Cincinnati Reds News

Adam Dunn homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Friday in the final game at Al Lang Field, the scenic waterfront site of exhibition games for more than eight decades. The next time a major league game is played at this spot, it may well be the Rays’ new regular-season [...]

The Cincinnati Reds plan to cut 40-year-old reliever Mike Stanton. Manager Dusty Baker and general manager Wayne Krivsky said the club discussed the plans with Stanton on Friday as they worked on final roster moves before Monday’s opener. The left-hander, due $3 million this year, will be designated for assignment.

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Bronson Arroyo approached his final spring game as if it mattered, then went out and pitched like it Thursday, throwing seven shutout innings during the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Arroyo finished his solid spring training by giving up only three hits in seven innings. He didn’t walk a batter, and threw [...]

Jesse Litsch pitched seven solid innings, Frank Thomas hit his first homer of the spring and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 on Wednesday night. Litsch didn’t allow a hit through the first six innings but gave up two runs in the seventh on two hits. The former Tampa Bay batboy walked [...]

Touted pitching prospect Homer Bailey was optioned to Triple-A Louisville by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. The 21-year-old former first-round pick has been effective in the minors but has failed to show control in the majors. In his last spring training start on Monday, Bailey walked six in 4 1-3 innings, throwing only 42 strikes [...]

The Cincinnati Reds moved closer to finalizing their rotation Wednesday, optioning pitcher Homer Bailey to Class AAA Louisville.

Gov. Charlie Crist called on Mr. October to help keep baseball in Florida each February and March. Crist met with Hall of Fame outfielder Reggie Jackson, who earned the “Mr. October” nickname because of his World Series slugging for the New York Yankees, as well as Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer, former catcher Rick [...]

Edinson Volquez all but assured himself a spot in the Cincinnati Reds’ starting rotation. Volquez pitched five strong innings, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run single and the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Tuesday. Volquez struck out five and walked one in another impressive outing that lowered his ERA to 2.79 this spring.

The outfield gate would open. Todd Coffey would take a deep breath and break into an all-out sprint. He hadn’t even cleared the warning track when the thing he dreaded would start again. The boos — so deep and so angry — would swell from every corner of Great American Ball Park. The closer that [...]