2018 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	2018
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Great American Ball Park
City:	Cincinnati, Ohio
Record:	67–95 (.414)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Bob Castellini
General Managers:	Dick Williams, Nick Krall
Television:	Fox Sports Ohio (Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Radio:	WLW (700 AM) Reds Radio Network (Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Doug Flynn, Chris Welsh)
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The 2018 Cincinnati Reds season was the 149th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 16th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

Offseason

Transactions

	SS Zack Cozart elected free agency. Cozart signed a three-year, $38 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on December 15, 2017.^[1]
	Signed RHP Jared Hughes to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.^[2]
January 12, 2018	Signed OF Billy Hamilton to a one-year, $4.6 million contract, avoiding arbitration.^[3]
January 12, 2018	Signed RHP Anthony DeSclafani to a one-year, $860,000 contract, avoiding arbitration.
January 12, 2018	Signed RHP Michael Lorenzen to a one-year, $1.31 million contract, avoiding arbitration.
January 30, 2018	Signed RHP David Hernandez to a two-year, $5 million contract.^[4]
February 6, 2018	Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, settling in arbitration.^[5]
February 17, 2018	Signed 2B Scooter Gennett to a one-year, $5.7 million contract, settling in arbitration.^[6]
March 16, 2018	Signed 3B Eugenio Suárez to a six-year, $66 million contract extension, including a club option for 2025.^[7]

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Regular Season Summary

Opening Day starting lineup

Position	Name
LF	Jesse Winker
	Eugenio Suárez
1B	Joey Votto
2B	Scooter Gennett
RF	Scott Schebler
C	Tucker Barnhart
	José Peraza
P	Homer Bailey
CF	Billy Hamilton

April

April 19: The Reds fired manager Bryan Price after a 3–15 start to the season, along with pitching coach Mack Jenkins. Price managed in Cincinnati for five seasons and finished with a record of 279 wins and 387 losses. Bench coach Jim Riggleman was named interim manager, with Double-A Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin joining the coaching staff. Pat Kelly, who was the manager of Triple-A Louisville, will be the bench coach.^[8]
April 23 – April 29: Joey Votto was named N.L. Player of the Week as he slashed .360/.543/.880 with 7 runs scored, 4 HR and 8 RBI, while drawing 9 walks.^[9]

May

May 7 – May 13: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week with a slash line of .591/.591/1.227, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 runs and 2 doubles.^[10]
May 8: The Reds acquired starting pitcher Matt Harvey from the New York Mets in exchange for catcher Devin Mesoraco.^[11]
May 10 – May 13: The Reds swept the Dodgers in a four-game series for the first time since August 1976.^[12]
May 21 – May 27: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Week for the second time in the 2018 season. Gennett batted .500 (12–for-24) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 HR and 10 RBI over six games played. Among his NL counterparts during the period, Scooter finished first in hits, slugging percentage (.958) and total bases (23); tied for first in home runs, extra–base hits (5) and RBI; second in batting average; tied for third in runs scored; and seventh in on–base percentage (.519).^[13]

June

June 2: Scooter Gennett was named N.L. Player of the Month for the month of May. Gennett batted .398 (37–for–93) with 16 runs scored, 6 doubles, 8 HR and 24 RBI over 26 games played.^[14]
June 21–24: The Reds swept the Cubs in a four-game series for the first time since April 1983, outscoring them 31–13 in the four games.^[15] In game 3, Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam, the first pitcher to do this for the Reds since Bob Purkey in 1959. In the 4th game, the Reds trailed 6–1, but managed to come back by scoring 7 runs in the 7th inning.
June 30: Michael Lorenzen became the second Reds pitcher to hit a grand slam this season following Anthony DeSclafani's grand slam a week earlier. The home run was Lorenzen's third in as many at-bats making him the first pitcher to homer in three-straight at-bats since Mike Hampton in 2001.^[16]

July

July 8: Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Eugenio Suárez were named reserves on the National League squad for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. This is Votto's sixth All-Star selection and the first for both Gennett and Suarez.^[17]
July 10: The Reds rallied from a four run deficit and scored seven runs in the 9th inning to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 7–4. The four-run comeback was the Reds' first since June 30, 2006 when Adam Dunn hit a walk-off grand slam, also against the Indians.^[18]
July 17: Scooter Gennett and Joey Votto both hit home runs in a 6–8 loss to the American League in the All-Star game. Gennett's home run was the first for a Red in an All-Star game since July 13, 1982 when Dave Concepción hit one.^[19]
July 23: The Reds were no-hit for seven innings by Cardinals rookie pitcher Daniel Poncedeleon. Poncedelon was taken out of the game in the 8th inning where Phillip Ervin broke up the no-hitter with a single off reliever Jordan Hicks. Eugenio Suárez tied the game in the 9th with a solo home run and Dilson Herrera hit a walk-off single later in the inning to give the Reds the 2–1 win.^[20]
July 30: The Reds acquired pitchers Lucas Sims and Matt Wisler along with outfielder Preston Tucker from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for outfielder Adam Duvall.^[21]

