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MLB Winter Meetings Primer - What’s next for the Cincinnati Reds?
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Let’s make a deal! Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings begin next week, with Sunday the day that executives, agents, players, and representatives from the entire industry will convene at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee to shape the future of the sport. Monday is technically when the ‘meetings’ begin, but the larger point is that the upcoming week usually represents the highest concentration of transactions of the entire offseason. We may see Shohei Ohtani sign somewhere for a half a billion bucks, or more. We may see...
Red Reporter Nov 30, 2023
Cincinnati Reds bolster pitching staff with addition of Nick Martinez
Photo by Quinn Harris/ Another addition to the staff - be it to the rotation, or bullpen. Starting pitcher Nick Martinez excelled for the San Diego Padres during the 2023 season, pitching to a tidy 2.32 ERA and holding opponents to a paltry .557 OPS, his 1.08 WHIP indicative of just how stingy he was at allowing opposing baserunners. Reliever Nick Martinez excelled for the San Diego Padres during the 2023 season, too. He struck out 69 batters in 67.2 IP of relief work, his 3.14 K/BB a significant uptick from his work as a starting pitcher. That’s the thing about...
Red Reporter Nov 29, 2023
Cincinnati Reds sign reliever Emilio Pagan to two-year contract
Photo by David Berding/ Finally, a free agent splash! On the back of a heater that averaged 95.8 mph and a tiny HR/FB rate of just 5.3%, Emilio Pagan limited opponents to just a .553 OPS across 69.1 brilliant innings for the Minnesota Twins in 2023. His 2.99 ERA and 3.27 FIP backed that up, too, if that’s more your thing when it comes to evaluating relief arms. It was good enough to earn him a contract valued at two-years and $16 million with the chance for bonuses to add on to that, per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal - with the Cincinnati Reds the ones who’ll be...
Red Reporter Nov 28, 2023
Cincinnati Reds exploring trade for Cleveland ace Shane Bieber
Photo by Emilee Chinn/MLB Photos via Could a former Cy Young Award winner be the next addition to Cincinnati’s pitching staff? Shane Bieber is no stranger to the Cincinnati Reds. In 6 career starts against them, the Cleveland Guardians ace has held Reds hitters to just a .617 OPS, striking out 46 in 39.1 IP combined while pitching to a tidy 3.20 ERA. The 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner also finds himself in an interesting situation this winter in that he’s entering his final year of team control with Cleveland, an organization notorious for dealing...
Red Reporter Nov 27, 2023
Cincinnati Reds miss out on Sonny Gray, have interest in Tyler Glasnow
Photo by Michael B. Thomas/ As the pitching world turns... There will be no reunion between Sonny Gray and the Cincinnati Reds for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. The veteran righty, fresh off a brilliant 2023 campaign for Minnesota that saw him finish as the runner-up in American League Cy Young Award voting, has struck a deal to sign with the rival St. Louis Cardinals, instead. He’ll earn some $75 million across three seasons, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, and the Reds will have to search elsewhere for a top of the rotation addition. Free-agent RHP...
