A Bullpen Comparison
Home runs, blown saves, and a habit of breaking your heart: these are the things that defined the Reds’ bullpen in 2016. Not even a year later, what was a major detriment for the Reds in 2016 has turned ... Read More...
Mailing tickets
During a two-week stretch last April the Reds and Cubs played seven times. If you bracket off a 13-5 Cincinnati win, the Cubs slaughtered the Reds 55-7. Not a typo. Not the Ohio State-Rutgers football score. Th... Read More...
Reds designate Jumbo Diaz for assignment, claim 1B Christian Walker
As reported by the Enquirer's Zach Buchanan:
https://twitter.com/ZachENQ/status/838819648288104452
Jumbo Diaz left for the World Baseball Classic yesterday, and today we discover that he has been designat... Read More...
Cactus League: Indians 8, Reds 2
The Reds fell 8-2 to the defending American League Champions in the first game at Goodyear this spring. Eugenio Suarez homered in his spring debut, but the Reds were only able to score 2 runs despite 14 hits. J... Read More...
Spring Training Game Thread: Let’s do this again!
After yesterday's heartbreaking loss, the Cincinnati Reds (0-1) return to action this afternoon in a spring training game against their cross-state rival, the Cleveland Indians. The game will be at Cleveland's ... Read More...
The Reds are quietly building a solid bullpen
The 2016 Cincinnati Reds bullpen wasn't just bad in the first half of the season - they were historically bad. Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated chronicled just how bad:
From April 11 through May 5, the unit all... Read More...
Read the news today, oh boy.
News: The Miami Marlins have a handshake agreement to sell the club for $1.6 billion to a New York real estate developer.
Thoughts: Whether or not the sale goes through (and there are concerns the purchaser ma... Read More...
Who will make the Reds Opening Day 25-man roster?
A few weeks ago at a social gathering filled with awkward small talk and eventual exhaustion, I was forced to make conversation with a group of people, only one of whom I knew beforehand. Where the situation co... Read More...
Which free agent relievers make sense for the Reds?
Dick Williams--the Reds general manager or the guy in charge of the rebuild or the guy who took over for Walt Jocketty or the guy who literally pilots the Reds off-the-field decisions and thus holds a fair a... Read More...
Pumpkin Trophies (or the Reds’ Halloween)
As is now customary, the Reds (the ones under contract at least) hosted their third consecutive Halloween party Sunday night while Game 5 of the World Series played in the background. The tradition was a favori... Read More...
What did we learn about Reds pitchers in 2016?
The Reds pitching staff has been largely terrible in 2016. A whopping 31 pitchers (and Tyler Holt) took the mound for the club, allowing an MLB record 251 home runs (as of Tuesday night) and posting a collec... Read More...
Titanic Doubleheader Recap: Today was a bad day
Final -- Game 1
R
H
E
Pittsburgh Pirates (73-74)
10
11
3
Cincinnati Reds (62-85)
4
10
3
W: Taillon (4-4) L: DeSclafani (8-4) S: LeBlanc (1)
FanGraphs Win Probability | Box ... Read More...