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Red Reporter @redreporter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The last time a Cincinnati Red hit a postseason homer of any sort both Sal Stewart and Hector Rodriguez were 9 years old.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In 2026 the Reds have given 1560 plate appearances to batters whose OPS was *below the lowest* one here. That's 25% of all team PA. More than 1000 PA went to Reds batters with an OPS below .560. Nice roster, Nick Krall and Phil Castellini. Whatever else, don't change anything.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Barry Larkin couldn't assign blame for ... reasons. I can: • ownership crippling the team financially, meddling, obsolete thinking • front office wed to old-school baseball, inapt roster construction • manager out-of-date, lacking direction from front office • several key players under-performing

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The truth is that anyone who follows the Reds closely and with clear eyes didn't need to wait for the last three weeks to know the Reds are way behind the contenders.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Brady Singer’s ERA is now 5.67, far and away the worst in the majors (at least 150 IP). The next worst is 5.00. If, as rumored, the Reds make him a qualifying offer ($23.1 million) for 2027 it’ll be the dumbest move in the history of dumb moves.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

With official elimination from the postseason yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds have gone 31 seasons without a postseason series win or even a single postseason win at home. The last 20 years of failure have come under Castellini family ownership.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 12/09/2026

The Big Ten is 10-4 against the SEC since the 2024 postseason after Michigan upsets No. 11 Oklahoma.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hopefully there won’t be a next time to hear Nick Krall say he builds the Reds around defense. What a joke. Failing by one’s own standards.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reds to homer in five straight games: Elly De La Cruz (2026) Joey Votto (2021) Eugenio Suárez (2018) Jay Bruce (2016) Devin Mesoraco (2014) Adam Dunn (2008) Ken Griffey Jr. (2003) Johnny Bench (1972) George Crowe (1957) Ted Kluszewski (1954)

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nick Krall has made enough poor decisions that he doesn’t deserve to keep his job. That said, while it may feel good to Reds fans if he’s fired, the team will remain mired in mediocrity as long as the Castellini family is in charge and operating as they have.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How many of the other 8 did he take strike three the pitch before that the ump missed?

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

All 816 seats have been sold for The Kentucky Theater’s special 11pm showing of Rocky Horror tonight in Lexington. Hot Patootie.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Andrew Abbott ERA now 4.46. League average for SP is 4.21. For LH SP 4.07.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the last 14 years of Reds ownership by the Castellini family, the team has not finished either first or second place in a five-team division. Finished 4th or 5th ten times.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nick Krall: We're building the Reds around pitching and defense. ERA: Reds 24/30 xFIP: Reds 29/30 xERA: Reds 27/30 DRS: Reds 29/30 FRV: Reds 24/30 RA/G: 24/30 Oh, and ... the Reds are last in AVG, OBP, wRC+ and K%. R/G 25/30 Good job, Nick Krall and Phil Castellini!!

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

TJ Frieldl is 0 for his last 33 PA. You read that right.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Castellini family sees to it financially that Nick Krall is only able to tinker with the Reds roster. Given that, it’s a wonder how he keeps his job given the relative magnitude of the disastrous clusterfucks of the Candelario, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Lux and Suarez acquisitions.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If you’re wondering, Ke’Byran Hayes (batting .149) has only 193 PA. Under contract not for one more, not two more, but three more seasons. Great trade acquisition by Nick Krall.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Reds have not had an above-average offense (wRC+) since 2010. Playing half their games in a small park.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Reds are a truly awful team on offense and defense. Again. It may not help much if the Castellini family continues to choose to strangle the team financially. But boy, they need to clean house in the front office and dugout.

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Doug Dennis @dougdennis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I love Joey Votto and would not subject him to such terrible bosses. For anyone who thinks he couldn’t do it, he’d not do worse than what the Reds are currently doing.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m afraid it means from day to day they have no idea what they’re doing.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It won’t get better as long as the Castellini family runs the team.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Like pointing at the day’s weather as proof climate change isn’t real.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Highest bWAR by a Reds pitcher 23 or younger: Gary Nolan, 6.3 (1967) Jim Maloney, 5.0 (1963) Chase Burns, 4.9 (2026)

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Remember this the next time someone spouts that braindead baseball cliche that you can’t have too much pitching.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Seems like everything is so damned hard for Reds ownership/front office. The trades on the table are small bore. But they seem so out-of-step with the league, afraid to make moves, risk averse. Content with mediocrity. Sigh.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The funny thing is, as much as people want Arraez's style of play to be what wins in October, he's .224/.246/.284 in 70 postseason PA and his teams are 1-5.

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Mark Sheldon @msheldon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#reds injury updates LHP Nick Lodolo (left finger blister): Scheduled to throw 60-65 pitches on a rehab assignment Wednesday for Louisville against St. Paul. LHP Brandon Williamson (left shoulder): Rehab assignment moves up to Louisville Thursday. He threw two innings on Saturday for Chattanooga.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Reds: An ownership family that refuses to adequately fund the team. Radically insular and out-of-date. A timid, mediocre (at best) front office stuck in the past in too many ways. A series of lousy trades and disastrous free agent signings. Result: a jumbled mess of a roster.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Terry Francona bobblehead giveaway is pathetic. Guy hasn’t been with the club even two seasons and the team has a losing record under him. It would make more sense if he’s dressed in a Cleveland or Boston uniform. Truly embarrassing for the Reds.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Takes two sides for a deal, but the Reds will miss Ty Steve. The catching position will suffer a gigantic drop off. If Stevenson wanted 3-4 years, I'd have done that. If another catcher comes through the system in a couple seasons (no sure thing) *then* trade Stephenson.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I keep seeing JJ Bleday being mentioned as a find and part of the Reds future, but First 33 games 1.003 OPS Next 40 games: .669 OPS

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Reds have two ace-quality pitchers. Plus Elly and Sal. With the financial limits (self) imposed by the Castellini’s, they will *never* have a better core to build around. Trading any of that group for prospects is an admission they can’t and won’t build a championship team.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ke’Bryan Hayes (.410) TJ Friedl (.525)

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I hope the Reds don’t use the Chase Burns extension as a reason to trade Hunter Greene. And I wish that didn’t sound exactly like something they would do.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Most people do know dumb ends in a “p”

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Breaking: Today the Reds front office finally addressed the outfield position, the long-standing disaster across the organization, by using several top draft picks on outfie … wait [checking ear piece] I’m being told, dammit, it’s zero, they selected *zero* outfielders.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Eugenio Suarez may hit a ball into the Ohio River in his next at bat (and I hope he does). But he’s been one of the worst players in baseball. Not competitive most at bats.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

187 MLB players have at least 250 plate appearances. That's more than six batters per team. Taking contact quality and strikeouts into account, of batters with 250 PA, Eugenio Suarez has been the worst hitter in the sport.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

251 Major League hitters have at least 200 plate appearances. TJ Friedl ranks next to last in run production (wRC+). When you adjust for contact quality (xwOBA) he’s dead last, by far.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’ll confess I’m new to soccer. And I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle and competing fan bases of the World Cup. I respect the awesome talent and effort of the players. But the nonstop flopping and begging for calls ruins it for me.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It shouts volumes that the Reds might be the only professional sports organization pathetic enough to have a bobblehead night for a manager who has been with the team less than two seasons and who has a losing record.

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Steve Mancuso @spmancuso.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All four Reds runs last inning were driven in by balls hit sharply to the pull side. Trevino’s HR was pulled right down the line. Brantley doesn’t mention any of that while glazing Suarez’s getting jammed with a fluke bloop hit. Relentless false narrative pushing by Cowboy.

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