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'Amazing.' The Reds' Tyler Callihan is progressing from his broken arm. Here's the latest
The most notable sight for anyone entering the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse on Wednesday was surely Tyler Callihan. Callihan on May 5 was forced out of a game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. Five days after his MLB debut, Callihan suffered multiple fractures in his left forearm on a play Reds pitcher Brady Singer called 'gruesome to watch,' crashing into the wall in foul territory, glove first, at full speed after what looked like a catch. Advertisement Reds Twins series TJ Friedl Cincinnati Reds fight back to take series opener from Minnesota Twins Reds injuries pitching Graham Ashcraft Cincinnati Reds lose Graham Ashcraft to injury. Here's what we know Forty-four days later, Callihan was situated at a locker room stall at Great American Ball Park. Glove in-hand, he later jogged toward the tunnel that leads toward the Reds' dugout. Reds manager Terry Francona called Callihan's return to the field "amazing." Francona also cautioned the recovery process is ongoing. Tyler Callihan was back in the Reds clubhouse June 18 after suffering multiple fractures in his left forearm when he crashed into the wall in left field attempting to make a catch on May 5. "There's some other things that he's gonna work through," Francona said. "We'll get to that, I think, here in the near future but he's got some decisions to make on how to go with this, so when the time's right, we'll talk about it." Graham Ashcraft 'says he's already feeling a little better' Francona elaborated on Graham Ashcraft's right groin strain situation during his Wednesday meeting with reporters. Ashcraft on Tuesday was put on the 15-day injured list due to the ailment. Advertisement Francona said Wednesday Ashcraft was unsure of how the injury happened, and that it may have been a persistent, nagging one. The first-year Reds manager also added that Ashcraft, who transitioned to a high-leverage relief role this season, is feeling better. Reliever Graham Ashcraft was placed on the injured list Tuesday, June 17 with a strained groin. Manager Terry Francona did say Wednesday Ashcraft was already feeling better. "He said he'd been feeling it for a little while but then he'd pitch, next day he'd be fine," Francona said. "This time in Detroit (Sunday), he felt it a little more but still felt like he (was OK). And then when he got through the day off (Monday) and still felt it, that's when he came in here, so we went and got it looked at. "He says he's already feeling a little better today. I think sometimes, the hope is when guys are trying to compete, when you pull the plug on that part of it and their brain relaxes a little bit, maybe it helps everything." Austin Hays' outlook looking up? Austin Hays might be on the mend and finally tracking toward a return from his third IL stint in 2025. Advertisement Hays' anticipated return last week was scuttled and pushed back due to persistent pain. The pain led to a second MRI on his injured left foot Wednesday, June 11. Hays expected to rejoin the lineup during last week's series win in Cleveland, but after continuing to experience pain during a series of pregame running drills Tuesday, the decision was made to get more testing Wednesday. Newcomer Austin Hays has been productive when in the Reds' lineup, hitting .303 with six home runs, 25 RBIs and a .901 OPS in 31 games, but is on trying to get back from his third stint on the injured list. Hays reported back to the Reds Tuesday, June 17 after an off day, and felt really good, Francona said. "We're gonna have him run in the water and hopefully do some baseball activities, but not necessarily go straight into sprinting yet," Francona said. "Gonna give him a day just because he went from the weekend where he wasn't doing anything. So far, the returns are good." Advertisement Hays is on the IL for the third time this season, all for things related to the left leg. In between IL stints, he's hitting .303 with six home runs, 25 RBIs and a .901 OPS in 31 games. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: 'Amazing.' The latest on Cincinnati Reds' Tyler Callihan's recovery
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The Reds win another series. They beat the Twins in a rain-shortened game to do it
