Cincinnati Reds outfielder Aristides Aquino entered MLB with a historic torrent of home runs, but his calling card these days can be located in his throwing arm. [It’s fantasy football season: Create or join a league now!] During the Reds’ game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, Aquino unleashed one of the most impressive throws in MLB this year on what should have been an RBI double for Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto. With Rhys Hoskins at first base, Realmuto hit a long fly ball… Source link
Read More »How Cincinnati Reds slid to a historically bad start
If you’ve looked at the MLB standings recently, the line most likely to cause a double take belongs to the Cincinnati Reds. Specifically, the win column, which stood at a shockingly meager 5 on Monday morning. And that was after a weekend series triumph that brought them up almost exponentially from 3 and finally eased the ignominy of having fewer 2022 wins than the local football team that hadn’t played since February. So they stand at 5-23. Five wins in 28 games. It looks like a typo. As… Source link
Read More »Reds rookie Hunter Greene breaks record for 100 mph pitches
Two starts into his MLB career, Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene is exactly as advertised. Simply put, the rookie right-hander who went second overall in the 2017 MLB draft thanks to his easy triple-digit speed is lighting up the radar gun like no other pitcher in recent MLB history, if any MLB history. Greene made his second start for the Reds on Saturday at Dodger Stadium. By results, the Los Angeles native was strong enough, shutting down the Dodgers for five innings until… Source link
Read More »Twins acquire Sonny Gray in trade with Reds
The Minnesota Twins have added a significant piece to their rotation. The Twins acquired veteran right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray on Sunday from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Chase Petty, Minnesota’s first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in 2021. The Twins also added minor-league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal. Gray, a two-time All-Star, had been with the Reds since 2019 and also had previous stints with the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. In 2021, Gray made 26… Source link
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