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@Tark_mexeira @MLBcathedrals @TheFan965 I was there maybe 2-3 years ago and it feels/looks new.

@AdamJacob87 @MLBcathedrals @TheFan965 It was renovated in 2009, it's old and in the middle of nowhere.

The #Royals are currently having a presentation on their new downtown ballpark. Here are the first renderings: Images via: @TheFan965

@ChrisCinciBiz Very good results for Ohio!

Good results for Democrats in Georgia and Iowa by this pollster today. Ohio, not so much.

@A_S12 @NASCAR 🤮

.@NASCAR EVP John Probst is helping plan the future of stock car racing into the 2030s, including evaluating the potential of one day using its crossover utility vehicle EV in the O’Reilly Series as well as experimenting with a hydrogen combustion engine. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

RT and ❤️ for a chance to win a signed Dexter Lawrence II Bengals helmet!

@BannersParkway @PaulFritschner Why?

@PaulFritschner This is terrible news.

Jerrod Calhoun brings Moeller grad Eric Mahaffey back home to Cincinnati. Was named to the All-MAC Freshman team this season.

@dotsonc Ah yes, yet another masterpiece by Krall 🙄

I certainly haven’t given up on any of these guys, but… You can’t be successful by just trying to develop young players. You have to trade some of them for big league talent.

@0xDollas @LanceMcAlister @EllyDeLaMuse Yeah. He’s gone within 2-3 years

@LanceMcAlister @EllyDeLaMuse Reds will trade him to before 2030, extension is off the table. They’d probably rather trade him for a big return than lose him for just a draft pick as a free agent.

For whatever reason, too many fans seem to focus on what Elly De La Cruz isn’t, and miss what he is becoming. They focus on his future, more than his present. He’s 24-years old. He’s in his 3rd full MLB season. He’s played fewer than 450 MLB games. Right now, he’s hitting .281-.361-.563-.924 with an OPS+ of 152. He’s on pace for 30 doubles, 51 homers, 132 runs, 101 RBI, 50 stolen bases, 81 walks. That would produce the second 50/50 season in MLB history, joining Shohei Ohtani. He’s scored a run in 12 of their 16 games, collected a hit in 13 of those games, and been on base in 13 straight games. For as much as fans complain about injuries, and players not playing with injuries, Elly's played 234 consecutive games for the Reds. That's the 5th longest streak by a Red since 1970. He’s improving as a right-handed hitter, facing left-handed pitching. 2023 .184 w/ 2 HR in 122 PA 2024 .224 w/ 6 HR in 217 PA 2025 .236 w/ 5 HR in 210 PA 2026 .318 w/ 4 HR in 33 PA He’s yet to commit an error this season. I get it, official scoring isn’t what it once was. But then turn to the metrics. He’s T-3rd in Outs Above Average at +2. Last season he was T-26th (-3). He’s T-6th in defensive runs saved (+1) , after -5 in 2025. He’s getting better. He answers the bell to play every day. He’s impacting the game at the plate, in the field and on the bases. Stop worrying about his strike outs. He’s going to strike out. Everyone strikes out. Stop worrying about moving him to center field. He’s a shortstop. I offer this to every ‘move Elly' conversation: Perspective. Dave Concepcion: 30 errors age 26, 27 errors age 28 and 31. Barry Larkin: 29 errors age 24 Derek Jeter: 56 errors age 19 and 29 errors age 21 Robin Yount: 44 errors age 19, 30 errors age 22 Omar Vizquel: 25 errors age 20 and age 21 Ozzie Smith: 25 errors age 23, 22 errors age 33 Alan Trammell: 26 errors age 21 Cal Ripken: 25-25-26 errors, age 22-23-24 Young shortstops take time to learn, develop and settle into the shortstop position. And finally, stop worrying about him being a Dodger or a Yankee. He won’t even reach free agency until 2030. It’s 2026, for goodness sakes. Enjoy him. Appreciate him. He’s the best player on the #Reds. He’s one of the best players in the game.

@LanceMcAlister About the time he “figures it out” is about the same time he will hit FA or be traded prior to that. Hence why most feel he’d be better utilized in CF.

@ElectionWiz What a royal cluster! Trump has absolutely no idea what he’s doing and the world and markets are left to pay the price.

