Given what we know (nothing) so far (even less), here's our first stab at the Opening Day roster of the Cincinnati Reds, something that will surely change minute by minute from the moment it was posted:

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Pretty cool Chase Burns mention here if you read down enough. Also an Edwin Arroyo sighting 👀

Thought the Derek Johnson/Vandy pipeline might land him with the Reds, but I think he's got a clearer path to the Padres rotation than he would have in Cincinnati.

Sal Stewart looks ready to date your mom

JJ Bleday and Will Benson hit from the left side, but they've got minor league options remaining. If they struggle in camp, or if Spencer Steer looks spry in LF, carrying lefty Nate Lowe on the roster in the 1B/DH mix might make a whole lotta sense. www.redreporter.com/hotstove/497...

Never hurts to have another 1B guy around, though the list is getting stacked at AAA/AAAA with CES and Toglia already there.

MLB apparently approved Phil Castellini as the new owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Sell the team, Phil.

There's still at least one thing missing from this Cincinnati Reds roster, and there's one player in particular who may be the right fit.

How will the Reds juggle the 5th starter in their rotation to get through 162 games? Will they do it like with chainsaws, where you've got to throw them extra high in the air? Or with, like, ping pong balls where you can mess up and hit yourself in the head every now and then?

Congrats to Tyler! Still a bit befuddled this ended up going to a hearing over just a ~$250K gap, but so it goes.

Talked this morning about how the Reds have seemingly just written Noelvi Marte's name into stone as the everyday RF despite him a) never really being an RF before and b) never having ever hit for a full season before. Good luck, man!

Happy #PitchersAndCatchers report to #SpringTraining Day! Every year (19 so far!) I mark this holiday with an original ⚾️ illustration. This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.

that sound... man do I ever love that sound.

next up:

Reds reliever Graham Ashcraft won his arbitration hearing. Will earn $1.75 million. Club had offered $1.25 million. Tyler Stephenson’s hearing is scheduled on Monday.

It took about seven seconds to cancel the auto-renew on my MLB.tv subscription (that will renew for most everyone at the end of February). It'll take about that long to re-activate it once the season starts if they decide to nuke this BS scam. Or, they can just lose a ton of subscriptions instead.

There should be more baseball trades, baseball trades are cool.

The Reds have built a roster filled with versatility, one where everybody seems to be destined to play two, even three positions regularly. Everybody except one, that is, despite him being the one guy who is so gifted defensively that he probably should be playing all over. Huh.

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There are 232 Getty image results when you search 'Eugenio Suarez bubble,' and this post has two of them. Here's why adding Geno is a great fit for Cincinnati, especially when you view it through the lens of who played on this club in 2025.

Geno and the Reddddds

GENO'S BACK, BABY! www.redreporter.com/hotstove/495...

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!

McCaughan was college teammates with fellow non-roster invitee Garrett Hampson at Long Beach State.

As things stand on the Reds roster, their backup SS is their starting 2B, and their backup 2B is...their 1B/DH? I think they still need a glove-ready utility infielder by Opening Day. Ideally one who could switch hit. Not a retread, but one with clear upside. And Edwin Arroyo is right there.

Even after being positively awful for the Reds in his stint with the club a couple of years ago, he really would've made some sense for them in 2026. They've got Dane Myers, though. I'm sure that's fine.

every now and then the Getty archives have exactly the right picture for the article at hand www.redreporter.com/cincinnati-r...

So a lockout. Sweet. (Also boooooo salary cap.)

tired: Indiana winning a National Championship means the Cincinnati Reds can totally win a World Series wired: yeah exactly only it happened already in 1990 and that was 'the one'

I've enjoyed joining Chrystal on Visiting Dugout to yap about the Reds several times before (and hopefully again). Let her know if you're interested!

The Reds jettisoned Santiago Espinal and dealt away Gavin Lux. That was, at one point, their entire backup middle infield, and they haven't really replaced them. Did Bo Bichette signing with the Mets give them a prime chance to address that?

Trading Gavin Lux elsewhere seemed to be the obvious all offseason for the Cincinnati Reds given what else they had on the roster (and their proclivity for austerity). It happened tonight. www.redreporter.com/hotstove/494...

Need a pick-me-up this fine Thursday morning? Here's Phil Castellini getting booed at the Xavier basketball game last night! Sell the team, Bob. youtu.be/gm0rLOyGRmU?...

The voting here is gross. It's disgusting. It's ridiculous...there's literally a three-way tie right now, and the prospects with the 4th and 5th most votes are only the smallest bit behind! So stop by, throw your vote into the mix, and help us figure this thing out.

anyone else reached the 'maybe Rece Hinds really DID figure it out last year down at AAA' portion of this woefully inadequate Reds offseason, or am I the only hopeless optimist around these parts?

the old friends! they're everywhere!

live look at the Reds bid:

the voting in this year's Community Prospect Rankings is #nice

According to a source, the Reds have agreed to terms on one-year deals with RHP's Brady Singer and Tony Santillan and LHP Nick Lodolo.

Get ready to figure out on the fly how to watch Reds games (again)!

Enjoy arb-ies.

Steele Hall, whom the Reds picked in the 1st round of the most recent draft, was born roughly six weeks before Joey Votto made his MLB debut. Unrelated, I've found that when my back hurts Aleve has the strength to offer up to 12 hours of pain relief with just one pill. All day strong, all day long.

Reminder that at Noon ET, I will be on Reddit for a Reds AMA. You can even head over there and now drop me your questions. Thanks. www.reddit.com/r/Reds/comme...

that time the Cincinnati Reds finished as the 12th best team in their 30-team sport and it felt like a monumental achievement