Locked On Reds - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds earned a split with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Jeff and Steve are joined by Lauren and Jake from Locked On Red Sox to look at their big takes from the two game set, surprises for the Reds and Red Sox, and how things look for both teams going forward. Luis Castillo shut down the Red Sox red hot lineup in game one before the Sox bats woke up in game two. Meanwhile, Joey Votto looks like he has regained his power stroke, despite being robbed of two homers in game one. The Reds bullpen, led by Alexis Diaz and Hunter Strickland looked solid (except for Jeff Hoffman's one inning) even if Hunter Greene showed the Jekyll and Hyde-type performance that has perpetuated his rookie season. Also, will the Red Sox regain their footing in a tough AL East? Will the Reds continue to give playing time to players who will shape their future?

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The Cincinnati Reds have had a disappointing season, so far, but we have to look at the key players, like Hunter Greene, and figure out who will be here when the Reds are competitive again. Jeff and Steve make their picks as to which players are certain bets (like Greene), which players are coin flips (like Nick Senzel) and which players will not be here (Mike Moustakas). They also wonder what will happen with guys like Jonathan India, Joey Votto, and Kyle Farmer.

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The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox with great pitching and timely base running to end May on a winning note. Jeff recaps how the Reds survived their first win at Fenway Park since Game Seven of the 1975 World Series. He looks at a great pitching performance from Luis Castillo, good bullpen pitching from Alexis Diaz and Hunter Strickland, and a dirty save by Tony Santillan. He also talks about the lineup and how Joey Votto should've had two home runs, but ended up with two doubles. Plus, David Bell made all the right calls en route to this win. The Cincinnati Reds no longer have the worst record in Major League Baseball!

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Tommy Pham slapped Joc Pederson over a fantasy football dispute from last year and the Cincinnati Reds won two-out-of-three from the San Francisco Giants. Jeff and Steve wonder how quickly this will result in the Reds trading Pham. The Reds, despite those slap shenanigans, have looked very good in the last week, thanks to good pitching from Graham Ashcraft, Vladimir Gutierrez, and Tyler Mahle. The Giants series win had a couple of heroes for the Reds and Jeff and Steve have it narrowed to either Kyle Farmer or Albert Almora Jr. The Reds now have their sights on two games at Fenway Park as they face a familiar pitching foe in Michael Wacha. One of our hosts believes the Reds will win both games against the Boston Red Sox, find out who.

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The Cincinnati Reds scored 20 runs against the Chicago Cubs and closed out the series with a win to split the four games. Jeff and Steve look at all of the amazing performances from Nick Senzel, Kyle Farmer, Tyler Stephenson, and even Albert Almora Jr. Senzel is in the middle of the most important season of his career. The question of whether Nick Senzel will be a Red when the Reds are competing for the playoffs again will be answered this year. Tommy Pham has also proven that, though his comments when he got to Cincinnati may have sounded selfish, what's good for Tommy Pham is good for the Cincinnati Reds.

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Joey Votto had a home run and a triple before the third inning was over and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ballpark. Jeff looks at how Joey Votto got in the Cubs heads and why he continues to show that he's one of the best Reds hitters of all time. The pitching was also on point, Wednesday, despite a rough first inning for Luis Castillo. He buckled down and looked more like the ace pitcher he is for the next four innings. The bullpen, made up of Tony Santillan, Alexis Diaz, Art Warren, and Hunter Strickland, held it down for the win. The Reds need to start looking to trade some players for prospects who will help the team contend in 2024 and Tommy Pham looks like the most likely player to be traded.

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Tyler Mahle got hit all around Great American Ballpark yesterday and the Cincinnati Reds lost big to the Chicago Cubs. Jeff and Steve dive into the early season struggles of Mahle and why it is eerily similar to the start of the season Luis Castillo turned in for the Reds last year. Mahle's bad start is only a small pat of the larger struggles of the starting pitching staff for the Reds that is worst in the Majors in many categories. Reds starting pitching has been the biggest reason why the Reds have such a bad record. Also, David Bell needs to do a better job of putting guys in spots to succeed, like Tyler Naquin. He mashes right-handed pitching but gets shut down by lefties. The Reds skipper has not done a good job of putting the roster that was poorly constructed in good positions to win ballgames. Hopefully guys like Castillo and Mike Minor coming back healthy can turn things around.

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The Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago Cubs on Monday night at Great American Ballpark despite getting two home runs from Aristides Aquino. Jeff and Steve talk about the performance of Aquino and how this outfield looks with Nick Senzel back and Aquino maybe figuring out how to hit Major League pitching. David Bell did the Reds no favors y poorly planning out Vladimir Gutierrez's start, putting Mike Moustakas at third base against a left-handed pitcher, and not batting Tommy Pham leadoff. Also, has Luis Cessa been bad, or is it because our expectations were too high of him? And did Jeff really just say Jeff Hoffman is good?

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The Cincinnati Reds dropped two games out of three to the Toronto Blue Jays, but leave Rogers Centre with some good vibes after Joey Votto homered to give them a win. Jeff and Steve are joined by Ben and Matt from Locked On Blue Jays as they break down why the Reds were able to hold the Blue Jays to a low run total, why a depleted Reds roster kept it close, and why Blue Jays pitching, led by Alex Manoah looks sustainable. They also discuss the complete game Manoah was robbed of, the surprising start from Graham Aschcraft, and why the Blue Jays will win the AL East this year (Jeff brought that up, for the record).

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Joey Votto still bangs and the Cincinnati Reds complete a winning road trip as they beat the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Jeff and Steve discuss why Joey Votto will continue to hit well this year and what that means for the Reds. They also talk about Tyler Stephenson and why the Reds should begin the first base succession plan with him. Tyler Stephenson has faced a few concussions, already, in his young career and should not be stuck at catcher, by default, or his Reds career will be much shorter than we had hoped. Also, is Aristides Aquino back for the Reds? Who is the Reds bullpen ace and who is it not Alexis Diaz? Will the Reds win three or four games against the Cubs?

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