SPRING TRAINING NOTEBOOK 7th Season In Goodyear . 3125 S. Wood Blvd., Goodyear, AZ 85338 . @Reds, @RedsPR, ramsey.mlblogs.com Thursday, February 25, 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. Friday...... Team Meeting, 9:40am Bryan Price available, 8:15am CHARITY GOLF: The Reds and Indians’ sixth annual charity celebrity golf tournament is scheduled Reds/Indians charity golf outing, 1:00pm for tomorrow at the Golf Club of Estrella in Goodyear (1:00pm shotgun start)...proceeds again will Saturday...... Team Meeting, 8:00am benefit theH.O.P.E. Team, a non-profit organization that supports the patients and families atCancer Bryan Price available, TBD Treatment Centers of America in Goodyear...register by phone at (623) 207-3545 or by email at Sunday...... Team Meeting, 9:40am [email protected] players/coaches expected to attend include Chad Wallach, Tim Bryan Price available, 8:15am Melville, Pedro Villarreal, Chris O’Grady, Drew Hayes, Caleb Cotham, Nick Travieso, Stephen Monday...... Team Meeting, 9:00am Johnson, Zack Weiss, Alex Blandino, Cody Reed, Robert Stephenson, Matt Magill, Billy Hatcher, Bryan Price available, 8:15am Miguel Cairo, Corky Miller and Sean Marohn. Tuesday...... Team Meeting, 9:40am Bryan Price available, 8:15am DAILY INFORMATION: For comprehensive coverage of the team on and off the field, follow on Spring Opening Day, Reds at Indians, 1:05pm 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 REDS’ 2015 POST-SEASON HARDWARE can be found updated daily on the home page at www.redspressbox.com.

Joey Votto...... *Most Valuable Player DOT, DOT, DOT...: Single-game tickets, excluding Opening Day, go on sale at 9:00 a.m. ET Saturday Aroldis Chapman...... Most Outstanding Pitcher online at reds.com, by phone at (513) 381-7337 and 877-647-7337 or in person at Great American ...... Good Guy Award Ball Park ticket windows and select Kroger stores with Ticketmaster retail outlets...Lou Piniella, Robert Stephenson...... ^Reds’ No. 1 Prospect manager of the Reds’ championship team, will be the grand marshal of the * Finished third in the BBWAA’s National League MVP voting 1990 World Series 97th ^ Reds’ top prospect for the third straight year Findlay Market Opening Day Parade.

LONGEST-TENURED REDS ON THE AIR: FOX Sports Ohio will televise games on Tue, 3/1 at Cle (3:00 p.m. ET), Wed, 3/2 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 Brandon Phillips...... 2006-15...... 10 years can be heard on the Reds on Radio Network via 700 WLW or 1360 WSAI and online at reds.com. ...... 2007-15...... 9 years ...... 2007-15...... 9 years GET YOUR TICKETS: Tickets for all Reds regular season home games, excluding Opening Day, go on ...... 2008-15...... 8 years sale Sat, 2/27 online at reds.com, by phone at (513) 381-7337 or (877) 647-7337 and in person at Great American Ball Park ticket windows and select area Kroger stores with Ticketmaster retail outlets. 2015 STANDINGS, NL CENTRAL Team W L Pct. GB *** RED HOTS *** St. Louis 100 62 .617 - Pittsburgh 98 64 .605 2.0 DRY HEAT: Spring Training 2016 is the seventh for the Reds in their player development complex in Chicago 97 65 .599 3.0 Goodyear, Arizona...the facility on South Wood Boulevard includes a 44,000-square foot clubhouse, Milwaukee 68 94 .420 32.0 6 full practice fields, 2 half fields and an agility field...spring training games are played at nearby Cincinnati 64 98 .395 36.0 Goodyear Ballpark, a 10,300-seat facility the club shares with the Indians...there are 15 clubs training in the Phoenix Area and 15 training in Florida...in 2010 the Reds 2015 SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS, NL CENTRAL made the move here from Sarasota, Florida, where they trained for 12 springs from 1998-2009...the agreement with Goodyear includes a 20-year lease and two 5-year team options. NL Central W L Pct. GB St. Louis 13 11 .542 - SPRING ROSTER: The Major League spring training roster includes 62 players overall, 34 pitchers, Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 .006 7 catchers, 10 infielders, 11 outfielders and 23 non-roster invitees...most recently, the Reds invited Cincinnati 15 14 .517 0.5 to Major League camp 64 (2015), 60 (2014), 58 (2013), 58 (2012), 54 (2011), 59 (2010), 63 (2009), Chicago 15 17 .469 2.0 65 (2008), 58 (2007), 63 (2006), 55 (2005), 56 (2004), 64 (2003), 70 (2002), 58 (2001), 72 (2000), 54 Milwaukee 13 16 .448 2.5 (1999), 51 (1998), 55 (1997) and 59 (1996) players. 2015 OPENING DAY ROSTER OUT OF OPTIONS: Players on the 40-man roster out of options include RHP Homer Bailey, IF/OF Returning New in ‘15 Gone from ‘14 Ivan De Jesus Jr., 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Yorman Rodriguez and RHP Blake Wood. Cingrani, P Badenhop, P Bailey, P Cueto, P Chapman, P Bell, P SURGERIES: RHP Homer Bailey on 5/8 had “Tommy John” surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral Hoover, P DeSclafani, P Christiani, P ligament in his right elbow, an injury not related to the torn flexor tendon he sustained in 2014...SS Zack Leake, P Diaz, P LeCure, P Cozart on 6/15 had surgery to repair the torn lateral collateral ligament, torn biceps tendon and torn Parra, P Gregg, P Ondrusek, P anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee...CF Billy Hamilton on 9/29 had surgery to repair the torn Pena, C Iglesias, P Partch, P posterior labrum in his right shoulder...LHP John Lamb on 12/7 had surgery to repair a disc injury in Cozart, SS Marquis, P Simon, P his lower back... on had “Tommy John” surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral Frazier, 3B Mesoraco, C Barnhart, C RHP Matt Magill 5/8 Phillips, 2B Dominguez, IF Santiago, IF ligament in his right elbow...C on 6/29 had surgery to repair the torn labrum and Votto, 1B Negron, IF/OF Soto, IF to remove a bone spur in his left hip...RHP Jon Moscot on 6/19 had surgery to repair the fractured Bruce, RF Boesch, OF Bernadina, OF scapula in his left shoulder...C Kyle Skipworth on 12/7 had surgery on his left ankle. Hamilton, CF Byrd, OF Heisey, OF Schumaker, OF Ludwick, OF 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 coach...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 strikeouts...the 2012 and 2013 staffs are the first in Major League history to produce in consecutive seasons at least 6 pitchers with 100 strikeouts.

