CINCINNATI -- It has been several years since the Reds faced a winter with a vacancy at their primary catcher position without a homegrown player ready to fill it.

Tyler Stephenson held it down over the past five seasons, and before that, the spot belonged to Tucker Barnhart. Preceding Barnhart was

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Carter Graham was a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection during his tenure at Stanford, earning second and third team All-American honors from multiple outlets. But despite that, the former two-sport athlete -- who also excelled on the basketball court -- admitted that he didn’t have much

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- If things had gone according to plan, Luke Holman would have been in Cincinnati long ago.

He was, after all, a 2024 Competitive Balance Round B pick coming off an outstanding season at Louisiana State, a Top 50 prospect on MLB Pipeline’s Draft rankings that

NBC Peacock's "Road to the Show" is now available to watch on MLB.com. The five-episode series brings viewers behind the scenes with six of baseball's top prospects and their path toward the big leagues.

The Reds made an impact addition with the selection of Justin Lebron with the 18th

One of the most pivotal stops in a prospect's development is the High-A level. Top Draft picks out of college often begin their pro journey at High-A, and it's often the level where you can find an organization's best young talent. On Wednesday, Minor League Baseball announced its 2026 High-A

CINCINNATI -- Carlos Jorge was one of those Minor League camp players who stood out to Reds manager Terry Francona this year in Spring Training when the outfield prospect came over for numerous Cactus League games.

“His energy is out the [butt], which is good," Francona said.

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The playoff format to determine the winner of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League was refreshed last year with the introduction of the DSL Cup.

Under the new format, the top 16 DSL teams participate in a two-stage DSL postseason -- with an opening round of pool play -- to

The Minor League season is winding down. The four full-season levels will start moving into playoffs in a couple of weeks, and the DSL Cup Championship between Reds and Padres affiliates will be decided in the next day or two -- marking the official end of the Rookie-level

Alfredo Duno didn’t look like a player who missed nearly a month of action prior to Wednesday’s performance.

MLB’s No. 22 prospect had not taken the field since July 29 due to a right hamstring strain that landed him on the injured list. He doubled twice and

And then there were four.

With the conclusion of pool play in the second-ever DSL Cup on Saturday morning, the road to crowning this year's Dominican Summer League champion has been narrowed to the Padres Gold, Royals Fortuna, Reds and Giants Black squads.

Justin Lebron has certainly taken to the Minor Leagues after the Reds made him the 18th overall pick in this summer’s Draft.

Lebron clubbed his fourth homer in his past five games on Thursday, giving him at least one hit in six of his first eight professional games. The Reds’ <a

Justin Lebron officially has liftoff.

The No. 18 overall pick in last month's Draft -- now the Reds' No. 3 prospect -- drilled a moonshot for his first professional home run, accounting for High-A Dayton's offense in a 5-1 loss to Lake County on Friday

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Justin Lebron knows how to make a first impression.

It took the No. 18 overall pick in the 2026 Draft just two pitches to tally his first knock as a pro as he checked off multiple milestones in High-A Dayton's 8-4 loss to Lake County at <a

CINCINNATI — The Reds did have one Trade Deadline acquisition arrive at their clubhouse on Tuesday, but it wasn't someone from the one that just expired on Monday. It was their No. 3 prospect, Héctor Rodríguez, who was once an 18-year-old low-level prospect who came from the Mets