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The Cincinnati Reds introduced a set of vital dates for 2025 Spring Coaching earlier as we speak. Pitchers and catchers are set to report back to Goodyear, Arizona on February tenth to kick off the beginning of every thing.
Two days afterward February twelfth pitchers and catchers may have their first exercise on the sphere as a bunch. Place gamers are set to report back to Goodyear on February fifteenth and the primary full crew exercise will likely be held on February seventeenth. It will likely be lower than per week later, on February twenty second, that the Reds will meet up with their advanced mates – the Cleveland Guardians – for the primary sport of spring coaching.
With new supervisor Terry Francona on board, the Cincinnati Reds will likely be trying to have a greater spring coaching than they’d in 2024. Issues received unhealthy early in March when anticipated beginning third baseman Noelvi Marte was suspended for 80 video games for testing optimistic for a efficiency enhancing drug. Issues then received worse as Matt McLain and Edwin Arroyo each injured their shoulders whereas diving and went on to require surgical procedure and missed the whole lot of the 2024 season. Shortly after that the crew would additionally place TJ Friedl, Brandon Williamson, Nick Lodolo, Sam Moll, and Alex Younger on the injured listing. To say it was a troublesome month can be an understatement.
Given that you’re already right here, and that we’ve already talked about a brand new supervisor, you understand how the 2024 season went for the Reds. It wasn’t nice because the crew completed 77-85, one sport forward of the Pittsburgh Pirates who completed in final place within the division. Cincinnati was 16 video games behind the primary place Milwaukee Brewers within the division and did not make the playoffs for the tenth time within the final 11 seasons. They haven’t completed higher than third place within the division since 2012 once they went 97-65 and gained the division.