Cincinnati Reds Rumors & News

CSN Philly "The Phillies experienced a painful flashback to 2012 on Friday night when they blew an eighth-inning lead. They did that 13 times last year and it led the team to sign setup man Mike Adams in December. Adams was supposed to fix the eighth inning, but he couldn’t fix it on this night as he was..." May 18

Miami Herald "On the eve of Heath Bell’s return to South Florida, the pitcher who took the place of the much-reviled closer in the Marlins bullpen brought back memories of his predecessor. Steve Cishek coughed it up Thursday in a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati. Just after the Marlins rallied in the ninth to tie..." May 17

Cincinnati Enquirer "No. 1 starter Johnny Cueto will return to the Reds’ rotation Monday against the Mets in New York. Cueto has been on the disabled list since April 15 with a lat strain. He went five shutout innings Tuesday night for Single-A Dayton in his second rehab start. He allowed three hits, walked none..." May 16

Dayton Daily News "Shin-Soo Choo's first home run landed in the nightclub beyond the left-field fence, catching by surprise revelers distracted by the Miami Heat on TV. His second homer dropped into the right-field bullpen amid Marlins relievers, who saw ball coming. Clearing the hard-to-reach fence both ways,..." May 16

Hardball Talk "Johnny Cueto‘s minor-league rehab assignment is over after two starts at Single-A and John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that he’ll come off the disabled list to start for the Reds on Monday. Cueto allowed one run in eight innings while rehabbing, striking out eight and walking zero,..." May 15

Dayton Daily News "Is Johnny Cueto ready to shed the green, black and white uniform of the Class A Dayton Dragons and slip back into his more comfortable Cincinnati Reds uniform? He is so excited about it, he quickly answered the question in English. Normally, the Dominican-born Cueto uses a translator to..." May 15

Cincinnati Enquirer "Reds manager Dusty Baker always says Homer Bailey has the stuff and the stamina to be an ace. Tuesday night, he showed a lot of both in beating the Miami Marlins, 6-2, before 14,694 at Marlins Park. Bailey threw a complete game, the fourth of his career. He struck out 10, equalling a career..." May 15

MLB.com "On the afternoon of April 28, Rice University head baseball coach Wayne Graham was afforded some free time to catch one of his former players pitching on television. It was Reds rookie left-hander Tony Cingrani facing the Nationals. Graham would not be disappointed as he watched Cingrani have a..." May 13

Cincinnati Enquirer "Johnny Cueto’s return is still at the very least a week away, meaning Tony Cingrani could still have two starts before the Reds have to make a decision on what to do with their rotation. Cueto is scheduled to pitch Tuesday in Dayton and his next scheduled start would then be on Sunday, May 19...." May 12

Cincinnati Enquirer "Bronson Arroyo has been pitching professionally for 19 years. In all that time, he’s been trying to solve one of baseball’s great mysteries. He’s spent a lot of time and energy trying to figure out how to have his best stuff every fifth day. Arroyo is like all pitchers: Some starts the velocity..." May 12

Cincinnati Enquirer "Reds Opening Day starter Johnny Cueto threw 50 pitches in three innings for Class-A Dayton on Thursday and should be ready to make his next rehab start on his regular four-day rest. “I know the team needs me,” Cueto said through interpreter Thomas Vera on Thursday after giving up a run on four..." May 10

Cincinnati Enquirer "Johnny Cueto will don a Dayton Dragons uniform for the first time since 2006 on Thursday as he will make a rehab appearance for the Reds’ Class-A team against the Lansing Lugnuts at Fifth Third Field. Cueto has been on the disabled list since April 15 with a strained right lat. He was scheduled..." May 09

Cincinnati Enquirer "Reds manager Dusty Baker rolled the dice with Mike Leake. The 7-2 score tells you how it worked out. The Reds lost in the series finale with the Atlanta Braves, 7-2, before a crowd of 32,640 at Great American Ball Park. It is the first time this year the Reds have lost a home series. They..." May 09

MLB.com "The Reds will be off on Thursday but ace Johnny Cueto will be at the ballpark to get some work in. Cueto said he was scheduled to have another bullpen session. On Monday, he threw 25 pitches from the mound and felt no ill-effects in his oblique area. “I feel pretty good,” Cueto said. Cueto..." May 08

