with Schrock over Moose
Had a nice sac fly too. Just gets the job done.
Schrock can definitely hit, but short hope throw fm 3B didn’t look good. Moose has kicked a couple the last two days too
I’d say if he had as many opportunities as Moose he’d probably be better. We’ll see if you know who gives him more chances.
Schrock is a better player than Moustakas, for 1/20 of the price.
Only following the game cast so I didn’t see what happened to moose or Solano.
Anyone watching notice if they were serious or just precaution?
Solano was hbp. Moose hurt his shoulder after falling under his considerable weight on a ground ball.
Bauers vs Moran
Schrock vs Moose
8-5 Reds so far? Shame it’s not a reasonable expectation for the season. At the rate injuries are piling up, Bell may have no choice but to play the young guys.
I’ve always favored a winning record in spring training, although I doubt there’s much evidence it affects the regular season.
28 man roster till May. If that is true, I’d be happy about it.
So are Shogo Akiyama and Aristides Aquino.
Alex Diaz. I can see what the excitement is about.
*Alexis
Lol I seen the name on the back and thought Jumbo was back. Minus 100 pds.
Ronnie Dawson covered some ground in CF.
Mark sheldon reported Luis Castillo hasnt thrown off a mound but felt good with “long toss” at 60-75 feet.
Thats not long toss . Thats a scripted rehab throwing program and hes going to be a month out before he can throw 5 innings and 80 pitches a game assuming everything goes flawless
Louisville could have the greatest SP in the history of AAA in April.
Santillan has not been ruled out as a starter. The guy threw 100 pitches last may in AAA and was stretched out.
Bring Santillan back as a starter
This is a lost year already . See what he and Gutierrez have and give them starts . I dont need to see Mike Minor and Jeff Hoffman and whomever they are about to bring in as filler
At least Castillo won’t have to make his first start at 32 degrees when it’s snowing.
Maybe that is part of the script!
Box score looks odd to see Buehler go 4.2 innings while the Reds were holding single inning tryouts for 9 pitchers! Maybe Bell is already trying to figure out how to work out a BP game!
I found this strange too. Scherzer went 4+ innings too. Why are the Reds so far behind other teams in stretching out pitchers?
Because under Bell, 4 to 5 innings is like a complete game for his starters during the regular season. So you only need an inning or two to get built up for the 4 inning successful Bell start. Teams that want their starters to go deep, actually prepare them for that.
I seem to recall that somebody checked this last year and concluded that Reds starters avg. innings per start weren’t much different from other teams.
Moustakas has full range of motion and is ok
More than a little surprised to see the final score. I’ll have to watch our half of the 6th inning to see the fireworks.
Miguel Hernandez put a charge into one on his double. This is my first time seeing him, I believe, but he has really good actions and seems larger than I expected. Getting a SS/2B utility guy out of him, this year, next, could be a nice plus. I was also impressed with both Cerda and Cedrola. Neither seemed overmatched. The kids are alright.
Correction. Long single for Miguel
India just picking it up where he left it last year, MVP in sight!
We’ll have so many shoulder injuries by opening day, half the clubhouse will be in slings and our opponents will call us Reds n Shoulders. But hey, no dandruff so we got that going for us.
“Red n Shoulders” – cracking me up. 🙂
P.S. How do you know about the dandruff? 🙂