SPRING TRAINING NOTEBOOK 7th Season In Goodyear . 3125 S. Wood Blvd., Goodyear, AZ 85338 . @Reds, @RedsPR, ramsey.mlblogs.com Saturday, February 27, 2016 TODAY’S NEWS & NOTES: No breaking news today...manager Bryan Price will be available in his POCKET SCHEDULE office at8:15 a.m tomorrow. Sunday...... Team Meeting, 9:40am Bryan Price available, 8:15am PLAYGROUND BUILD: Reds Michael Lorenzen and catcher Chad Wallach this afternoon Monday...... Team Meeting, 9:00am visited Estrella South Playground to help promote a project that includes the installation by the city’s Bryan Price available, 8:15am Parks and Recreation Department of playground equipment, featuring a climber, boogie board and Tuesday...... Team Meeting, 9:40am swoosh slide...for more information, call (623) 882-7525. Bryan Price available, 8:15am Spring Opening Day, Reds at Indians, 1:05pm TUESDAY at INDIANS: Scheduled to pitch for the Reds are RHP Jon Moscot, LHP Brandon Finnegan, LHP Tony Cingrani, RHP Blake Wood and LHP Chris O’Grady. REDS’ 2015 POST-SEASON HARDWARE WEDNESDAY vs INDIANS: Scheduled to pitch for the Reds are RHP Robert Stephenson, LHP Joey Votto...... *Most Valuable Player Cody Reed, RHP Jumbo Diaz, RHP Ryan Mattheus and LHP Caleb Cotham. Aroldis Chapman...... Most Outstanding Pitcher Todd Frazier...... Good Guy Award THURSDAY at INDIANS: Scheduled to pitch for the Reds are RHP Anthony DeSclafani, LHP Robert Stephenson...... ^Reds’ No. 1 Prospect , , and . * Finished third in the BBWAA’s MVP voting Jonathan Sanchez RHP J.J. Hoover RHP Sal Romano RHP Stephen Johnson ^ Reds’ top prospect for the third straight year DAILY INFORMATION: For comprehensive coverage of the team on and off the field, follow on LONGEST-TENURED REDS Twitter @Reds...for press conference alerts, daily schedule information and media availability times for manager Bryan Price and players, follow @RedsPR...the Spring Training Notebook and rosters Brandon Phillips...... 2006-15...... 10 years can be found updated daily on the home page at www.redspressbox.com. ...... 2007-15...... 9 years Joey Votto...... 2007-15...... 9 years DOT, DOT, DOT...: , manager of the Reds’ 1990 World Series championship team, will Jay Bruce...... 2008-15...... 8 years be the grand marshal of the 97th Findlay Market Opening Day Parade. 2015 STANDINGS, NL CENTRAL FANFEST: Indians/Reds FanFest will be held at Goodyear Ballpark on Sat, 3/26...the event will Team W L Pct. GB begin about 1 hour after the Reds and Indians finish their game and last until 8:00 p.m....fans can St. Louis 100 62 .617 - meet Indians and Reds players, coaches and alumni, participate in autograph sessions and on-field Pittsburgh 98 64 .605 2.0 activities like running the bases and playing catch in the outfield and get a behind-the-scenes tour of Chicago 97 65 .599 3.0 the park...a screening of the movie Fastball will be shown on the scoreboard...food and beverage will Milwaukee 68 94 .420 32.0 be available for purchase...cost is $25 for adults and $10 for kids ages 3-12...for more information, Cincinnati 64 98 .395 36.0 please call (623) 882-3130 during business hours.