Cincinnati Enquirer "With the Reds down to their last strike, Devin Mesoraco and Shin-Soo Choo hit back-to-back home runs off of Braves closer Craig Kimbrel to give the Reds a 5-4 victory over the Braves at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday. Kimbrel had a full count on Mesoraco when the pinch-hitter hit a shot to..." May 08

Atlanta Journal-Constitution "With apologies to Brian McCann, Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons made himself the story Monday night. The Braves shortstop is starting to heat up – and he used McCann’s return from shoulder surgery to show how much. Simmons homered twice for the first time in his career to lead the Braves to a..." May 07

Cincinnati Enquirer "The Reds will have a much better idea on how to go forward with Johnny Cueto when the team gets home Monday. "Until you know what you're dealing with, you really can't say what the next step is for him," pitching coach Bryan Price said. "It kind of caught us off guard. We didn't know about the..." May 06

MLB.com "Reds ace Johnny Cueto appears to have gotten over the setback to his right oblique. Cueto long tossed on Monday and threw 25 pitches in the bullpen on Monday. “He did very well. He looked very good and said he felt very good,” head trainer Paul Lessard said. Cueto is scheduled to see Dr. Tim..." May 06

Cincinnati Enquirer "Catcher Ryan Hanigan is set to begin a rehab stint in the minors. He’ll return to Cincinnati with the team today. He’ll be examined Monday by medical director Dr. Tim Kremchek. If he’s cleared – and given the Johnny Cueto situation that’s not a lock –he’ll go out on rehab. He’s not sure..." May 05

Cincinnati Enquirer "The Reds acquired veteran Mark Teahen from Arizona on Tuesday night, the Diamondbacks announced. The Reds will send either cash or a player to be named to Arizona in exchange for the 31-year-old. Teahen will provide depth for the Reds’ Triple-A affiliate in Louisville, Reds general manager Walt..." May 02

Cincinnati Enquirer "Johnny Cueto will make a rehab start for Double-A Pensacola on Friday. Cueto will fly to Cincinnati today and be examined by Dr. Tim Kremchek tomorrow. He’ll throw 60 to 70 pitches for the Blue Wahoos. The plan is for Cueto to make another rehab start in Dayton Wednesday, May 8. “That’s what..." May 02

Cincinnati Enquirer "The Reds are 7/11ths of the way to their total number of players they had on the disabled list last year. They’ve had seven in the first month of the season. Reds manager Dusty Baker is hoping for a change of luck. “We may not have any more the next five months,” Baker said. “Sometimes, you..." May 01

MLB.com "Reds ace Johnny Cueto, currently on the 15-day disabled list for a strained right lat muscle, was scheduled to head back to Cincinnati for a medical checkup. Assuming all goes well as expected, he will head out on a Minor League rehab assignment. Cueto is scheduled to start on Friday for..." May 01

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Jaime Garcia scattered seven hits over eight innings and Matt Holiday hit a two-run home run to lead the Cardinals to a 2-1 win over the Reds on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Garcia (3-1) got stronger as the game progressed as he retired the final seven batters he faced. He threw 92 pitches..." May 01

MLB.com "Concern for Mat Latos was at a minimum on Tuesday after he exited Monday's start vs. the Cardinals with tightness in his right hip. Latos, who threw six scoreless innings and 91 pitches in a 2-1 victory, did not return for the seventh inning because of the injury, which he sustained while..." April 30

MLB.com "Reds ace Johnny Cueto just came in after a 45-pitch bullpen session. “It was pretty good, no pain,” Cueto said. “I threw my breaking ball, everything.” It was Cueto’s second time off of a mound since going on DL with strained lat muscle. He wasn’t sure what was next but thought a minor..." April 29

CBSSports.com "Reds starting pitcher Tony Cingrani had quite an interesting fourth inning on Sunday in Washington, DC. The inning began with Denard Span striking out and reaching on a wild pitch. While that play isn't completely abnormal, it's rare when it breaks up a perfect game, which is exactly what..." April 28

Cincinnati Enquirer "Reds left fielder Chris Heisey left Saturday’s game against the Nationals with a strained right hamstring. He was replaced by Xavier Paul in the third inning. Heisey grounded into a double play to end the first and recorded two putouts in the first two-and-a-half innings of the Reds’ game at..." April 27

Federal Baseball "There were a few audible gasps from the crowd of 38,903 in Nationals Park on a long Joey Votto fly ball to center field, but Washington Nationals' center fielder Denard Span got under it and made the catch at the wall in front of the #NATITUDE sign for the final out of a 10-pitch, 1-2-3 first for..." April 27