Think the Cincinnati Reds mind a rain-shortened win? Unlikely. Not when the that win extended the club's win streak to four games on the run, plus four consecutive series victories. The Reds game with the Minnesota Twins Wednesday night, June 18 was called a little before midnight after the second rain delay of the game. The Reds will go for a series sweep of the Twins on Thursday afternoon (12:40 p.m.) after taking Wednesday's weather-plagued tilt, 4-2. The tarp was placed over the infield with two outs in the Reds' at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, and that was the last of the action for the night. Advertisement Reds injuries news updates 'Amazing.' The Reds' Tyler Callihan is progressing from his broken arm. Here's the latest The win improved the Reds to 39-35, and pulled them to within a half-game of the last of three National League wild card positions. While it might be too early to be thinking about playoff seeding, it's not too early for Cincinnati to be positioning itself for contention, and that's what the club has achieved in winning nine of its last 11 games. "It's fluid," Reds manager Terry Francona said. "It's always fluid. Somebody's gonna be hot. Somebody's not. It's always, it's just fluid." Cincinnati Reds line up for the National Anthem before the MLB game between Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. After a 2:07 rain delay to start the night at Great American Ball Park, the Twins' Byron Buxton christened the occasion with a lead-off, first-pitch home run for a 1-0 lead. Advertisement Ex-Twin Spencer Steer erased that deficit quickly, hammering a two-run homer to right field in the bottom of the first inning. With more weather bearing down on Greater Cincinnati, the Reds tacked on one run apiece in the second and third innings. Matt McLain's second-inning single plated Jose Trevino, and Will Benson notched his third RBI of the series in the third when his single drove in Steer, who doubled. First baseman Spencer Steer 7) hits a double in the third inning of the Wednesday, June 18 game against the Twins at Great American Ball Park. Steer had hit a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Reds a 2-1 lead. "We didn't know it was going to be shortened, so I'm always of the opinion that adding on is very good for us regardless of how many innings we're gonna play," Francona said. All the while, Cincinnati starting pitcher Nick Lodolo pitched with a command and an efficiency that suited the meteorological pressures of the night, although Lodolo said he wasn't "pitching to" the weather. Advertisement Lodolo (5-5) needed 87 pitches to get through six innings of two-run baseball. Reliever Brent Suter was warming up for the Reds when the game was halted by rain for the second time. "Other than the first pitch of the game, he was really good," Francona said. "He was good." Nick Lodolo gave the Reds a quality start Wednesday, June 18. Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing two runs. He gave up three hits and two walks while striking out four. Twins starter Bailey Ober was in the process of finishing the sixth inning when the game was halted with Jake Fraley leading in the count, 1-0. Trevino had singled to reach first base. Neither club saw a reliever touch the mound beyond the bullpen, which should aid both teams well in Thursday's series finale. The Reds are scheduled to send Nick Martinez (4-7, 3.92 ERA) out to claim the sweep of the three-game set against Minnesota's Chris Paddock (2-6, 4.30 ERA). This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: The Reds win another series. They beat the Twins in a rain-shortened game
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Reds rookie Tyler Callihan on his way back after ‘gnarly' injury
CINCINNATI — What Cincinnati Reds rookie Tyler Callihan remembers most about the last time he played a baseball game is the sound his left arm made when it hit the left-field wall at Atlanta's Truist Park last month. 'It sounded like two bats snapping in half,' Callihan said of his radius and ulna snapping as he attempted to make a catch in the third inning of the Reds' May 5 game against the Atlanta Braves. Advertisement Just the description is enough to make many queasy, much less when it's combined with the visual of his slide into the wall as he tracked down Matt Olson's fly ball. 'It makes your stomach turn,' manager Terry Francona said Wednesday. Prayers for a speedy recovery for Tyler Callihan — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 6, 2025 Callihan, who will celebrate his 25th birthday Sunday, was at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday and played catch for the first time since breaking his arm six weeks ago. 'If you would have told me even three weeks ago that it would feel like this, I'd have told you you were lying,' Callihan said. There was at least one silver lining to the injury: He was able to be with his wife leading up to the birth of their son, Crew, who was born June 5, exactly a month after the injury. Instead of three days for paternity leave, Callihan was able to spend time with his family before and after Crew's birth. 'I get to help out with my wife in the middle of the night,' he said. 'Changing diapers is great for my rehab.' Callihan said one of the bones was completely broken in half and the other 'shattered.' He flew to Cincinnati the next day and had surgery. Two metal plates and 12 pins were inserted into his forearm to fix the fractures. 