Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was given the honor of National League Player of the Week on Monday, covering games from the week of May 13 through May 19. Over the course of the past week, Votto boasted a major league best batting average of .583, while leading the NL with a .655 on-base percentage and a .917 slugging percentage that was good enough for second in the NL. Votto would also slug two ...

For the second consecutive appearance, Aroldis Chapman has blown a save opportunity after converting eight straight save opportunities to start the 2013 season. Entering the game with a 2-1 Cincinnati lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth-inning, Chapman issued a four-pitch walk to Delmon Young, poorly locating his fastball and changeup. Young would be replaced by pinch-runner Cliff Lee, however, ...

Veteran right-hander Bronson Arroyo earned his fourth win of the season in a dominant pitching performance against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday afternoon, a 10-0 blowout victory for the Cincinnati Reds. Arroyo worked 7.2 innings, allowing no runs while striking out six batters with two walks. The Cincinnati starter located his pitches and showed great poise on the mound, taking command of the Philadel ...

When Reds' starting shortstop, Zack Cozart tried bunting only to be hit in the finger with a pitch, he thought he was going to be out awhile. The finger area is mostly just bone and it's always dangerous to bunt for that very reason, particularly for pitchers who have to hit in the National League. For Cozart, he was just trying to lay one down in the 13th inning in a game against the Marlins. The Reds went ...

The Washington Nationals  pitching staff gave up one run in the first three games of the 2013 season heading into their game with the Cincinnati Reds.  The Nationals have now given up 16 runs in four games as the Reds pounded  Washington  pitching for 15 runs, 14 earned to beat the Nats 15-0. Dan Haren started for Washington and gave up six earned runs in four innings. Zach Duke  followed  allowing six runs ...

The Cincinnati Reds have decided against moving Aroldis Chapman into the rotation and the 25-year-old flamethrower will remain the closer for the team.  Mike Leake who pitched to a 4.58 ERA in 2012 will be the Reds fifth starter.  Leake was 8-9  in 2012, starting 30 games and completing 179 innings of work. The Reds signed Jonathan Broxton to a three-year $21 million deal earlier this off-season,  and the p ...

The Cincinnati Reds are expected to decide in the next few days what role flame throwing Aroldis Chapman will have for the 2013 season,  a starter or the closer.  Apparently  those within the Reds organization have differing opinions. General manager Walt Jocketty and pitching coach Bryan Price have favored making Chapman a starter, while manager Dusty Baker has been considered the strongest advocate of lea ...

The Cincinnati Reds announced that they have reached an agreement on a two-year contract with starting pitcher Mat Latos and avoided arbitration with the young right-hander. Pitcher Homer Bailey remains is the only player on the roster still arbitration eligible. The deal essentially buys out the first two seasons of arbitration eligibility. Latos will be a free agent after the 2015 season. Latos  filed for ...

Optimism was high last October in southwest Ohio after the Cincinnati Reds finished the regular season with 97 wins and a National League Central title. It appeared the club was headed to the NLCS after taking the first two NLDS games in San Francisco before the Giants claimed all three contests at the Great American Ballpark and dismissed the Reds from the NLDS for the second time in three years. Entering ...

The Cincinnati Reds and pitcher Mike Leake reached an agreement to avoid arbitration on a one-year deal worth $3.06 million. The deal represents a compromise based on the figures submitted for arbitration. Leake had asked for $3.5 million, and the Reds submitted $2.65 million. The Reds still have three players currently slated to go through the arbitration process. Homer Bailey, Shin-Soo Choo and Mat Latos  ...

The Cincinnati Reds will be the newest team to attempt the always controversial switch of a star reliever into a starter. Cuban import, Aroldis Chapman, threw over 71 innings last year and dominated the National League in the ninth inning, posting a 38 saves, a 1.51 ERA, .141 BAA and over 15K/9 with just four blown saves. This season he will take his 100 mph fastball act to the rotation, with an expected in ...

After dealing highly regarded prospects Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal last offseason in the package that yielded starting pitcher Mat Latos, the Cincinnati Reds farm system lost some firepower. Yet the organization that has produced difference makers like Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Aroldis Chapman, Homer Bailey and Todd Frazier among others in recent years has some intriguing names, but none moreso than spe ...

Choo will play in Cincinnati in 2013 The Cleveland Indians agreed to send right fielder Shin-Soo Choo and infielder Jason Donald to the Cincinnati Reds for center fielder Drew Stubbs as part of a three team deal that included the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks announced that pitchers Trevor Bauer, Bryan Shaw and Matt Albers will also go to the Indians for shortstop Didi Gregorius, pitcher Tony Sipp ...

Ludwick hit 26 home runs, 80 RBI in 2012 with the Reds Still in need of a center fielder who can lead off, the Cincinnati Reds at least filled one void on Friday. According to according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, outfielder Ryan Ludwick has agreed to a new deal with the reigning National League Central champions. In 2012, Ludwick thrived in a bounceback season that saw him hit .275 with a .877 OPS, 26 ...