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'Sure looks like an All-Star to us': Reds address Elly De La Cruz's 4th-place SS standing
MLB revealed complete All-Star ballot standings as of June 16, and many Cincinnati Reds fans were especially disappointed that shortstop Elly De La Cruz stood fourth (312,538) behind the New York Mets' Francisco Lindor (1,019,273), the Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts (597,188) and the Philadelphia Phillies' Trea Turner (348,053). The Reds' Jose Trevino stood eighth among National League catchers, and Austin Hays ranked 20th among outfielders. TJ Friedl, who is batting .290 with eight home runs and an OPS of .824, and has excelled defensively, was not among the top-20 OF vote-getters. Advertisement Phase 1 of the voting concludes June 26 at noon Eastern. During Phase 1, fans can vote as many as five times per 24-hour period at on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app. Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz De La Cruz and Hunter Greene represented the Reds in the 2024 All-Star Game. "Sure looks like an All-Star to us," the Reds tweeted of De La Cruz, along with a link for fans to vote. "With numbers like these, he should be the National League starting shortstop." This story was updated to add a gallery. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: National League All-Star vote: Reds seek Elly De La Cruz support
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Wild-card fever: Cincinnati Reds knock off MLB-best Tigers for third straight series win
DETROIT – Don't look now, but the Cincinnati Reds' playoff plans are back on. Certainly, if you ask them. Or if you tuned in over the weekend, when they went to Detroit and upended the team with the best record in the game, winning two of three, including a come-from-behind, 8-4 win over the Tigers on Sunday. Advertisement Forget catching the Cubs in the National League Central. Reds Elly De La Cruz Detroit Tigers 'Whole new level': Reds teammates 'can't explain' Elly De La Cruz performance through grief Reds Johnny Bench Big Red Machine Why greatest catcher in MLB history Johnny Bench 'didn't reach the level I could have' The Reds (37-35) might just need to catch the Brewers to put themselves into the chase for their first full-season playoff berth in 12 years. They already caught the Cardinals Sunday. 'Which makes it great,' said TJ Friedl, who opened a four-run eighth Sunday by reaching on an error. 'Having the (third) wild card, the way the new format is, it just makes it all the more competitive.' Wade Miley pitched five innings Sunday in his second turn since taking Hunter Greene's spot in the rotation with Greene on the IL (groin). Miley allowed only a pair of solo home runs. Competitive? Advertisement The Reds have won three straight series for the first time this season as they take a day off Monday before opening a three-gamer at home against the Minnesota Twins (36-35). After sweeping the playoff-minded Diamondbacks at home, they went 4-2 on an interleague road trip through Cleveland and Detroit – moving into a tie with the Cardinals (37-35) and 1 1/2 behind the Brewers (39-34) in the NL Central, following Milwaukee's 3-2 victory over St. Louis Sunday. "It's huge," Friedl said after the Sunday clincher. "That was a good road trip for us against two good teams. I think today was kind of like just the finishing touches before an off day, battling back and going down late and then punching right back. That's who we are as an offense, and I think today was just a great example of that." The Reds already have lost their first two series of the season against the Cubs, who have pulled away from the other would-be contenders in the division as the season nears the halfway mark. But in a league that was supposed to be top-heavy enough to leave the NL Central runners-up out of the wild-card race, the projected powers in Atlanta and Arizona have fallen well off the pace. Advertisement Division or bust? Maybe it's become Catch The Cardinals Or Bust for the Reds. 'That's something for down the road,' Friedl said. 'The most important part for us in this clubhouse is just take care of business each day. Just break things down into winning each day. Compete for what's in front of us that day. 'And then we'll look up after 162 and see where we're at.' TJ Friedl (29), Spencer Steer (7) and Will Benson (30) celebrate after the final out of the Reds' 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit June 15. The Reds went 4-2 on their road trip to Cleveland and Detroit after a three-game home sweep of Arizona. That's probably an especially good tack right now, as the schedule doesn't figure to provide much time for reflection anytime soon – with the Cardinals, Yankees, Padres, Red Sox and Phillies looming after the Twins. For now, the Reds knocked off a Tigers team with the best record in the game and that had won 17 of 22 series heading into the weekend. They'd lost only one in the last five weeks. Advertisement Along the way they did something they hadn't done in 29 previous tries this year – come back to win a game when trailing after seven innings. Playoffs or bust? 'We all believe in everyone in this clubhouse,' said former Dodger Gavin Lux, who drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the eighth Sunday. 'We set that expectation in spring that this team should be in the playoffs. We have all the pieces to do it, so now we've just got to go do it. Obviously, we started off slow. That's not really a secret. But getting guys healthy always helps. And our pitchers keep us in every game. 