The U.S. military announces a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports, effective April 13 at 10:00 AM ET.

@Reds This is a poorly constructed team. Rinse and repeat

Final from GABP:

@LanceMcAlister This is a poorly constructed team. Rinse and repeat

Angels 9 #Reds 6 Andrew Abbott was battered for a career-high seven runs in three plus innings. They trailed 9-0 until the offense plated three runs in the 8th and three more in the 9th. The pitching issues 9 walks. The defense committed three errors. Home series lost. Offense: 6 H, 6 BB, 12 K, 3 for 6 w/RISP, 7 LOB Elly: 2 H, 3-R HR (RH), 2R. On 13 games row. McLain: 1st H leading off 4th Higgins: 1st ML hit since ‘22 Stewart: H, RBI Steer: 0-4, 3 K, 2 errors in field Marte: Doubled off 3rd in 9th. Can’t happen. Abbott: 3.0 IN, 8 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 71 pitches/43 strikes. 3-R/28 pitch 1st w/ career high tying 5 H. Faced Soriano 0.45 ERA. Previous start Alcantara 0.00, Skenes, Crochet. Incredibly, has received one run while on the mound this season. Last rotation turn for Reds: 20.1 innings, 35 hits, 24 earned runs, 14 BB, 11 K, 5 HR Bullpen: 6 IN, 7 BB, 2 R. Nicolas: 9 straight balls, 2.0 IN, H, 3 BB, WP, 40 pitches/17 strikes. 2 appearances: 2.2 IN, 5 BB, 69 pitches/30 strikes. Burke 1.1, R, BB, Moll 1.2, R, 0 ER, 3 BB, Phillips 1.0. Defense 3 errors: Steer throw (LF), Steer drop (1B), Higgins interference Elly nice dive & bounce throw 3rd for force. How they scored: 8th: Stewart RBI single, 9-1, Elly/Stewart score on WP, 9-3 9th: Elly 3-R HR, 9-6. The two teams walked 46 batters in the series, the most in a three-game series in Reds history (per TV).

@jacks_onS @tc696 @LanceMcAlister

@tc696 @AdamJacob87 @LanceMcAlister Its literally mostly the same team. Hoping the same players just play a little better isn't a strategy, it's rolling the dice. So far they're hitting the exact same hurdles and all the front office says is "they'll get it going eventually".

Battered in series wrap vs Marlins. Battered series wrap, rubber game at home today. Really disappointing. #Reds

@tc696 @LanceMcAlister Bullpen problems, sluggish offense, poor outfield performance, poor situational hitting. Problems last year and this year so far.

@AdamJacob87 @LanceMcAlister Great assessment 16 games into the season……

@dotsonc It’s as if this team is experiencing the same problems as last season 🧐

Boy, this Reds offense, I mean, I dunno

@Reds New year, same problems.

@LanceMcAlister It’s as if they didn’t address this problem this past offseason 🤔

#Reds outfield production through 13 games..... .187 BA, .260 OBP, .235 SLG, .504 OPS 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 14 BB, 42 K in 154 plate appearances. .120 LF (20 K in 50 AB) ...-0.6 WAR (T-last) .208 CF (10 hits, 10 singles).....-0.4 WAR (28th) .244 RF (1 run).....-0.5 (T-last)

@WarPigsChief @RDoxson36284 @esmuellert_ @Transfermarkt @fccincinnati I’ll believe a German outlet when it concerns a German player.

@AdamJacob87 @RDoxson36284 @esmuellert_ @Transfermarkt @fccincinnati But the idea that they didn’t want him for his soccer skill is nonsense and borderline an absurd thing to write / believe.

Uh, what?

@WarPigsChief @RDoxson36284 @esmuellert_ @Transfermarkt @fccincinnati He wasn’t a DP with Vancouver when he signed.

The total compensation package @fccincinnati offered Mueller was as much or more than Vancouver. He didn’t want to have his reported wages be $1.6M and the perception that he was only valued as a marketing vehicle — even if it was just on paper to make the numbers work. FCC didn’t have a DP spot to go higher and were trying to use third parties to get around the salary rules to get him added to the squad. Is what it is.