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Pitching?

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So, how many former Reds are on this list?

The Reds make their players pay for WiFi while traveling

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Stephanie Apstein has a brilliant expose of one of the key components of Major League Baseball operations: in-flight WiFi while teams travel, and who foots the bill for such extravagance. In all seriousness, it's a pretty funny look at something that sounds trivial but has become such a mainstay in our lives that it's impossible to escape. And, in the process, she discovered that only two teams in the game don't pay for their players to have internet access while traveling - the mighty New York Yankees and your Cincinnati Reds. Two ends of the financial spectrum, meaning two differing reasons as to why they don't foot that bill. The Reds!

Christian Encarnacion-Slam

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CrushedExquisiteSlam pic.twitter.com/kaDMagBSaA— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) March 1, 2023

Christian Encarnacion-Strand swatted a grand slam as part of his 5-ribbie 8th inning in Wednesday's Cactus League action against the Oakland Athletics. That sound, y'all. That's how you knock the snot ouf of the ball.

Joey Votto boldly predicts where no man has predicted before

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The Cincinnati Reds are going to win the 2023 World Series. Joey Votto and Marvin the Martian are going to take them to the promised land.

Adios, Aristides Aquino. Thank you for your glorious throws.

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The Cincinnati Reds have designated Aristides Aquino for assignment. Again. They've DFA'd him again, since they already cut him loose from the roster years back only to bring him back into the fold again. If this is truly it for the Reds and Aquino, we'll always have that one month with the bat from that one year way back when as well as an endless barrage of incredible throws from his powerful right arm. Maybe he can pitch?

Reds to play Athletics in Las Vegas during Spring Training

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The Athletics playing baseball in Las Vegas? You don't say! They'll face the Reds in a spring training showcase on March 4-5, in case anyone's interested in making the trek out to see two rebuilding clubs that early in spring action.

Cincinnati Reds decline 2023 option on pitcher Mike Minor

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The Cincinnati Reds have predictably decline the 2023 team option on pitcher Mike Minor, instead buying him out for a cool million bucks. Minor, who was roasted for a 6.06 ERA when not on the IL during the 2022 season, had a $13 million team option on the deal he originally signed with the Kansas City Royals prior to being traded to the Reds before the 2022 season. The Reds will now have only Mike Moustakas and Joey Votto under guaranteed contracts for the 2023 season as free agency (hahahahahha) heats up.

Video Story on Aristides Aquino

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The Rise and Fall of Aristides Aquino

The Cincinnati Reds have released Shogo Akiyama

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We knew over the weekend that outfielder Shogo Akiyama wasn't going to the make the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day roster. The only question remaining was whether or not he'd accept being optioned to the minors, something he did not have to do given the legalese in his contract. He has apparently refused said assignment, prompting the Reds to release him outright today. They'll be on the hook for his $8 million salary this year, and it remains to be seen whether or not he gets picked up by another MLB club on the eve of his 34th birthday. Happy trails, Shogo.