August

August 10: Joey Votto collected his 1,700th career hit with a single in the sixth-inning. Votto is the ninth player in franchise history to reach that level.^[22]
August 29: Eugenio Suárez hit his 30th home run of the season, becoming the fourth player in Reds history to hit that many home runs while primarily playing third base. He joins Tony Pérez, Todd Frazier and Deron Johnson. Pitcher Michael Lorenzen also had a pinch-hit three-run home run, his fourth home run and his third against the Brewers this season.^[23]

September

September 8: Scott Schebler hit the 10th grand slam by a Reds player this season, setting a club record.^[24]
September 9: Joey Votto hit his second grand slam and the 11th overall for the Reds this season, one shy of the N.L. record. The 1997 Braves and 2000 Cardinals share the N.L. record of 12. Nine different Reds players have hit grand slams this season, Scott Schebler, Adam Duvall (2), Scooter Gennett, Eugenio Suárez, Joey Votto (2), Jesse Winker, starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, reliever Michael Lorenzen, and José Peraza. According to STATS, the Reds are only the second team to have nine different players hit a grand slam in a season, the 2000 Cardinals had 10 players connect on a grand slam.^[24] ^[25]
September 12: Scooter Gennett went 1–4 to bring his season average against the Dodgers to .654 with 17 hits, 2 HR and 10 RBI.