2015 SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS, NL CENTRAL ON THE AIR: FOX Sports Ohio will televise games Tue at Cle (3:00 p.m. ET), Wed vs Cle (3:00et), Tue, 3/15 vs KC (4:00et) and Fri, 3/25 vs Col (4:00et)...31 of the 33 exhibition games can be heard NL Central W L Pct. GB on the Reds on Radio Network via 700 WLW or 1360 WSAI and online at reds.com. St. Louis 13 11 .542 - Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 .006 GET YOUR TICKETS: Tickets for all Reds regular season home games, excluding Opening Day, Cincinnati 15 14 .517 0.5 are on sale online at reds.com, by phone at (513) 381-7337 or (877) 647-7337 and in person at Great Chicago 15 17 .469 2.0 American Ball Park ticket windows and select area Kroger stores with Ticketmaster retail outlets. Milwaukee 13 16 .448 2.5 2015 OPENING DAY ROSTER *** RED HOTS *** Returning New in ‘15 Gone from ‘14 DRY HEAT: Spring Training 2016 is the seventh for the Reds in their player development complex in Cingrani, P Badenhop, P Bailey, P Goodyear, Arizona...the facility on South Wood Boulevard includes a 44,000-square foot clubhouse, Cueto, P Chapman, P Bell, P 6 full practice fields, 2 half fields and an agility field...spring training games are played at nearby Hoover, P DeSclafani, P Christiani, P Goodyear Ballpark, a 10,300-seat facility the club shares with the Indians...there are 15 Major Leake, P Diaz, P LeCure, P League Baseball clubs training in the Phoenix Area and 15 training in Florida...in 2010 the Reds Parra, P Gregg, P Ondrusek, P made the move here from Sarasota, Florida, where they trained for 12 springs from 1998-2009...the Pena, C Iglesias, P Partch, P agreement with Goodyear includes a 20-year lease and two 5-year team options. Cozart, SS Marquis, P Simon, P Frazier, 3B Mesoraco, C Barnhart, C Phillips, 2B Dominguez, IF Santiago, IF SPRING ROSTER: The Major League spring training roster includes 62 players overall, 34 , Votto, 1B Negron, IF/OF Soto, IF 7 catchers, 10 infielders, 11 outfielders and 23 non-roster invitees...most recently, the Reds invited Bruce, RF Boesch, OF Bernadina, OF to Major League camp 64 (2015), 60 (2014), 58 (2013), 58 (2012), 54 (2011), 59 (2010), 63 (2009), Hamilton, CF Byrd, OF Heisey, OF 65 (2008), 58 (2007), 63 (2006), 55 (2005), 56 (2004), 64 (2003), 70 (2002), 58 (2001), 72 (2000), 54 Schumaker, OF Ludwick, OF (1999), 51 (1998), 55 (1997) and 59 (1996) players.

OUT OF OPTIONS: Players on the 40-man roster out of options include RHP Homer Bailey, IF/OF Ivan De Jesus Jr., 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Yorman Rodriguez and RHP Blake Wood.

SURGERIES: RHP Homer Bailey on 5/8 had “Tommy John” surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, an injury not related to the torn flexor tendon he sustained in 2014...SS Zack Cozart on 6/15 had surgery to repair the torn lateral collateral ligament, torn biceps tendon and torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee...CF Billy Hamilton on 9/29 had surgery to repair the torn posterior labrum in his right shoulder...LHP John Lamb on 12/7 had surgery to repair a disc injury in his lower back...RHP Matt Magill on 5/8 had “Tommy John” surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow...C Devin Mesoraco on 6/29 had surgery to repair the torn labrum and to remove a bone spur in his left hip...RHP Jon Moscot on 6/19 had surgery to repair the fractured scapula in his left shoulder...C Kyle Skipworth on 12/7 had surgery on his left ankle.

THE SKIPPER...: Bryan Price is in his third season as a Major League manager...the Reds went 76-86 in his inaugural 2014 season and 64-98 last year... before he became manager spent the previous 4 seasons on Dusty Baker’s staff as pitching ...in Price’s 4 seasons as a coach Reds pitchers ranked seventh, 12th, third and fourth in team ERA after finishing seventh, 13th and 15th the previous 3 seasons...his 2012 and 2013 staffs were 2 of the most successful in franchise history...in each of the 2012 and 2013 seasons Reds pitchers established club records for ...the 2012 and 2013 staffs are the first in Major League history to produce in consecutive seasons at least 6 pitchers with 100 strikeouts...before joining the Reds spent the previous 10 seasons as pitching coach for the Mariners (2000-2005) and Diamondbacks (2006-2009).

...AND HIS CREW: Assistant pitching coach/bullpen coach Mack Jenkins, hitting coach Don Long, catching coordinator Mike Stefanski and bullpen catcher Dustin Hughes return in those positions to third-year manager Bryan Price’s Major League coaching staff...Freddie Benavides moves from coach to first base coach, Billy Hatcher moves from first base coach to third base coach, and Jim Riggleman moves from third base coach to bench coach...new to the Cincinnati staff are pitching coach Mark Riggins and assistant hitting coach Tony Jaramillo...Riggins spent the last 4 seasons as the organization’s minor league pitching coordinator, while Jaramillo has been a hitting coach in the Reds’ minor league system since 2008, including each of the last 3 seasons at Class AAA Louisville.

WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1990 ADDITIONAL STAFF: Assisting the Major League coaching staff during spring training 40-MAN ROSTER (39) workouts are instructors Darren Bragg, Miguel Cairo, Danny Darwin, Eric Davis, Jody REDS’ SPRING TRAINING RECORDS Pitchers (20) Davis, Delino Deshields, Bill Doran, Tony Fossas, Jeff Fassero, Ryan Jackson, Year Record G ERA BA Homer Bailey, R Pat Kelly, Barry Larkin, Eli Marrero, Ray Martinez, Corky Miller, Jose Nieves, Ted 2015 15-14-3 32 3.61 .268 Tony Cingrani, L Power, Dick Schofield and . 2014 14-17-0 31 4.82 .269 Carlos Contreras, R 2013 13-20-2 35 5.50 .271 Caleb Cotham, R GOODYEAR TIX: Tickets for Reds spring training games in Arizona at Goodyear Ballpark 2012 15-17-1 33 5.19 .274 Rookie Davis, R are on sale now...single-game ticket prices range from $8 berm seats to $29 for premium 2011 17-14-1 32 5.67 .297 Anthony DeSclafani, R and club seating...full-season plans include all home games for the Reds, Indians or 2010 12-16-3 31 4.94 .259 Jumbo Diaz, R both...3-game mini-plans are also available...in addition to saving between $45 and $155 Goodyear 86-98-10 194 4.96 .273 Brandon Finnegan, L per seat, season ticket holder benefits include exclusive pre-sale opportunities, discount 2009 13-20 33 4.30 .241 Amir Garrett, L coupons and a season ticket holder appreciation party...full-season plan holders also 2008 17-15-1 33 5.49 .283 J.J. Hoover, R receive a complimentary season parking pass...fans can purchase tickets by phone at 2007 18-12 31 3.96 .279 , R (800) 745-3000...for more information about tickets, Goodyear Ballpark or the Reds’ 2006 22-11 33 4.61 .279 Stephen Johnson, R spring training facility, call (623) 882-3130 or log on to www.reds.com/spring. 2005 17-15 32 5.01 .264 John Lamb, L 2004 18-16-1 35 4.16 .258 Michael Lorenzen, R CREDENTIALS: Spring training daily credentials for the Reds’ complex and home 2003 13-18-2 33 4.57 .262 Jon Moscot, R games at Goodyear Ballpark can be made via ’s secured 2002 9-22-1 32 4.74 .239 Chris O’Grady, L credential web site...please contact us for step-by-step instructions...when registering on 2001 14-14-1 29 4.48 .267 Sal Romano, R MLB’s site, please use an email address associated with your media organization and 2000 16-17 33 4.94 .285 Keyvius Sampson, R not a personal email address...please request credentials at least 24 hours in advance. 1999 15-16 31 4.52 .288 Robert Stephenson, R 1998 13-18 31 3.88 .250 Blake Wood, R BETTER OFF RED: For insights into spring training, log on to Jamie Ramsey’s top- Sarasota 185-194-7 386 4.56 .267 Catchers (4) rated Better Off Red blog at www.ramsey.mlblogs.com. 1997 17-15 32 4.39 .301 Tucker Barnhart 1996 11-18 30 4.83 .242 Ramon Cabrera *** 2015 IN REVIEW *** 1995 7-5 12 5.55 .305 Devin Mesoraco 1994 12-19-1 31 5.26 .283 Kyle Skipworth LINEUPS: Only 17 times over the last 2 seasons was Reds manager Bryan Price able 1993 18-9-2 29 4.28 .290 Infielders (6) to start his “projected” lineup (12 in 2014, 5 in 2015)...in each of the first 5 games of 1992 22-9-1 32 3.12 .283 Zack Cozart the 2015 season Price started his “projected” lineup of C Devin Mesoraco, 1B Joey 1991 13-17-1 31 4.83 .271 Ivan De Jesus Jr. Votto, 2B Brandon Phillips, 3B Todd Frazier, SS Zack Cozart, LF Marlon Byrd, 1990 9-7 16 4.63 .281 Jose Peraza CF Billy Hamilton and RF Jay Bruce...for the first time since 1989, the Reds used 1989 16-14-2 32 3.49 .275 Brandon Phillips the same 8 starting position players for the first 5 games of a season...that starting 1988 16-12-2 30 3.65 .262 Eugenio Suarez lineup streak was snapped in Game 6 on 4/12 vs StL, when Bryan Pena caught and 1987 16-19-1 26 4.59 .289 Joey Votto Brennan Boesch played LF...because of injury and the trade of Byrd, that same original 1986 16-13 