...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... 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.

ADDITIONAL STAFF: Assisting the Major League coaching staff during spring training workouts are instructors Darren Bragg, Miguel Cairo, Danny Darwin, Eric Davis, Jody Davis, Delino Deshields, Bill Doran, Tony Fossas, Jeff Fassero, Ryan Jackson, Pat Kelly, , Eli Marrero, Ray Martinez, Corky Miller, Jose Nieves, Ted Power, Dick Schofield and Mario Soto.

GOODYEAR TIX: Tickets for Reds spring training games in Arizona at Goodyear Ballpark are on sale now...single-game ticket prices range from $8 berm seats to $29 for premium and club seating...full-season plans include all home games for the Reds, Indians or both...3-game mini-plans are also available... in addition to saving between $45 and $155 per seat, season ticket holder benefits include exclusive pre-sale opportunities, discount coupons and a season ticket holder appreciation party...full-season plan holders also receive a complimentary season parking pass...fans can purchase tickets by phone at (800) 745-3000...for more information about tickets, Goodyear Ballpark or the Reds’ spring training facility, call (623) 882-3130 or log on to www.reds.com/spring.

WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1990 CREDENTIALS: Spring training daily credentials for the Reds’ complex and home 40-MAN ROSTER (39) games at Goodyear Ballpark can be made via Major League Baseball’s secured REDS’ SPRING TRAINING RECORDS Pitchers (20) credential web site...please contact us for step-by-step instructions...when registering on Year Record G ERA BA Homer Bailey, R MLB’s site, please use an email address associated with your media organization and 2015 15-14-3 32 3.61 .268 Tony Cingrani, L not a personal email address...please request credentials at least 24 hours in advance. 2014 14-17-0 31 4.82 .269 Carlos Contreras, R 2013 13-20-2 35 5.50 .271 Caleb Cotham, R BETTER OFF RED: For insights into spring training, log on to Jamie Ramsey’s top- 2012 15-17-1 33 5.19 .274 Rookie Davis, R rated Better Off Red blog at www.ramsey.mlblogs.com. 2011 17-14-1 32 5.67 .297 Anthony DeSclafani, R 2010 12-16-3 31 4.94 .259 Jumbo Diaz, R *** 2015 IN REVIEW *** Goodyear 86-98-10 194 4.96 .273 , L 2009 13-20 33 4.30 .241 , L LINEUPS: Only 17 times over the last 2 seasons was Reds manager Bryan Price able 2008 17-15-1 33 5.49 .283 J.J. Hoover, R to start his “projected” lineup (12 in 2014, 5 in 2015)...in each of the first 5 games of 2007 18-12 31 3.96 .279 Raisel Iglesias, R the 2015 season Price started his “projected” lineup of C Devin Mesoraco, 1B Joey 2006 22-11 33 4.61 .279 Stephen Johnson, R Votto, 2B Brandon Phillips, 3B Todd Frazier, SS Zack Cozart, LF Marlon Byrd, 2005 17-15 32 5.01 .264 John Lamb, L CF Billy Hamilton and RF Jay Bruce...for the first time since 1989, the Reds used 2004 18-16-1 35 4.16 .258 , R the same 8 starting position players for the first 5 games of a season...that starting 2003 13-18-2 33 4.57 .262 Jon Moscot, R lineup streak was snapped in Game 6 on 4/12 vs StL, when Bryan Pena caught and 2002 9-22-1 32 4.74 .239 Chris O’Grady, L Brennan Boesch played LF...because of injury and the trade of Byrd, that same original 2001 14-14-1 29 4.48 .267 Sal Romano, R group of 8 didn’t play together again after 4/11 vs StL. 2000 16-17 33 4.94 .285 Keyvius Sampson, R 1999 15-16 31 4.52 .288 Robert Stephenson, R 2015 SUMMARY: The Redlegs finished last year 64-98 and in fifth place in the NL 1998 13-18 31 3.88 .250 Blake Wood, R Central, 36.0g behind the division