Today is the final game in the Cactus League for the Cincinnati Reds. They will fly out to Milwaukee and play a game on Monday and another on Tuesday in exhibitions against the Brewers at American Family Field before coming home to prepare for Opening Day on Thursday. Things wrap up in Goodyear, Arizona with the Reds taking on the Cleveland Guardians at their shared ballpark, with the Guardians as the home team in this matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05pm ET.
Reserve players on today’s Reds roster
* denotes that they are expected to pitch today
Where to watch/listen/follow the game
First pitch is set for 3:05pm ET. This game is available to watch on Reds.tv or MLB.tv and is the free game of the day on MLB.tv. It will be the Cleveland TV crew. If you want to follow along on the radio this game will be carried on 700 WLW in the greater Cincinnati area. If you want to follow along with gameday, here is your link for that.
News and Notes
Reds Booms and Busts
Dan Szymborski released his Booms! and Busts! list at Fangraphs. One Reds player lands on each list. He’s buying into Matt McLain getting back to being a good hitter. But he thinks one Reds player is going to move from a starting role into a bench guy due to performance.
More cuts, Opening Day roster appears to be set
Cincinnati made four cuts yesterday and with that there are 26 players left in camp who know they aren’t heading to the injured list or to the minors. While trades or waiver claims could still change things, without those the Opening Day roster is going to be set if everyone remains healthy until Thursday. We’ve got what the roster looks like here.