Game log

|-style="background: #bbb"|—||March 29|| Nationals ||colspan="8"|Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: March 30) |-style="background:#ffbbbb|1||March 30|| Nationals || 0–2 || Scherzer (1–0) || Bailey (0–1) || Doolittle (1) || 43,878 || 0–1 ||L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|2||March 31|| Nationals || 7–13 || Strasburg (1–0) || Castillo (0–1) || — || 27,341 || 0–2 ||L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|3||April 1|| Nationals || 5–6 || González (1–0) || Romano (0–1) || Doolittle (2) || 10,335 || 0–3 ||L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|4||April 2|| Cubs || 1–0 || Mahle (1–0) || Chatwood (0–1) || Iglesias (1) || 18,963 || 1–3 || W1|-style="background:#bbb|—||April 3|| Cubs ||colspan="8"|Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 19) |-style="background:#ffbbbb|5||April 5|| @ Pirates || 2–5 || Brault (2–0) || Bailey (0–2) || Rivero (3) || 9,227 || 1–4 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|6||April 6|| @ Pirates || 3–14 || Williams (2–0) || Castillo (0–2) || — || 11,115 || 1–5 || L2 |-style="background:#ccffcc|7||April 7|| @ Pirates || 7–4 || Peralta (1–0) || Kontos (0–1) || Iglesias (2) || 14,336 || 2–5 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|8||April 8|| @ Pirates || 0–5 || Taillon (2–0) || Mahle (1–1) || — || 11,261 || 2–6 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|9||April 9|| @ Phillies || 5–6 || García (1–1) || Quackenbush (0–1) || Neris (1) || 18,127 || 2–7 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|10||April 10|| @ Phillies || 1–6 || Nola (1–0) || Hughes (0–1) || — || 20,895 || 2–8 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|11||April 11|| @ Phillies || 3–4 (12) || Ríos (1–0) || Brice (0–1) || — || 19,099 || 2–9 || L4|-style="background:#ffbbbb|12||April 12|| Cardinals || 4–13 || Wacha (2–1) || Brice (0–2) || Mayers (1) || 11,128 || 2–10 || L5|-style="background:#ffbbbb|13||April 13|| Cardinals || 3–5 || Weaver (2–0) || Mahle (1–2) || Norris (2) || 19,561 || 2–11 || L6|-style="background:#ffbbbb|14||April 14|| Cardinals || 1–6 || Mikolas (2–0) || Finnegan (0–1) || — || 19,213 || 2–12 || L7|-style="background:#ffbbbb|15||April 15|| Cardinals || 2–3|| Martinez (2–1) || Bailey (0–3)|| Norris (3) || 15,557 || 2–13 || L8|-style="background:#ccffcc|16||April 16|| @ Brewers || 10–4 || Castillo (1–2) || Suter (1–2) ||— || 28,677 || 3–13 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|17||April 17|| @ Brewers || 0–2 || Jennings (2–0) || Romano (0–2) || Hader (2) || 31,345 || 3–14 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|18||April 18|| @ Brewers || 0–2 || Davies (1–2) || Mahle (1–3) || Barnes (2) || 37,343 || 3–15 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|19||April 20|| @ Cardinals || 2–4 || Wacha (3–1) || Finnegan (0–2) || Norris (5) || 43,303 || 3–16 || L3 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|20||April 21|| @ Cardinals || 3–4 || Hicks (1–0) || Hughes (0–2) || — || 42,382 || 3–17 || L4|-style="background:#ffbbbb|21||April 22|| @ Cardinals || 2–9 || Mikolas (3–0) || Castillo (1–3) || — || 44,430 || 3–18 || L5|-style="background:#ccffcc|22||April 23|| Braves || 10–4 || Romano (1–2) || Freeman (0–1) || Iglesias (3) || 9,463 || 4–18 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|23||April 24|| Braves || 9–7 (12) || Hughes (1–2)|| Fried (0–1) || — || 14,139 || 5–18 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|24||April 25|| Braves || 3–4 || Winkler (1–0) || Shackelford (0–1) || Minter (1) || 13,113 || 5–19 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|25||April 26|| Braves || 4–7 || Freeman (1–1) || Peralta (1–1) || Vizcaíno (2) || 11,919 || 5–20 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|26||April 27|| @ Twins || 15–9 || Hernandez (1–0) || Duffey (0–1) || — || 25,002 || 6–20 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|27||April 28|| @ Twins || 1–3 || Odorizzi (2–2) || Romano (1–3) || Rodney (3) || 27,115 || 6–21 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|28||April 29|| @ Twins || 8–2 || Mahle (2–3) || Berríos (2–3) || — || 25,677 || 7–21 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|29||April 30|| Brewers || 5–6 || Woodruff (1–0) || Peralta (1–2) || Hader (4) || 9,536 || 7–22 || L1|-|-style="background:#ffbbbb|30||May 1|| Brewers || 6–7 || Anderson (3–2) || Bailey (0–4) || Jeffress (1) || 12,933 || 7–23 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|31||May 2|| Brewers || 1–3 || Miley (1–0) || Castillo (1–4) || Jeffress (2) || 10,346 || 7–24 || L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|32||May 4|| Marlins || 4–1 || Romano (2–3) || Chen (1–1) || Iglesias (4) || 22,610 || 8–24 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|33||May 5|| Marlins || 0–6 || Smith (2–3) || Mahle (2–4) ||—|| 19,609 || 8–25 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|34||May 6|| Marlins || 5–8 || Straily (1–0) || Finnegan (0–3) || Ziegler (4) || 19,800 || 8–26 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|35||May 7|| Mets || 6–7 || Gsellman (4–0) || Bailey (0–5) || Familia (10) || 15,187 || 8–27 || L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|36||May 8|| Mets || 7–2 || Castillo (2–4) || Vargas (0–3) || — || 14,804 || 9–27 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|37||May 9|| Mets || 2–1 (10) || Iglesias (1–0) || Ramos (1–2) || — || 16,452 || 10–27 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|38||May 10|| @ Dodgers || 4–1 || Mahle (3–4) || Buehler (2–1) || Iglesias (5) || 47,383 || 11–27 || W3|-style="background:#ccffcc|39||May 11|| @ Dodgers || 6–2 || Brice (1–2) || Maeda (2–3) || Iglesias (6) || 46,979 || 12–27 || W4|-style="background:#ccffcc|40||May 12|| @ Dodgers || 5–3 || Bailey (1–5) || Chargois (1–1) || Hughes (1) || 49,911 || 13–27 || W5|-style="background:#ccffcc|41||May 13|| @ Dodgers || 5–3 || Castillo (3–4) || Hill (1–2) || Iglesias (7) || 44,787 || 14–27 || W6|-style="background:#ffbbbb|42||May 14|| @ Giants || 7–10 || Stratton (4–3) || Romano (2–4) || || 36,156 || 14–28 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|43||May 15|| @ Giants || 3–5 || Johnson (2–1) || Mahle (3–5) || Strickland (9) || 37,809 || 14–29 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|44||May 16|| @ Giants || 6–3 || Hughes (2–2) || Suarez (1–3) || Iglesias (8)|| 38,662 || 15–29 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|45||May 18|| Cubs || 1–8 || Lester (4–1) || Bailey (1–6) || — || 22,060|| 15–30 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|46||May 19 (1)|| Cubs || 5–4 (11) || Floro (1–0) || Wilson (1–1) || — || 19,046 || 16–30 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|47||May 19 (2)|| Cubs || 0–10 || Quintana (5–3) || Romano (2–5) || — || 26,082 || 16–31 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|48||May 20|| Cubs || 1–6 || Darvish (1–3) || Mahle (3–6) || — || 26,988 || 16–32 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|49||May 22|| Pirates || 7–2 || Harvey (1–2) || Taillon (2–4) || — || 16,144 || 17–32 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|50||May 23|| Pirates || 4–5 (12) || Brault (4–1) || Floro (1–1) || Crick (1) || 18,659 || 17–33 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|51||May 24|| Pirates || 5–4 || Castillo (4–4) || Nova (2–5) || Hughes (2) || 14,853 || 18–33 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|52||May 25|| @ Rockies || 4–5 || Gray (5–6) || Romano (2–6) || Davis (18) || 33,193 || 18–34 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|53||May 26|| @ Rockies || 6–5 || Lorenzen (1–0) || Rusin (0–1) || Hughes (3) || 42,844 || 19–34 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|54||May 27|| @ Rockies || 2–8 || Marquez (4–5) || Harvey (1–3) || — || 36,387 || 19–35 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|55||May 28|| @ Diamondbacks || 5–12 || Koch (3–3) || Bailey (1–7) || — || 29,924 || 19–36 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|56||May 29|| @ Diamondbacks || 2–5 || Godley (5–4) || Castillo (4–5) || Boxberger (13) || 20,046 || 19–37 || L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|57||May 30|| @ Diamondbacks || 7–4 || Romano (3–6) || Corbin (5–2) || Iglesias (9) || 18,340 || 20–37 || W1|-|-style="background:#ccffcc|58||June 1|| @ Padres || 7–2 || Mahle (4–6) || Lockett (0–1) || Lorenzen (1) || 25,729 || 21–37 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|59||June 2|| @ Padres || 2–8 || Lauer (2–3) || Harvey (1–4) || — || 31,710 || 21–38 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|60||June 3|| @ Padres || 3–6 || Ross (5–3) || Castillo (4–6) || Yates (1) || 25,377 || 21–39 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|61||June 5|| Rockies || 6–9 || Freeland (6–5) || DeSclafani (0–1) || Davis (19) || 21,944 || 21–40 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|62||June 6|| Rockies || 3–6 || Gray (6–6) || Romano (3–7) || Davis (20) || 19,762 || 21–41 || L4|-style="background:#ccffcc|63||June 7|| Rockies || 7–5 (13) || Floro (2–1) || Rusin (0–2) || — || 15,957 || 22–41 || W1 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|64||June 8|| Cardinals || 6–7 (10) || Norris (3–1) || Iglesias (1–1) || Brebbia (2) || 26,144 || 22–42 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|65||June 9|| Cardinals || 4–6 || Wacha (8–1) || Castillo (4–7) || Hicks (1) || 34,469 || 22–43 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|66||June 10|| Cardinals || 6–3 || DeSclafani (1–1) || Martinez (3–3) || Hughes (4) || 19,344 || 23–43 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|67||June 12|| @ Royals || 5–1 (10) || Hernandez (2–0) || McCarthy (4–3) || — || 20,476 || 24–43 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|68||June 13|| @ Royals || 7–0 || Mahle (5–6) || Hammel (2–7) || — || 24,899 || 25–43 || W3 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|69||June 15|| @ Pirates || 2–3 || Kuhl (5–4) || Harvey (1–5) || Vázquez (13) || 23,007 || 25–44 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|70||June 16|| @ Pirates || 2–6 || Nova (4–5) || Castillo (4–8)|| — || 27,479 || 25–45 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|71||June 17|| @ Pirates || 8–6 || DeSclafani (2–1) || Musgrove (2–2) || Iglesias (10) || 23,042 || 26–45 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|72||June 19|| Tigers || 9–5 || Romano (4–7) || Boyd (4–5) || — || 31,085 || 27–45 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|73||June 20|| Tigers || 5–3 || Mahle (6–6) || Fulmer (3–6) || Iglesias (11) || 19,177 || 28–45 || W3|-style="background:#ccffcc|74||June 21|| Cubs || 6–2 || Harvey (2–5) || Hendricks (5–7) || Hughes (5) || 19,581 || 29–45 || W4|-style="background:#ccffcc|75||June 22|| Cubs || 6–3 || Castillo (5–8) || Quintana (6–6) || Iglesias (12) || 25,885 || 30–45|| W5|-style="background:#ccffcc|76||June 23|| Cubs || 11–2 || DeSclafani (3–1) || Farrell (2–3) || — || 36,818 || 31–45 || W6|-style="background:#ccffcc|77||June 24|| Cubs || 8–6 || Stephens (1–0) || Strop (3–1) || Iglesias (13) || 30,508 || 32–45 || W7|-style="background:#ffbbbb|78||June 25|| @ Braves || 4–5 (11) || Jackson (1–0) || Floro (2–2) || — || 27,851 || 32–46 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|79||June 26|| @ Braves || 5–3 || Harvey (3–5) || Sánchez (3–2) || Iglesias (14) || 28,356 || 33–46 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|80||June 27|| @ Braves || 6–5 || Stephens (2–0) || Freeman (2–4) || Iglesias (15) || 30,207 || 34–46 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|81||June 28|| Brewers || 4–6 || Guerra (4–5) || Garrett (0–1) || Knebel (8) || 20,347 || 34–47 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|82||June 29|| Brewers || 2–8 || Anderson (6–6) || Romano (4–8) || — || 26,130 || 34–48 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|83||June 30|| Brewers || 12–3 || Hernandez (3–0) || Zagurski (0–1) || — || 24,640 || 35–48 || W1|-|-style="background:#ccffcc|84||July 1|| Brewers || 8–2 || Harvey (4–5) || Peralta (1–3) || — || 18,483 || 36–48 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|85||July 2|| White Sox || 5–3 || Floro (3–2) || Volstad (1–5) || Iglesias (16) || 16,727 || 37–48 || W3 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|86||July 3|| White Sox || 8–12 (12) || Santiago (3–3) || Stephens (2–1) || — || 22,742 || 37–49 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|87||July 4|| White Sox || 7–4 || Romano (5–8) || Covey (3–4) || Hughes (6) || 24,442 || 38–49 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|88||July 6|| @ Cubs || 3–2 || Mahle (7–6) || Montgomery (3–3) || Iglesias (17) || 41,434 || 39–49 