'With the way we've been swinging the bats,' he said, 'it feels like we just keep trending in the right direction.' Advertisement Catch the Cardinals? Wild-card fever? 'That's something for down the road,' Friedl said. 'The most important part for us in this clubhouse is just take care of business each day. Just break things down into winning each day. Compete for what's in front of us that day. 'And then we'll look up after 162 and see where we're at.' After Graham Ashcraft gave up a pair of runs on back-to-back two-out hits in the seventh to put the Reds down 4-2 Sunday, Friedl opened a big eighth by reaching second on a throwing error by the pitcher. Three hits, a very strange fielder's choice, a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch later, the Reds led 6-4. Advertisement The fielder's choice, with one out and runners at first and second, looked at first like a double play ball, until third baseman Zach McKinstry took an split-second extra to get the ball out of his glove with Elly De La Cruz bearing down on second, then tossed late to second. The relay throw was initially ruled in time for the second out – but overturned on a challenge. Bases loaded. Then came the Will Benson tying sacrifice fly, Lux's single and run-scoring wild pitch. All of which started on Friedl's worm-killer to the mound. "If he jogs, that (inning) doesn't happen," manager Terry Francona said. Advertisement De La Cruz added a two-run homer in the ninth – his fourth straight game with a home run – batting as the DH for just the second time this season. He went 3-for-5 Sunday. "I found out a good way to really piss him off," Francona said. "I told him, 'I think you'd make a good DH.' I think I heard some Spanish curse words." Veteran left-hander Wade Miley, in his second big-league start back from Tommy John surgery – and first since his name was linked in a report to a civil case involving whether he provided prescription drugs to the late Tyler Skaggs more than a decade ago – pitched five good innings for the Reds, allowing solo home runs to Jahmai Jones in the third and Wenceel Perez in the fourth to get a 2-2 game to the bullpen. Lefty hitters went 0-for-7 against Miley. Advertisement "He wanted to go back out, which was a good sign," Francona said. "I don't want to build him up too much too quick. I think we need to keep an eye on him. But he just brings a really good energy. "Both times you could feel a little bit extra." This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Reds catching wild-card fever with series win over Tigers
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Wade Miley's future as uncertain as Cincinnati Reds' rotation depth after flexor injury
ST. LOUIS – Whether veteran pitcher Wade Miley is done for the season – or his career – the left-hander's latest setback with his surgically repaired elbow has left the Cincinnati Reds staring at their biggest pitching-depth deficit of the year at a critical time on the schedule. Miley landed on the 15-day injured list Friday just three appearances back from Tommy John surgery after an MRI Thursday revealed a 'little tear' in the flexor tendon near the surgically repaired ligament. Wade Miley during his last start, in Detroit, where he gave up two earned runs in five innings of a Reds victory. He's the second Reds pitcher in four days to go on the IL, joining reliever Graham Ashcraft (groin). Opening Day starter Hunter Greene also is on the 15-day IL with a groin injury that's expected to keep him out until next month, and the Reds have three more starters on the 60-day IL (Carson Spiers, Brandon Williamson and Julian Aguiar). Advertisement Reds Tony Perez Big Red Machine 'I cried.' How Tony Perez defined rise and fall of Big Red Machine Reds Cardinals series Brady Singer Cincinnati Reds look to continue upswing against St. Louis Cardinals. In the short term, the Reds pulled right-hander Chase Petty from a scheduled start Thursday for Triple-A Louisville, and he joined the club in St. Louis (on the taxi squad) Friday ahead of a likely start in Miley's place Saturday – pending how the bullpen looks after Friday night's game. Manager Terry Francona said no decisions have been made how to fill the Miley void after Saturday. Chase Petty has joined the Reds on the taxi squad and would appear to be one of the options to start in place of Wade Miley on Saturday. And, yes, top prospect Chase Burns, who has been lights out at three minor-league levels this season, has been part of the wide-ranging discussions. Advertisement 'There's a lot to think about when that decision's being made, not just winning one game,' Francona said. 'He's done a great job. There's no denying that at all.' The Miley news came as a surprise to Miley, who felt more soreness than usual in the days after Sunday's start in Detroit but planned to power through on Saturday until the MRI revealed what the club is calling a 'strain.' 'I decided to get it looked at just for a little peace of mind, thinking I was going to be fine,' said Miley, who was just three appearances back from Tommy John surgery, including a pair of five-inning starts. 'And there's a little tear in there. 'This one sucks, no doubt. I felt like I was getting really close to where I wanted to be.' Advertisement Miley, 38, said he was told the ligament remains sound, and it's possible he might be able to return to the mound this season. But it's not a short-term process, and he talked about the heavy mental lift of another lengthy rehab process after more than a year working back from the elbow surgery. He said he planned to take some downtime before 'jumping to any decisions right away' but didn't rule out retirement depending on follow-up consultations with the medical staff. 