Federal Baseball "As the Washington Nationals (@NationalsPR) noted on Twitter after 26-year-old, 2007 2nd Round pick Jordan Zimmermann's last start at home in the nation's capital, against the Chicago White Sox on April 10th, the Nationals' fifth-year starter is, "7-0 with a 2.91 ERA in his last 13 starts at..." April 27

CBSSports.com "Baseball commissioner Bud Selig seemingly has planned to step down, retire or vacate his job almost since he took office back in 1992. But this time, he is much more emphatic about his retirement pronouncements, even to the point of believability. “You can believe it,'' Selig said, pretty..." April 26

Cincinnati Enquirer "The Reds have activated left-hander Sean Marshall from the disabled list, sending left-hander Manny Parra to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left pectoral muscle. Parra’s DL stint is retroactive to Wednesday. Marshall was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 10 with tendinitis..." April 26

Washington Post "Throughout an offensive slump that dulled the early glow of the Washington Nationals’ season of lofty expectations, players pleaded for patience. Sleepy bats betrayed solid pitching and magnified mistakes. Manager Davey Johnson, though frustrated by the meager production, made only minor changes..." April 26

Cincinnati Enquirer "Reds catcher Corky Miller wasn’t sure if he’d be back at Great American Ball Park as a player before he got the call to come up once again on Sunday. The 37-year-old knows his time as a player is much closer to the end than it is the beginning. Even as a Triple-A catcher, you know you’re close..." April 25

Cincinnati Enquirer "Left-hander Sean Marshall felt fine today after his rehab outing with Triple-A Louisville yesterday. “I played catch from 90 feet,” he said. “My arm bounced back good.” He’ll throw in another game for Louisville tomorrow. Rather than start the game, as he did last night, he’ll be in the mix..." April 24

Cincinnati Enquirer "Mat Latos went seven shutout innings to earn his first win of the season. He allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four. His ERA stands at 2.14. It was 5.79 last year in April. Jonathan Broxton bailed Latos out of trouble in the eighth. Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth for his fourth..." April 24

Chicago Sun-Times "Darwin Barney’s one-out homer in the 10th inning off Manny Parra lifted the Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the first-place Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night – snapping the Cubs’ seven-game road losing streak. Barney’s solo shot put the Cubs ahead, and they added another run on Dave Sappelt’s RBI..." April 24

Chicago Tribune "Reds manager Dusty Baker said he's happy to hear the Cubs are trying to renovate Wrigley Field, and wished they had done it while he was in Chicago. "It's like an older home that has a one-car garage and a half-bath," Baker said. "You need more room. They need a weight room. They talked about..." April 23

Miami Herald "His voice dripping with sarcasm, slugger Giancarlo Stanton gave a whoop-dee-doo response when asked about finally driving in his first run of the season. “Oh my gosh,” Stanton said. “Hallelujah.” There was no reason for Stanton — or anyone else on the Marlins — to rejoice. By the time..." April 22

Palm Beach Post "Giancarlo Stanton looked like a human corkscrew Sunday, twisting and falling to the ground with a mighty swing after striking out for the third time in the Marlins’ 10-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Stanton later collected his long-awaited first RBI of the season with a two-out single in the..." April 22

Cincinnati Enquirer "If you attend tonight’s game vs. the Chicago Cubs, note this little wrinkle in the normal viewing habits of Reds fans when it’s time for the eminently watchable Shin-Soo Choo to come to bat for the second time. And why is that? Because Mike Leake is coming to bat just before Choo. Unlike..." April 22

Miami Herald "Jose Fernandez is normally light on his feet. The rookie hurler hops across the foul line after he completes an inning and bounds out of the dugout when he is set to start another. But there was no bounce in his step after Thursday’s fourth inning. After coughing up four runs on four hits..." April 19

Deadspin.com "Heartwarming news has certainly been in short supply this week, but a baseball game in Cincinnati last night provided us with some—and in a way that only adds to the growing legend of Reds third baseman Todd Frazier. Teddy Kremer is a 30-year-old man with Down Syndrome, and he developed a bond..." April 19

Cincinnati Enquirer "Sean Marshall is eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday. And, right now, he’s on schedule for that. “After today’s long-toss sessions and yesterday’s long-toss session,” he said. “I’ve put myself on a pretty good schedule. I don’t want to jinx it, but my arm strength and shoulder..." April 18