'No more metal detectors for me,' Callihan said. Doctors have given Callihan different timelines for his recovery, but at this point, he's just taking it step by step. Not only did he play catch for the first time Wednesday, but he also got clearance to start lifting weights with his left arm. The game in Atlanta was just Callihan's fourth in the big leagues. A third-round pick out of a Jacksonville, Fla., high school in 2019, Callihan was added to the 40-man roster last offseason and impressed the Reds' brass during spring training, earning his early-season call-up. Advertisement Callihan's first trip as a big-leaguer could've hardly been in a better place. His wife, Catherine, is from Monroe, Ga., outside Atlanta. His family came up from Jacksonville, and 24 friends and family members were in the stands that night — pretty much his entire family except Catherine, who was pregnant and watching on TV in Louisville. Two days prior, he recorded his first big-league hit against the Washington Nationals with an RBI single. He started the game in Atlanta in left field and grounded out in his first at-bat in the top of the third inning. The Braves scored twice in the bottom of the inning before starter Brady Singer got Marcell Ozuna to fly out for the second out. The next batter, Olson, worked a full count before he drove Singer's sinker into the left-field corner. Callihan was playing deep in left, saw the ball off the bat and knew it was going to be a tough catch. As he approached the wall, he said so many thoughts were going through his head. One of the first was a play against the wall he made when he was with the High-A Dayton Dragons. Playing third base for Dayton, he had to run far and deal with a wall. He remembered keeping his arm up and hitting the wall with his body. He also saw the concrete that was below the wall and wanted to make sure he didn't hurt his knee or let his neck hit first, either. He also thought about what he'd do after he made the catch, yanking his glove down and almost cradling it into his body and trying to hit the wall with his back. 'It's hard to believe that so much of this was going through your mind at once, but it really was,' he said. 'I thought I had enough time to catch it and almost roll into the wall. I didn't want to hurt my neck or anything like that, but I thought I could do both. Obviously, I couldn't.' Callihan knew he had the ball in his glove. He also knew he had a step or two before hitting the wall and hit the ground with the ball in his glove. Advertisement 'I knew there were two outs. In my head, I knew I caught it, and it was out three, and I could just sit back and relax — well, 'relax,' quote, unquote — and deal with my injury,' he recalled. 'Because when I looked down, I saw my arm and thought there was something really wrong with it.' Center fielder TJ Friedl didn't even look for the ball, initially focusing only on his injured teammate. Somehow, Callihan was able to walk off the field under his own power. He said Reds athletic trainers Sean McQueeney and Tomas Vera told him to put his left arm inside his jersey — for support and so people wouldn't see his flopping arm. It wasn't until he was in the training room with doctors resetting the bones that he looked up at a TV and saw a 4-0 score. He knew it was 2-0 when he made the catch, and he wasn't sure how two more runs had scored. 'Did they not call that a catch?' he asked. 'The room was silent,' he recalled. 'Nobody would respond to me.' Finally, he asked if Olson had been given a home run. He was told he had been, literally adding insult to injury. 'It didn't even cross my mind before that — that I didn't catch it — until I saw that. It just made everything worse, honestly,' he said. 'I just did all of that for it to not only not be an out but for it to be a home run. I was just trying to prevent that one run from scoring, and I ended up letting both runs score. I was definitely bummed out about that.' He was also, thankfully, numbed as the doctors put the bones back into place before wrapping his arm tightly so he could make the trip back to Cincinnati for surgery the next day. Still, he could feel his bones clanking together as he headed home. 'I had to get on a flight — I could just feel the bones,' he said. 'Every bump we hit on the bus, every turbulence bump. … They got me pain meds, but I could still feel it.' Advertisement As Callihan returned to Cincinnati, he watched replays of the play 'about 100 times.' Santiago Espinal, who was playing third base when Callihan got hurt, said he still hasn't seen the video. He made sure to avert his eyes when it was played on the Truist Park scoreboard during the delay. He hasn't watched it since and said it's not something he ever wants to see. That said, he was excited to see Callihan on Wednesday. 'I know it was pretty bad,' Espinal said. 'But seeing him smile, seeing him in good spirits and in this locker room with us, I think it's pretty amazing.' Callihan has a pair of scars on his forearm, both roughly 6 inches long. 'They're pretty gnarly,' he said. 'People told me I should say I got bit by a shark, but other people say my story is cooler.'