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|89||July 7|| @ Cubs || 7–8 || Rosario (4–0) || Hughes (2–3)|| Morrow (20) || 41,538 || 39–50 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|90||July 8|| @ Cubs || 5–6 (10)|| Farrell (3–3) || Stephens (2–2) || — || 38,655 || 39–51 || L2|-style="background:#ccffcc|91||July 9|| @ Indians || 7–5 || DeSclafani (4–1) || Clevinger (7–4) || Iglesias (18) || 22,561 || 40–51 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|92||July 10|| @ Indians || 7–4 || Crockett (1–0) || Allen (2–4) || Iglesias (19) || 21,908 || 41–51 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|93||July 11|| @ Indians || 4–19 || Carrasco (10–5) || Mahle (7–7) || Plutko (1) || 22,215 || 41–52 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|94||July 13|| @ Cardinals || 9–1 || Harvey (5–5) || Martinez (6–5) || — || 45,891 || 42–52 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|95||July 14|| @ Cardinals || 8–2 || Brice (2–2) || Hicks (3–2) || — || 44,668 || 43–52 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|96||July 15|| @ Cardinals || 4–6 || Gant (3–3) || DeSclafani (4–2) || Hicks (2) || 45,808 || 43–53 || L1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="12" | 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Washington, DC at Nationals Park|-style="background:#ffbbbb|97||July 20|| Pirates || 1–12 || Taillon (7–7) || Mahle (7–8)|| — || 20,726 || 43–54 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|98||July 21|| Pirates || 2–6 || Kingham (5–4) || DeSclafani (4–3) || — || 23,244 || 43–55 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|99||July 22|| Pirates || 2–9 || Nova (6–6) || Harvey (5–6) || — || 23,615 || 43–56 || L4|-style="background:#ccffcc|100||July 23|| Cardinals || 2–1 || Hughes (3–3) || Norris (3–3) || — || 17,518 || 44–56 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|101||July 24|| Cardinals || 2–4 (11)|| Tuivailala(3–3) || Garrett (0–2) || Norris (19) || 18,379 || 44–57 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|102||July 25|| Cardinals || 7–3 || Romano (6–8) || Flaherty (4–5) || — || 20,940 || 45–57 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|103||July 26|| Phillies || 4–9 || Suárez (1–0) || Lorenzen (1–1) || — || 17,031 || 45–58 || L1 |-style="background:#ccffcc|104||July 27|| Phillies || 6–4 || Hernandez (4–0) || Pivetta (6–9) || Iglesias (20) || 24,776 || 46–58 ||W1 |-style="background:#ccffcc|105||July 28|| Phillies || 6–2 || Peralta (2–2) || Hunter (2–1) || Hughes (7) || 35,249 || 47–58 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|106||July 29|| Phillies || 4–0 || Castillo (6–8) || Eflin (7–3) || Iglesias (21) || 21,649 || 48–58 || W3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|107||July 31|| @ Tigers || 1–2 || Boyd (6–9) || Bailey (1–8) || Greene (22) || 24,929 || 48–59 || L1|-|-style="background:#ffbbbb|108||August 1|| @ Tigers || 4–7 || VerHagen (2–2) || Romano (6–9) || Greene (23) || 24,952 || 48–60 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|109||August 2|| @ Nationals || 4–10 || Scherzer (15–5) || Mahle (7–9) || — || 28,845 || 48–61 || L3|-style="background:#bbb|—||August 3|| @ Nationals ||colspan="8"|Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: August 4) |-style="background:#ccffcc|110||August 4 (1)|| @ Nationals || 7–1 || DeSclafani (5–3) || González (6–8) || — || 32,687 || 49–61 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|111||August 4 (2)|| @ Nationals || 2–6|| Hellickson (5–2) || Harvey (5–7) || — || 36,149 || 49–62 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|112||August 5|| @ Nationals || 1–2 || Roark (6–12) || Castillo (6–9) || Herrera (17) || 33,486 || 49–63 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|113||August 6|| @ Mets ||4–6 || Syndergaard (7–2) || Bailey (1–9) || Blevins (1) || 21,644 || 49–64 || L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|114||August 7|| @ Mets || 6–1 || Romano (7–9) || Vargas (2–8) || — || 22,207 || 50–64 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|115||August 8|| @ Mets || 0–8 || deGrom (6–7) || Stephenson (0–1) || — || 24,287 || 50–65 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|116||August 10|| Diamondbacks || 3–0 || DeSclafani (6–3) || Buchholz (5–2) || Iglesias (22) || 19,089 || 51–65 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|117||August 11|| Diamondbacks || 6–3 || Garrett (1–2) || Bradley (3–4) || Iglesias (23) || 29,348 || 52–65 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|118||August 12|| Diamondbacks || 2–9 || Godley (13–6) || Castillo (6–10) || — || 17,909 || 52–66 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|119||August 13|| Indians || 3–10 || Clevenger (8–7) || Bailey (1–10) || — || 20,607 || 52–67 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|120||August 14|| Indians || 1–8 || Kluber (15–6) || Romano (7–10) || — || 19,034 || 52–68 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|121||August 15|| Indians || 3–4 || Otero (2–1) || Reed (0–1) || Hand (28) || 17,275 || 52–69 || L4|-style="background:#ccffcc|122||August 17|| Giants || 2–1 (11) || Hernandez (5–0) || Black (2–2) || — || 19,540 || 53–69 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|123||August 18|| Giants || 7–1 || Harvey (6–7) || Bumgarner (4–5) || – || 23,878 || 54–69 || W2|-style="background:#ccffcc|124||August 19|| Giants || 11–4 || Castillo (7–10) || Suarez (4–9) || – || 22,756 || 55–69 || W3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|125||August 20|| @ Brewers || 2–5 || Anderson (8–7) || Bailey (1–11) || Jeffress (5) || 27,590 || 55–70 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|126||August 21|| @ Brewers || 9–7 || Iglesias (2–1) || Jennings (4–5) || — || 29,467 || 56–70 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|127||August 22|| @ Brewers || 0–4 || Peralta (6–4) || Stephenson (0–2) || Jeffress (6) || 33,058 || 56–71 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|128||August 23|| @ Cubs || 1–7 || Hamels (9–9) || DeSclafani (6–4) || — || 41,130 || 56–72 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|129||August 24|| @ Cubs || 2–3 (10) || Chavez (4–2) || Iglesias (2–2) || — || 37,760 || 56–73 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|130||August 25|| @ Cubs || 6–10 || Quintana (11–9) || Castillo (7–11) || — || 