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The Cincinnati Reds are getting ever nearer to their spring coaching schedule coming to an finish and right this moment they are going to play their second to final sport in Arizona earlier than heading again east to Ohio. This afternoon they are going to tackle the San Diego Padres in a street contest with first pitch scheduled for 4:10pm ET.
Reserve gamers on right this moment’s Reds roster
As of three:05pm ET the Reds haven’t shared the sport notes or journey roster for right this moment’s sport. If these are offered earlier than the beginning of the sport I’ll replace this to incorporate who is anticipated to pitch after Abbott in addition to who’s on the roster for the sport.
The place to look at/hear/comply with the sport
At the moment’s sport will likely be obtainable on MLB.television and it is likely one of the FREE video games of the day. Additionally, you will be capable to watch the sport on MLB Community. Each variations would be the San Diego Padres broadcast. In case you are trying to hearken to the sport you’ll be able to tune your radio to 700 WLW. For those who’re trying to comply with alongside on gameday, right here is your hyperlink for that.
Information and Notes
Spencer Steer to start the 12 months on the injured checklist
Terry Francona introduced right this moment that Spencer Steer wasn’t going to be prepared in time to start the season. After a short time frame of hope that he might return for Opening Day after getting a cortisone shot, they determined that it wasn’t going to work as he hadn’t had an at-bat in a sport since February twenty seventh. Mark Sheldon of Reds.com has some extra particulars for you right here.
Fangraphs isn’t too excessive on the Reds outfield
This weekend the crew at Fangraphs has wrapped up positional rankings for every staff. The Cincinnati Reds outfield crew didn’t precisely stack up properly to the remainder of the league. The left subject group ranked twenty fifth with a lot of that point going to Austin Hays and Spencer Steer. In middle the time goes principally to TJ Friedl and Cincinnati is available in ranked twenty sixth on that checklist. Over in proper subject there’s a bit extra of a cut up with Jake Fraley, Stuart Fairchild and a handful of others – however the outcomes didn’t change a lot as that group got here in at twenty seventh.