champion Cardinals...Cin finished the season with Sarasota 185-194-7 386 4.56 .267 Catchers (4) a starting rotation that included first-year pitchersRHP Josh Smith, LHP John Lamb 1997 17-15 32 4.39 .301 and RHP Keyvius Sampson plus second-year rookies RHP Anthony DeSclafani 1996 11-18 30 4.83 .242 Ramon Cabrera and LHP Brandon Finnegan...9 rookie pitchers made 110 starts for the Reds, both 1995 7-5 12 5.55 .305 Devin Mesoraco single-season modern franchise records...after pitched on 7/28 at StL, 1994 12-19-1 31 5.26 .283 Kyle Skipworth the Reds started in 64 straight games to finish the season rookie pitchersDeSclafani 1993 18-9-2 29 4.28 .290 Infielders (6) (12), Sampson (12), Lamb (10), Raisel Iglesias (9), Michael Lorenzen (7), David 1992 22-9-1 32 3.12 .283 Zack Cozart Holmberg (6), Finnegan (4) and Smith (4)...the 64-start streak by rookie pitchers 1991 13-17-1 31 4.83 .271 Ivan De Jesus Jr. (13-33, 5.46) is the longest in Major League history. 1990 9-7 16 4.63 .281 Jose Peraza 1989 16-14-2 32 3.49 .275 Brandon Phillips REDS STARTERS: The Reds finished 13th in the National League in ERA (4.58)... 1988 16-12-2 30 3.65 .262 Eugenio Suarez Anthony DeSclafani became the first rookie pitcher to lead the Reds in wins (tied 1987 16-19-1 26 4.59 .289 Joey Votto with Mike Leake), starts, innings pitched and strikeouts since Art Fowler in 1954... 1986 16-13 29 4.97 .295 Outfielders (9) DeSclafani also led the staff with 17 quality starts...beginning 7/29, following the 1985 14-12 26 4.15 .267 Jay Bruce trade of Johnny Cueto and Leake’s final start, the Reds finished the season with 64 1984 11-14 25 3.62 .241 Jake Cave consecutive starts by rookie pitchers (13-33, 5.46), a new modern Major League 1983 9-14-1 24 3.98 .261 Juan Duran record for consecutive starts by rookie pitchers...overall, Reds rookie pitchers made Adam Duvall 1982 14-12 26 3.22 .256 110 starts, a modern franchise record. Billy Hamilton 1981 12-13 25 4.44 .282 Tyler Holt 1980 9-13 22 4.12 .273 REDS RELIEVERS: Ranked 13th in the National League in ERA (3.96)...beginning Yorman Rodriguez 1979 10-14 24 3.61 .255 7/29, after the trade of Johnny Cueto and then Mike Leake’s final start, the bullpen Kyle Schebler 1978 14-11 25 4.32 .275 finished the season 11-7, 3.59. Kyle Waldrop 1977 11-15 26 4.77 .272 1976 7-7 14 3.90 .274 ADDED * 2015 AWARDS SEASON: 1B Joey Votto finished third in the BBWAA’s National League 1975 18-11 29 3.85 .305 Caleb Cotham, RHP Most Valuable Player voting and was a finalist for the Players’ Choice Comeback 1974 NA Rookie Davis, RHP Player of the Year award...2B Brandon Phillips, 3B Todd Frazier and CF Billy 1973 17-9 26 3.14 .266 S. Johnson, LHP Hamilton were finalists for theRawlings Gold Glove Award...the local chapter of the 1972 9-11-1 21 2.70 .240 Chris O’Grady, LHP BBWAA voted Votto the Reds’ MVP, Aroldis Chapman the Most Outstanding Pitcher 1971 15-15 30 4.44 .283 Sal Romano, RHP and Frazier the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award recipient. 1970 14-13-1 28 4.95 .269 R. Stephenson, RHP Blake Wood, RHP TRANSACTIONS: 2/5, named Lou Piniella senior advisor to baseball operations; OF Juan Duran was suspended for 80 Jose Peraza, IF games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention Jake Cave, OF and Treatment Program. Scott Schebler, OF DELETED * Nate Adcock, RHP Burke Badenhop, RH Collin Balester, RHP Aroldis Chapman, LH David Holmberg, LHP Sam LeCure, RHP Sean Marshall, LHP ^Ryan Mattheus, RHP Manny Parra, LHP Josh Smith, RHP ^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 , OF , OF