2020 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2020 Cincinnati Reds season is the 151st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 18th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

2020 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Castellini
Manager(s)David Bell
Local televisionFox Sports Ohio
(Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Local radioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
(Tommy Thrall, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, Doug Flynn (fill-in), Sam LeCure (fill-in), Danny Graves (fill-in),
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3]

Offseason

Coaching Staff
  • October 24, 2019: Named Alan Zinter hitting coach. Zinter was previously the Assistant Director of Player Development, Offense, for the San Francisco Giants the past two seasons.[4]
  • December 17, 2019: Named Joe Mather assistant hitting coach. Mather was previously the Minor League Field and Hitting Coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks.[5]

Signings
  • December 2, 2019: Signed free agent Mike Moustakas to a four-year, $64 million contract. Moustakas played second and third base for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019 and is expected to play second base for the Reds.[6]
  • December 16, 2019: Signed free agent starting pitcher Wade Miley to a two-year, $15 million contract.[7]
  • January 6, 2020: Signed Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a three-year, $21 million contract.[8] Akiyama will be the first Japanese-born player to play for the Reds.
  • January 10, 2020: Agreed to one-year contracts with the following players, avoiding arbitration: starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, $17.5 million; reliever/outfielder Michael Lorenzen, $3.725 million; reliever Matt Bowman, $865,000; catcher Curt Casali, $1.4625 million; starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, $5.9 million.[9]
  • January 27, 2020: Signed free agent Nicholas Castellanos to a four-year, $64 million contract.[10]
  • January 30, 2020: Signed free agent reliever Pedro Strop to a one-year, $1.825 million contract.[11]

Standings

National League Central
National League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 136 0.684 — 8–4 5–2
Milwaukee Brewers 1010 0.500 3½ 2–6 8–4
St. Louis Cardinals 44 0.500 3½ 2–1 2–3
Cincinnati Reds 911 0.450 4½ 5–7 4–4
Pittsburgh Pirates 414 0.222 8½ 2–6 2–8

National League Wildcard
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 167 0.696
Chicago Cubs 136 0.684
Miami Marlins 96 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Colorado Rockies 138 0.619
Atlanta Braves 1310 0.565
Milwaukee Brewers 1010 0.500


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Arizona Diamondbacks 1111 0.500 —
St. Louis Cardinals 44 0.500 —
San Diego Padres 1112 0.478 ½
Philadelphia Phillies 89 0.471 ½
Cincinnati Reds 911 0.450 1
Washington Nationals 811 0.421 1½
New York Mets 914 0.391 2½
San Francisco Giants 815 0.348 3½
Pittsburgh Pirates 414 0.222 5

Record vs. opponents
2020 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-head

Team CHC CIN MIL PIT STL AL
Chicago —2–13–43–00–05–1
Cincinnati 1–2—2–11–10–05–7
Milwaukee 4–31–2—2–10–03–4
Pittsburgh 0–31–11–2—1–21–6
St. Louis 0–00–00–02–1—2–3

Updated with the results of all games through August 16, 2020.

Game Log
2020 Game Log: 9–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–4)
August: 7–6 (Home: 3–3; Away: 4–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/Streak
—August 1@ TigersPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 2.
8August 2@ Tigers4–3 (7)Iglesias (1–0)Jiménez (0–1)—3–5W1
9August 2@ Tigers4–0 (7)Bauer (1–0)Norris (0–1)—4–5W2
10August 3Indians3–2Gray (3–0)Plesac (0–1)Iglesias (1)5–5W3
11August 4Indians2–4Bieber (3–0)Jones (0–1)Hand (3)5–6L1
12August 5@ Indians0–2Clevinger (1–1)Antone (0–1)Hand (4)5–7L2
13August 6@ Indians0–13Carrasco (2–1)Castillo (0–2)—5–8L3
14August 7@ Brewers8–3Bauer (2–0)Lauer (0–1)—6–8W1
15August 8@ Brewers4–1DeSclafani (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Iglesias (2)7–8W2
16August 9@ Brewers3–9Suter (2–0)Gray (3–1)—7–9L1
17August 11Royals6–5 (10)Sims (1–0)Staumont (0–1)—8–9W1
18August 12Royals4–5Keller (2–0)Miley (0–2)Rosenthal (4)8–10L1
19August 13Pirates6–9Williams (1–3)DeSclafani (1–1)—8–11L2
20August 14Pirates8–1Gray (4–1)Kuhl (0–1)—9–11W1
—August 15PiratesPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date TBA.
—August 16PiratesPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date TBA.
23August 18@ Royals
24August 19@ Royals
25August 20@ Cardinals
26August 21@ Cardinals
27August 22@ Cardinals
28August 23@ Cardinals
29August 24@ Brewers
30August 25@ Brewers
31August 26@ Brewers
32August 27@ Brewers
33August 28Cubs
34August 29Cubs
35August 29Cubs
36August 30Cubs
37August 31Cardinals
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Roster
Cincinnati Reds roster
Active roster Player pool Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

45-day injured list



28 active, 30 player pool

7- or 10-day injured list
Suspended list
# Personal leave
* Not on 40-man roster
Roster and coaches updated August 15, 2020
Transactions • Depth chart

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Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League
A Daytona Tortugas Florida State League
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League
A-Rookie Advanced Billings Mustangs Pioneer League
A-Rookie Advanced Greeneville Reds Appalachian League
Rookie AZL Reds Arizona League
Rookie DSL Reds Dominican Summer League

References
  1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. "Reds announce new hitting department structure". MLB.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. Sheldon, Mark. "Reds hire Joe Mather as assistant hitting coach". Reds.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. Sheldon, Mark. "Moustakas to Reds on 4-year deal (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. "Wade Miley agrees to 2-year, $15M deal with Reds, source says". ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. Sheldon, Mark. "Reds, Akiyama agree to 3-year, $21M deal". Reds.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. "Bauer nets $17.5M in pact with Reds (source)". Reds.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  10. Sheldon, Mark. "Reds finalize 4-year deal with Castellanos". MLB.com. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  11. Stebbins, Tim. "Pedro Strop won't be back with Cubs, agrees to deal with division rival Reds". NBCSports.com.


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