CINCINNATI -- The Reds' effort to stockpile even more relievers for bullpen depth continued late Thursday night. The club was part of a three-way trade that sent infielder Gavin Lux to the Rays and brought left-handed reliever Brock Burke from the Angels to Cincinnati. As part of the deal, Tampa

The Reds have made a huge splash as the 2026 international signing period opens, doing what no other club has: landing a top six overall prospect in the class for the third time in the past four years. Angel Nuñez (No. 6) has some aura about him. A supremely high-energy

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 23, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

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CINCINNATI -- Closer Emilio Pagán hadn't even re-signed with the Reds yet and he was already giving a hard sell about Cincinnati to fellow free agent and best friend Pierce Johnson. “Within probably 10 minutes after me telling him my option was declined [on Nov. 6]," Johnson said. "He and

CINCINNATI -- With a mix of the familiar along with some new names, the Reds announced that nine players will be at big league camp during Spring Training as non-roster invitees. Right-handed reliever Tejay Antone, catcher Will Banfield, infielder Michael Chavis, right-handed pitcher Hagen Danner, infielder Garrett Hampson, right-handed reliever

Following are the first workout dates, subject to change, for pitchers and catchers as well as full squads of the 30 Major League clubs for 2026 Spring Training.

This page will be updated throughout the offseason with all the latest Reds injury news and transactions.

On Wednesday, the Reds Community Fund, St. Elizabeth Healthcare and Pitch In For Baseball & Softball (PIFBS) distributed close to $70,000 worth of baseball and softball equipment to 24 high schools and 14 youth organizations across Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. For the 10th straight year, the partners teamed up

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 23, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position. Even with National League Rookie

Today's opening of the international signing period means amateur prospects from across the world can officially put pen to paper and call themselves professional ballplayers. It’s a testament to years of hard work not only for the players, but their families, their coaches and the extensive network of scouts and

CINCINNATI -- Less than a month before the opening of Spring Training, the Reds are set to have one particular camp competition that can't be overstated or over-discussed. The battle for the final spot in Cincinnati's five-man rotation should be as compelling as they come.

MLB's 2026 international signing period opens on Thursday, and its importance can't be understated. While the vast majority of players are teenagers years away from reaching the big leagues, history tells us that the impact some of them make once they get there will be enormous. In 2025, four players

CINCINNATI -- Ahead of Thursday's deadline for clubs and arbitration-eligible players to exchange salary figures, the Reds reached an agreement on one-year deals with eight players to avoid hearings. According to sources, infielder/outfielder Spencer Steer and the club agreed to a $4 million contract. Utility infielder Gavin Lux agreed to

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CINCINNATI -- Sun's out, guns out. The Reds' sartorial choices over the years have prompted some of their players to go sleeveless with their uniforms and show off their biceps. Most famously, Reds slugger Ted Kluszewski flashed his biceps in uniform, but initially, it was out of necessity not long

For the first three installments of the MLB Pipeline Executive Poll, we asked front offices around baseball to focus on players. For our fourth and final report, we asked them to turn the spotlight on each other. As we have since we started this series in 2023, we are wrapping

On Monday, Reds beat reporter Mark Sheldon held an Ask Me Anything on Reddit with fans at r/reds. This mailbag features questions and answers from there. The full AMA can be read here. Questions and responses have been lightly edited for clarity. Who, if any, of the core is most

If we had a dime for every time we’ve said or used the word “tools” at MLB Pipeline … we’d sure have a lot of dimes. Tools are, of course, the building blocks for prospects, and a lot of time is spent evaluating all of them to try to determine

In Part I of the MLB Pipeline Executive Poll, we took a look at the industry’s picks for Rookie of the Year in each league. This next installment will dig deeper into what front offices think about top prospects. The survey, filled out by more than 40 execs across nearly

The new year is all about resolutions -- and, yes, predictions! Nobody knows what the future holds, but on the latest MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo do their best to try figuring it out. Callis and Mayo whip out their crystal balls to project which prospects will

Welcome to the fourth annual MLB Pipeline Executive Poll. Starting before the 2023 season, we surveyed front offices across baseball -- from general managers to scouting directors, farm directors, analysts and beyond -- on a number of questions regarding prospects. As has been our tradition, we’re beginning with who they

As we enter a new year and inch closer to the 2026 baseball season, there's much to be determined for many clubs as they head to Spring Training. While there has been plenty of offseason activity, many key free agents remain on the board, possible trade candidates haven't been moved

The new year is for new starts, the unknown and the to-be-determined. No one can perfectly say what will happen in this 2026 calendar year, but we can certainly take a few highly educated guesses. In the land of Minor League Baseball, there may not be a more sought-after prediction