41,205 || 56–74 || L4 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|131||August 26|| @ Cubs || 0–9 || Hendricks (10–10) || Bailey (1–12) || — || 40,331 || 56–75 || L5|-style="background:#ccffcc|132||August 28|| Brewers || 9–7 || DeSclafani (7–4) || Guerra (6–9) || Iglesias (24) || 13,242 || 57–75 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|133||August 29|| Brewers || 12–13 (10)|| Jeffress (7–1) || Iglesias (2–3) || — || 11,777 || 57–76 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|134|| August 30 || Brewers || 1–2 || Soria (1–0) || Brice (2–3) || Hader (11) || 13,403 || 57–77 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|135||August 31|| @ Cardinals || 5–12 || Gomber (5–0) || Bailey (1–13) || — || 42,365 || 57–78 || L3|-|-style="background:#ccffcc|136||September 1|| @ Cardinals || 4–0 || Castillo (8–11) || Poncedeleon (0–1) || — || 46,368 || 58–78 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|137||September 2|| @ Cardinals || 6–4 (10) || Lorenzen (2–1) || Norris (3–4) || Iglesias (25) || 45,743 || 59–78 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|138||September 3|| @ Pirates || 1–5 || Williams (12–9) || Harvey (6–8) ||—|| 13,843 || 59–79 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|139||September 4|| @ Pirates || 3–7 || Musgrove (6–8) || Reed (0–2) || — || 8,855 || 59–80 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|140||September 5|| @ Pirates || 2–3 || Taillon (12–9) || Bailey (1–14) || Vázquez (30)|| 9,560 || 59–81 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|141||September 6|| Padres || 2–6 || J. Castillo (2–2) || L. Castillo (8–12) || — || 14,303 || 59–82 || L4|-style="background:#ccffcc|142||September 7|| Padres || 12–6 || Lorenzen (3–1) || Strahm (3–4) || — || 14,854 || 60–82 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|143||September 8|| Padres || 7–2 (7)|| Harvey (7–8) || Erlin (3–6) || — || 20,977 || 61–82 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|144||September 9|| Padres || 6–7 || Stammen (7–2) || Iglesias (2–4) || Yates (7) || 18,424 || 61–83 || L1 |-style="background:#ccffcc|145||September 10|| Dodgers || 10–6 || Hughes (4–3) || Wood (8–7) || — || 12,161 || 62–83 || W1|-style="background:#ccffcc|146||September 11|| Dodgers || 3–1 || Castillo (9–12) || Ryu (4–3) || Iglesias (26) || 14,964 || 63–83 || W2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|147||September 12|| Dodgers || 1–8 || Ferguson (6–2) || DeSclafani (7–5) || – || 15,633 || 63–84 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|148||September 14|| @ Cubs || 2–3 || Maples (1–0) || Hernandez (5–1) || De La Rosa (1) || 36,468 || 63–85 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|149||September 15|| @ Cubs || 0–1 || Lester (16–6) || Romano (7–11) || Cishek (4) || 41,196 || 63–86 || L3|-style="background:#ccffcc|150||September 16|| @ Cubs || 2–1 || Castillo (10–12) || Quintana (13–10) || Iglesias (27) || 41,314 || 64–86 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|151||September 17|| @ Brewers || 0–8 || Miley (5–2) || DeSclafani (7–6) || Woodruff (1) || 32,145 || 64–87 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|152||September 18|| @ Brewers || 3–1 || Romano (8–11) || Anderson (9–8) || Iglesias (28) || 30,366 || 65–87 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|153||September 19|| @ Brewers || 0–7 || González (9–11) || Harvey (7–9) || — || 33,443 || 65–88 || L1|-style="background:#ccffcc|154||September 20|| @ Marlins || 4–2 || Reed (1–2) || Brigham (0–3) || Iglesias (29) || 9,863 || 66–88 || W1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|155||September 21|| @ Marlins || 0–1 (10) || Barraclough (1–6) || Hernandez (5–2) || — || 11,471 || 66–89 || L1|-style="background:#ffbbbb|156||September 22|| @ Marlins || 1–5 || Ureña (8–12) || DeSclafani (7–7) || Steckenrider (5) || 12,559 || 66–90 || L2|-style="background:#ffbbbb|157||September 23|| @ Marlins || 0–6 || Richards (4–9) || Lorenzen (3–2) || — || 13,595 || 66–91 || L3|-style="background:#ffbbbb|158||September 25|| Royals || 3–4 || McCarthy (5–4) || Iglesias (2–5) || Peralta (14) || 13,172 || 66–92 || L4|-style="background:#ffbbbb|159||September 26|| Royals || 1–6 || Fillmyer (4–2) || Reed (1–3) || — || 12,549 || 66–93 || L5|-style="background:#ffbbbb|160||September 28|| Pirates || 4–8 || Brault (6–3) || DeSclafani (7–8) || — || 19,689 || 66–94 || L6|-style="background:#ccffcc|161||September 29|| Pirates || 3–0 || Lorenzen (4–2) || Taillon (14–10) || Iglesias (30) || 42,630 || 67–94 || W1 |-style="background:#ffbbbb|162||September 30|| Pirates || 5–6 (10)|| Feliz (1–2) || Stephens (2–3)|| Vázquez (37) || 25,091 || 67–95 || L1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
José Peraza	157	632	85	182	31	4	14	58	23	29	.288	.416
Scooter Gennett	154	584	86	181	30	3	23	92	4	42	.310	.490
Eugenio Suárez	143	527	79	149	22	2	34	104	1	64	.283	.526
Billy Hamilton	153	504	74	119	16	9	4	29	34	46	.236	.327
Joey Votto	145	503	67	143	28	2	12	67	2	108	.284	.419
Tucker Barnhart	138	460	50	114	21	3	10	46	0	54	.248	.372
Scott Schebler	107	380	55	97	19	0	17	49	4	39	.255	.439
Adam Duvall	105	331	40	68	19	0	15	61	2	34	.205	.399
Jesse Winker	89	281	38	84	16	0	7	43	0	49	.299	.431
Phillip Ervin	78	218	27	55	10	1	7	31	6	20	.252	.404
Curt Casali	52	140	15	41	10	0	4	16	0	12	.293	.450
Alex Blandino	69	128	14	30	4	0	1	8	0	13	.234	.289
Mason Williams	51	123	10	36	5	1	2	6	1	7	.293	.398
Brandon Dixon	74	118	14	21	6	0	5	10	0	6	.178	.356
Dilson Herrera	53	87	11	16	5	0	5	11	0	8	.184	.414
Devin Mesoraco	18	41	1	9	2	0	1	3	0	2	.220	.341
Preston Tucker	17	37	4	7	1	0	2	5	0	4	.189	.378
Cliff Pennington	16	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.138	.138
Tony Cruz	9	26	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	.154	.308
Phil Gosselin	20	24	5	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	.125	.250
Gabriel Guerrero	14	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.167	.333
Blake Trahan	11	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214
Rosell Herrera	11	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154
Tim Federowicz	5	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	.333	1.000
Aristides Aquino	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	307	14	31	4	0	5	19	0	12	.101	.163
Team Totals	162	5532	696	1404	251	25	172	665	77	559	.254	.401