'There's always that thought,' he said. 'I've been able to play this game as long as I have. 'I do love the game. I still love to compete,' he added. 'I love that moment. … Either way it's a win-win. If I come back it's a win. And if this is it, I can't ask for anything more than what I was able to be a part of in this game.' Advertisement For now he'll spend time with his 8-year-old and 16-month-old sons and listen to doctors during the shut-down period required regardless, he said. 'I think he's got a lot of emotions going right now,' Francona said. 'We told him we will support whatever he wants to do, or doesn't want to do.' For bullpen insurance Friday, the Reds recalled hard-throwing Connor Phillips, who has pitched well lately at Triple-A Louisville after struggling in the minors since a five-start big-league debut in 2023. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Wade Miley mulls future, Cincinnati Reds weigh options after injury
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04-06-2025
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Reds' Hunter Greene will undergo an MRI. Here's what we know
There was some bad news that followed the Cincinnati Reds' memorable, defensive walk-off win over the Milwaukee Brewers: Hunter Greene's groin injury might be an issue again. After the Reds' 4-2 victory that T.J. Friedl secured when he robbed a home run at the center field wall, Reds manager Terry Francona volunteered that Greene felt what might have been a reoccurrence of the groin injury that sidelined him via the 15-day injured list in May. Greene will have an MRI Wednesday morning to determine the extent of any possible injury. Advertisement Reds Milwaukee Brewers TJ Friedl Late-inning runs went the Cincinnati Reds' way in thrilling win over Milwaukee Brewers Reds TJ Friedl catch 'Play of the Reds' season': TJ Friedl robs Jake Bauers, ends Reds-Brewers Reds injuries Encarnacion-Strand Here's the latest on Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand's rehab stint in Triple-A "On another note, we had to take Hunter out because he felt the groin the last couple pitches in that fifth inning. That's why he came out of the game," Francona said. Hunter Greene came out of the game after five innings when his groin injury resurfaced. He allowed two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven. Greene, who exited a May 7 start against Atlanta with the initial groin strain, tossed 85 pitches over five innings (no decision) on Tuesday against the Brewers. Francona indicated during his pre-game meeting with reporters that Greene would have the opportunity for a longer start. Advertisement Greene was on a pitch count on May 23 in his return from the IL against the Chicago Cubs. He then went five innings May 28 against the Kansas City Royals. "It's not concerning. It's frustrating," Greene told reporters after the game. "I want to be out there. I want to compete. I feel like, as a pitcher, you do your best when you're in a groove and you're going out there every single fifth or sixth day, and it just makes it a little bit more difficult when you're trying to overcome certain stuff or you've got to be sidelined." Greene on Tuesday against the Brewers threw a first-pitch strike to all 23 batters he faced. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds' Hunter Greene will undergo an MRI. Here's what we know
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04-06-2025
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Reds put RHP Hunter Greene on IL, sign LHP Wade Miley
June 4 - The Cincinnati Reds placed ace right-hander Hunter Greene on the 15-day injured list Wednesday, citing a right groin strain. Greene started for the Reds on Tuesday in their 4-2 home win over the Milwaukee Brewers. He told the staff that he felt discomfort and left the game after five innings. The outing was just his third since being activated from the injured list on May 23 after missing two weeks with the same ailment. "We stayed here for a while last night, we talked to him, we talked to trainers," Reds manager Terry Francona told reporters Wednesday, per The Athletic. "Since it happened once and this is twice, we've got to figure this out. And then his lower back was starting to (affect him) and we're trying to figure out if it's related. We've got to get him healthy. It was kind of an easy decision even without seeing the MRI." An MRI was scheduled for later Wednesday. In corresponding moves, the Reds signed left-hander Wade Miley and transferred right-hander Rhett Lowder (right forearm, left oblique strains) to the 60-day injured list. Miley opted out of his minor league deal with the Reds on Sunday and became a free agent. He is coming off ulnar collateral ligament surgery and has not pitched in the majors since April 16, 2024, with the Milwaukee Brewers. The 25-year-old Greene, an All-Star in 2024, has made 11 starts this season and is 4-3 with a 2.72 ERA. He has struck out 73 batters and walked just 14 in 59 2/3 innings. He has a 22-28 record and a 3.74 ERA in 83 career appearances (all starts). The Reds selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 MLB draft out of high school in the Los Angeles area. Miley has a career 108-99 mark with a 4.07 ERA in 317 games (310 starts) with eight different teams since making his major league debut in 2011. This is his second go-round with the Reds. He was with the team in the 2020 and '21 seasons, going 12-10 with a 3.55 ERA in 177 1/3 innings over 34 starts (32 innings). Miley, 38, is expected to step into the starting rotation, perhaps as soon as Monday against the Guardians in Cleveland. --Field Level Media