29 4.97 .295 Outfielders (9) group of 8 didn’t play together again after 4/11 vs StL. 1985 14-12 26 4.15 .267 Jay Bruce 1984 11-14 25 3.62 .241 Jake Cave 2015 SUMMARY: The Redlegs finished last year 64-98 and in fifth place in the NL 1983 9-14-1 24 3.98 .261 Juan Duran Central, 36.0g behind the division champion Cardinals...Cin finished the season with Adam Duvall 1982 14-12 26 3.22 .256 a starting rotation that included first-year pitchersRHP Josh Smith, LHP John Lamb Billy Hamilton 1981 12-13 25 4.44 .282 and RHP Keyvius Sampson plus second-year rookies RHP Anthony DeSclafani Tyler Holt 1980 9-13 22 4.12 .273 and LHP Brandon Finnegan...9 rookie pitchers made 110 starts for the Reds, both Yorman Rodriguez 1979 10-14 24 3.61 .255 single-season modern franchise records...after Mike Leake pitched on 7/28 at StL, Kyle Schebler 1978 14-11 25 4.32 .275 the Reds started in 64 straight games to finish the season rookie pitchersDeSclafani Kyle Waldrop 1977 11-15 26 4.77 .272 (12), Sampson (12), Lamb (10), Raisel Iglesias (9), Michael Lorenzen (7), David 1976 7-7 14 3.90 .274 ADDED * Holmberg (6), Finnegan (4) and Smith (4)...the 64-start streak by rookie pitchers 1975 18-11 29 3.85 .305 Caleb Cotham, RHP (13-33, 5.46) is the longest in Major League history. 1974 NA Rookie Davis, RHP 1973 17-9 26 3.14 .266 S. Johnson, LHP REDS STARTERS: The Reds finished 13th in the National League in ERA (4.58)... 1972 9-11-1 21 2.70 .240 Chris O’Grady, LHP Anthony DeSclafani became the first rookie pitcher to lead the Reds in wins (tied 1971 15-15 30 4.44 .283 Sal Romano, RHP with Mike Leake), starts, and strikeouts since Art Fowler in 1954... 1970 14-13-1 28 4.95 .269 R. Stephenson, RHP DeSclafani also led the staff with 17 quality starts...beginning 7/29, following the trade Blake Wood, RHP of and Leake’s final start, the Reds finished the season with64 consecutive starts by rookie pitchers (13-33, Jose Peraza, IF 5.46), a new modern Major League record for consecutive starts by rookie pitchers...overall, Reds rookie pitchers made 110 Jake Cave, OF starts, a modern franchise record. Scott Schebler, OF DELETED * REDS RELIEVERS: Ranked 13th in the National League in ERA (3.96)...beginning 7/29, after the trade of Johnny Cueto and Nate Adcock, RHP then Mike Leake’s final start, the bullpen finished the season 11-7, 3.59. Burke Badenhop, RH Collin Balester, RHP 2015 AWARDS SEASON: 1B Joey Votto finished third in the BBWAA’s National LeagueMost Valuable Player voting and was Aroldis Chapman, LH a finalist for thePlayers’ Choice Comeback Player of the Year award...2B Brandon Phillips, 3B Todd Frazier and CF Billy David Holmberg, LHP Hamilton were finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award...the local chapter of the BBWAA voted Votto the Reds’ MVP, Sam LeCure, RHP Aroldis Chapman the Most Outstanding Pitcher and Frazier the Good Guy Award recipient. Sean Marshall, LHP ^Ryan Mattheus, RHP TRANSACTIONS: 2/5, named Lou Piniella senior advisor to baseball operations; OF Juan Duran was suspended for 80 Manny Parra, LHP games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention Josh Smith, RHP and Treatment Program. ^Pedro Villarreal, RHP Brayan Pena, C Todd Frazier, 3B Kris Negron, IF/OF S. Schumaker, IF/OF Brennan Boesch, OF Jason Bourgeois, OF Ryan LaMarre, OF * Since end of 2015 season ^ 2016 non-roster invitees NON-ROSTER INVITEES (23) Tim Adleman, RHP Dayan Diaz, RHP Drew Hayes, RHP Matt Magill, RHP Ryan Matteus, RHP Tim Melville, RHP A.J. Morris, RHP JC Ramirez, RHP Cody Reed, LHP Jonathan Sanchez, LH Layne Somsen, RHP Nick Travieso, RHP Pedro Villarreal, RHP Zack Weiss, RHP Joe Hudson, C Jordan Pacheco, C Chad Wallach, C Brandon Allen, IF Alex Blandino, IF Callen Daal, IF Eric Jagielo, IF Phillip Ervin, OF Jesse Winker, OF