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12-05-2025
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C. Notes: Reds' week even worse than its 2-5 record would suggest
When Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona gathers those close to him around an aluminum pole on Dec. 23 to celebrate Festivus, he'll have several grievances from this week to air. The Reds left Great American Ball Park last Sunday with an 18-17 record. A week on the road that produced twice as many players placed on the injury list (four) as wins (two) is unlikely to be looked back upon fondly when the season is over. Advertisement It's been a trying week for the Reds, their medical staff, their manager, players and fans. It's been pretty much a disaster. Here's a day-by-day look at what went wrong: • Monday: Rookie outfielder Tyler Callihan ran straight into the left-field wall at Truist Park when trying to catch a ball off the bat of the Atlanta Braves' Matt Olson in the third inning for the final out. Not only did Callihan suffer a broken left forearm on the play, but he also wasn't awarded a catch because he didn't 'voluntarily and intentionally' release the ball from the glove arm and instead allowed it to roll out of the glove when he went to grab his fractured arm. Olson kept running and was awarded a two-run, inside-the-park home run. The Reds lost 4-0. • Tuesday: Andrew Abbott went toe-to-toe with fellow lefty Chris Sale, and the Reds had a chance to close it out in the ninth with Emilio Pagán on the mound, but the team didn't cleanly execute a relay that allowed the tying run — from former Red Stuart Fairchild, no less — to score. Right fielder Jake Fraley threw the ball to second on the double to right by Michael Harris II, and cutoff man Matt McLain was moving from his spot to take a throw from the outfield as the cutoff man toward home but had to move when the throw took him toward second. McLain paused, and his throw home wasn't in time to catch Fairchild. The Reds were walked off in the 10th. Before the game, third baseman Noelvi Marte went on the IL with a left oblique strain. • Wednesday: Even on a day when the Reds won, there was bad news. Right-hander Hunter Greene looked dominant in his first three innings of work but pulled himself after his second warmup pitch before the fourth inning. Greene was diagnosed with a groin sprain and was placed on the IL two days later. • Thursday: Francona was ejected for the first time as Reds skipper in the middle of the 11th inning (although he didn't realize it until the bottom of the inning). With Monday's ruling against Callihan's catch in mind, Francona challenged the out call of Blake Dunn trying to steal second that ended the top of the 11th. Dunn was clearly thrown out trying to steal, but Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies just as clearly lowered his knee to the ground and placed it in front of the bag, against the agreed-upon rules of the game. Instead of calling Dunn safe by the letter of the law, Porter's crew went by the spirit of the law — a courtesy the crew didn't extend to Callihan. Francona challenged the call, but blocking the bag isn't a reviewable call. Advertisement • Friday: The Reds placed Greene on the IL before the game, then scratched Fraley from the starting lineup with left calf tenderness; he was placed on the IL Saturday. The Reds traded for Connor Joe from the San Diego Padres before the game, and he was activated the next day. Then there was the game, in which no Reds base runner advanced to third and the team was shut out for the sixth time this season. • Saturday: Starting the game with a 10-run first inning was good, but a game like that shouldn't have been as stressful as it was, as Brady Singer gave up seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. The Reds won 13-9, but it was closer than it should have been. • Sunday: The team that scored 13 runs the day before was held to just two hits. The Reds lost 6-0 and were shut out for the seventh time this season, tying the Pittsburgh Pirates for the most of any team in baseball this season. Since the beginning of last season, the Reds have been shut out 23 times, second only to the Chicago White Sox (24) in that same period. Rookie Chase Petty made his second start and had better numbers than his first, but he walked six and allowed four runs in three innings. The Reds went just 2-5 this week and are one game below .500 at home (9-10) and on the road (11-12). Monday, the Reds have their first scheduled off day since April 24 before welcoming the 12-29 White Sox to Great American Ball Park for three games, including Wednesday night's Pete Rose celebration. The White Sox are just 3-17 on the road. The Reds continue their homestand and American League Central run with three games against the Cleveland Guardians. • RHP Rhett Lowder (right forearm strain) made two rehab starts this week, first in Arizona in the season opener for the Arizona Complex League and then Sunday for High-A Dayton. Lowder suffered the loss in both, losing his start in Arizona to Clayton Kershaw, who was on a rehab assignment for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lowder allowed two runs on four hits over three innings with five strikeouts and no walks in Arizona. Sunday at Dayton, he allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits over three innings with a walk, a hit batter and five strikeouts. Advertisement • LHP Wade Miley (Tommy John surgery) allowed three runs on three hits — including two homers — with six strikeouts and no walks in 2 2/3 innings for Dayton on Saturday. • LHP Sam Moll (left shoulder impingement) made his eighth appearance in his rehab stint with Louisville and hasn't allowed a run in any of his last three outings. He has a 5.63 ERA in his rehab stint, with 10 hits, eight runs, 10 strikeouts and four walks over eight innings. • RHP Ian Gibaut (right shoulder impingement) threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts Sunday in his first rehab appearance for Louisville. • Triple-A Louisville (19-19): Since his demotion, RHP Alexis Díaz has made four appearances with the Bats and hasn't allowed a run. Since going down, he has totaled four innings, allowed two hits, walked three and struck out five. All five strikeouts have come in the last two outings, and both hits came in the first two. On Sunday, he struck out the side and earned the win for the Bats. • Double-A Chattanooga (16-16): OF Austin Hendrick doubled in both parts of the team's doubleheader Sunday, raising his slash line to .217/.325/.391. But the best part about Hendrick's start is that through the first 24 games (and 83 plate appearances), he has 22 strikeouts and 10 walks. Though a 26.5 percent strikeout rate isn't ideal, it's 10 percentage points better than his strikeout rate last season, which was his best-ever strikeout rate as a pro. His 12 percent walk rate is more than double what it was last year (5.3 percent) and higher than any other season other than his first. • High-A Dayton (11-22): Dragons RHP Easton Sikorski has allowed only one earned run in 17 innings over nine appearances. The 25-year-old closer has three saves and a 0.53 ERA. He has 22 strikeouts, one unintentional walk and a hit batter. • Class-A Daytona (15-18): C Alfredo Duno hit a two-out, walk-off home run Sunday in a 2-1 Tortugas victory. It was Duno's fourth of the year. Duno, 19, also doubled and is hitting .220/.339/.430 with more extra-base hits (12) than singles (10). (Top photo of Hunter Greene: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images)
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10-05-2025
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Reds get Connor Joe in trade with Padres for minor leaguer and cash
San Diego Padres' Connor Joe flips his bat after striking out to end the baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) HOUSTON (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds acquired outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe from the San Diego Padres on Friday in exchange for minor league right-hander Andrew Moore and cash. The 32-year-old Joe was hitless in nine at-bats over seven games for the Padres this season while spending most of the year with Triple-A El Paso. He signed a one-year, $1 million contract with San Diego in February. Advertisement Joe is a career .241 hitter over six seasons with San Francisco, Colorado, Pittsburgh and San Diego. Moore has a 4.15 ERA in 8 2/3 innings with Double-A Chattanooga this season. The Reds acquired him from Seattle as part of the package for Luis Castillo in 2022. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Reds transferred outfielder Tyler Callihan to the 60-day injured list. He's expected to miss at least two months after having surgery to repair a broken left forearm on Tuesday. Cincinnati announced the moves during Friday night's game at Houston. ___ AP MLB:
