2018 Cincinnati Reds season

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.

2018 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Castellini
General manager(s)Dick Williams, Nick Krall
Manager(s)Bryan Price (through April 18)
Jim Riggleman (starting April 19)
Local televisionFox Sports Ohio
(Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Local radioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
(Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Doug Flynn, Chris Welsh)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Transactions
November 2, 2017 SS Zack Cozart elected free agency. Cozart signed a three-year, $38 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on December 15, 2017.[1]
December 27, 2017 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.[3]
January 12, 2018 Signed RHP Michael Lorenzen to a one-year, $1.31 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[3]
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

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9667 0.589 — 51–30 45–37
Chicago Cubs 9568 0.583 1 51–31 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 7½ 43–38 45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8279 0.509 13 44–36 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 6795 0.414 28½ 37–44 30–51

National League Wildcard
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 9667 0.589
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564
Atlanta Braves 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 9568 0.583 +4
Colorado Rockies 9172 0.558 —
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 2½
Pittsburgh Pirates 8279 0.509 8
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280 0.506 8½
Washington Nationals 8280 0.506 8½
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 10½
New York Mets 7785 0.475 13½
San Francisco Giants 7389 0.451 17½
Cincinnati Reds 6795 0.414 23½
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 24½
Miami Marlins 6398 0.391 27

Record vs. opponents
2018 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —3–43–43–38–1111–86–11–52–54–26–112–78–113–32–510–10
Atlanta 4–3—3–33–42–52–514–53–413–612–75–14–33–34–210–98–12
Chicago 4–33–3—11–83–34–35–211–96–14–210–95–23–39–104–313–7
Cincinnati 3–34–38–11—2–46–12–56–133–33–45–143–44–27–121–610–10
Colorado 11–85–23–34–2—7–132–42–56–15–23–311–812–72–55–213–7
Los Angeles 8–115–23–41–613–7—2–44–34–23–45–114–510–93–45–112–8
Miami 1–65–142–55–24–24–2—2–57–128–111–42–54–33–36–139–11
Milwaukee 5–14–39–1113–65–23–45–2—4–33–37–124–26–111–84–213–7
New York 5–26–131–63–31–62–412–73–4—11–83–44–24–33–311–88–12
Philadelphia 2–47–122–44–32–54–311–83–38–11—6–13–34–34–38–1112–8
Pittsburgh 1–61–59–1014–53–31–54–112–74–31–6—3–44–38–112–515–5
San Diego 7–123–42–54–38–115–145–22–42–43–34–3—8–114–32–47–13
San Francisco 11–83–33–32–47–129–103–41–63–43–43–411–8—2–54–28–12
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–33–38–113–33–411–83–45–2—5–211–9
Washington 5–29–103–46–12–51–513–62–48–1111–85–24–22–42–5—9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Regular Season Summary

Opening Day starting lineup
PositionName
LFJesse Winker
3BEugenio Suárez
1BJoey Votto
2BScooter Gennett
RFScott Schebler
CTucker Barnhart
SSJosé Peraza
PHomer Bailey
CFBilly 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]

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 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–63) 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 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 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]

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

Game log

Roster
2018 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 87 Dustin Hughes (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Pat Kelly
AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos Southern League Jody Davis
A Daytona Tortugas Florida State League Ricky Gutierrez
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Luis Bolivar
A-Rookie Advanced Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ray Martinez
A-Rookie Advanced Greeneville Reds Appalachian League Gookie Dawkins
Rookie AZL Reds Arizona League Jose Nieves
Rookie DSL Reds Dominican Summer League Cristobal Rodriguez

References
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