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/2018-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Luis Castillo	10	12	4.30	31	31	0	169.2	158	89	81	49	165
Sal Romano	8	11	5.31	39	25	0	145.2	155	92	86	53	105
Matt Harvey	7	7	4.50	24	24	0	128.0	132	66	64	28	111
Anthony DeSclafani	7	8	4.93	21	21	0	115.0	118	68	63	30	108
Tyler Mahle	7	9	4.98	23	23	0	112.0	125	68	62	53	110
Homer Bailey	1	14	6.09	20	20	0	106.1	141	82	72	33	75
Michael Lorenzen	4	2	3.11	45	3	1	81.0	78	32	28	34	54
Jared Hughes	4	3	1.94	72	0	7	78.2	57	17	17	23	59
Raisel Iglesias	2	5	2.38	66	0	30	72.0	52	22	19	25	80
David Hernandez	5	2	2.53	57	0	0	64.0	46	20	18	17	65
Amir Garrett	1	2	4.29	66	0	0	63.0	56	30	30	25	71
Wandy Peralta	2	2	5.36	59	0	0	45.1	58	32	27	31	31
Cody Reed	1	3	3.98	17	7	0	43.0	45	21	19	15	42
Jackson Stephens	2	3	4.93	29	0	0	38.1	50	30	21	15	33
Austin Brice	2	3	5.79	33	0	0	37.1	39	26	24	13	32
Dylan Floro	3	2	2.72	25	0	0	36.1	39	12	11	12	27
Brandon Finnegan	0	3	7.40	5	5	0	20.2	27	20	17	15	14
Matt Wisler	0	0	2.03	11	0	0	13.1	11	4	3	2	11
Robert Stephenson	0	2	9.26	4	3	0	11.2	17	12	12	12	11
Kyle Crockett	1	0	5.79	15	0	0	9.1	16	8	6	2	11
Keury Mella	0	0	8.68	4	0	0	9.1	13	9	9	8	8
Kevin Quackenbush	0	1	11.00	10	0	0	9.0	13	11	11	6	7
Kevin Shackelford	0	1	7.88	5	0	0	8.0	13	8	7	4	7
Tanner Rainey	0	0	24.43	8	0	0	7.0	13	19	19	12	7
Jesús Reyes	0	0	3.18	5	0	0	5.2	4	4	2	2	2
Lucas Sims	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	5.1	3	4	4	5	6
Yovani Gallardo	0	0	30.86	3	0	0	2.1	8	8	8	4	2
Brandon Dixon	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Blandino	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
Cliff Pennington	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	2	1
Phil Ervin	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Zack Weiss	0	0	inf	1	0	0	0.0	2	4	4	2	0
Team Totals	67	95	4.63	162	162	38	1441.0	1491	819	741	532	1258

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/2018-pitching.shtml

Roster

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Farm system

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Clark. Dave. Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart signs with Los Angeles Angels. Cincinnati.com. 24 January 2018.
Web site: Buchanan. Zach. The Reds sign reliever Jared Hughes to a two-year deal. Cincinnati.com. 24 January 2018.
News: Sheldon. Mark. Reds sign Hamilton, Lorenzen, DeSclafani. 24 January 2018. Reds.com. 12 January 2018.
News: Adams. Steve. Reds Sign David Hernandez. 30 January 2018. MLB Trade Rumors. 30 January 2018.
News: Sheldon. Mark. Source: Reds win arbitration case with Suarez. 7 February 2018. MLB.com. 6 February 2018.
News: Sheldon. Mark. Gennett rewarded in arbitration case. 17 February 2018. MLB.com.
News: Sheldon. Mark. Reds give rising star Suarez 7-year extension. 19 March 2018. MLB.com. 16 March 2018.
Web site: Sheldon. Mark. Reds dismiss Price; Riggleman named interim. MLB.com. 20 April 2018.
Web site: Kramer . Daniel . Didi, Votto garner Player of Week honors . MLB.com . 30 May 2018.
Web site: Thosar . Deesha . Paxton, Lindor win on AL side, Gennett for NL . MLB.com . 30 May 2018.
Web site: Weinrib. Ben. Reds acquire Harvey from Mets for Mesoraco. Reds.com. 9 May 2018.
Web site: Reds sweep Dodgers; Votto, Suarez homer in 5–3 win . usatoday.com . 13 May 2018 . 25 June 2018.
Web site: Scooter Gennett of the Cincinnati Reds named National League Player of the Week presented by W.B. Mason . MLB.com . 30 May 2018.
Web site: Kelly . Matt . Lindor, Gennett power way to top May honors . MLB.com . 3 June 2018.
Web site: Rogers . Jesse . Cubs swept by last-place Reds in 4 games for first time since 1983 . ESPN.com . 25 June 2018.
Web site: RHP Michael Lorenzen's pinch-hit grand slam leads Reds over Brewers 12–3 . ESPN.com . 3 July 2018.
Web site: Sheldon . Mark . Gennett, Suarez, Votto named NL All-Stars . Reds.com . 9 July 2018.
Web site: Axisa . Mike . Indians suffer most embarrassing loss of year thanks to closer meltdown, nickname mix-up . CBSSports.com . 11 July 2018.
News: Jablonski. David. Reds end 36-year home run drought in All-Star Game. daytonadailynews.com. 17 July 2018.
Web site: Rippee . Brian . Dilson delivers! Walk-off hit lifts Reds to W . Reds.com . 24 July 2018.
Web site: Perry . Dayn . MLB trade deadline: Braves acquire Adam Duvall in four-player deal with Reds. CbsSports.com . 31 July 2018.
Web site: Anthony DeSclafani shuts down D-Backs in Reds' 3–0 win . ESPN.com . 13 August 2018.
Web site: Yelich hits for cycle, Brewers beat Reds 13–12 in 10 innings . ESPN.com . 30 August 2018.
Web site: Schebler's club-record slam leads Reds over Padres 12–6 . ESPN.com . 13 September 2018.
Web site: Votto hits slam, Reds get rain-shortened 7–2 win over Padres . ESPN.com . 13 September 2018.