NOTEBOOK 7th Season In Goodyear . 3125 S. Wood Blvd., Goodyear, AZ 85338 . @Reds, @RedsPR, ramsey.mlblogs.com Tuesday, February 16, 2016 TODAY’S NEWS & NOTES: Forty-four of 62 players already have checked in at the Goodyear POCKET SCHEDULE complex... and catchers are scheduled to report Thursday morning, followed by physical Thursday...... Pitchers & catchers physicals examinations and their first workout...Bryan Price will be available in his office at9:00 a.m Thursday... Bryan Price available, 9:00am SS Zack Cozart and CF Billy Hamilton, coming off surgeries, received permission from MLB to report Workout, following physicals early..., manager of the Reds’ championship team, will be the grand Friday...... Team meeting, 9:00am marshal of the 97th Findlay Market Opening Day Parade. Bryan Price available, 8:15am Saturday...... Team meeting, 9:00am DAILY INFORMATION: For comprehensive coverage of the team on and off the field, follow on Bryan Price available, 8:15am Twitter @Reds...for press conference alerts, daily schedule information and media availability times Sunday...... Team meeting, 9:00am for manager Bryan Price and players, follow @RedsPR...the Spring Training Notebook and rosters Bryan Price available, TBD can be found updated daily on the home page at www.redspressbox.com. Monday...... Team meeting, 9:00am Bryan Price available, 8:15am MEDIA DAY: Cactus League Spring Training Media Day will be held Monday at the Biltmore Jocketty & Price at Media Day, Biltmore, 4:00pm in Scottsdale from 2:15 to 5:00 p.m....Commissioner Rob Manfred will be available at 2:15...Reds Tue, 2/23...... Position players physicals President of Operations Walt Jocketty and field managerBryan Price will be available from Bryan Price available, TBD 4:00 to 5:00...to confirm attendance, media should [email protected] no later than Tue, 2/16. Workout, following physicals Wed, 2/24...... Photo Day, 7:00am CHARITY GOLF: The Reds and Indians’ sixth annual charity celebrity golf tournament is scheduled Team meeting, 9:00am for Fri, 2/26 at the Golf Club of Estrella in Goodyear (1:00pm shotgun start)...proceeds again will Bryan Price available, 8:15am benefit theH.O.P.E. Team, a non-profit organization that supports the patients and families atCancer Thu, 2/25...... Team meeting, 7:45am Treatment Centers of America in Goodyear...register by phone at (623) 207-3545 or by email at Bryan Price available, TBD [email protected]. Fri, 2/26...... Team meeting, 9:00am Bryan Price available, 8:15am GET YOUR TICKETS: Tickets for all Reds regular season home games, excluding Opening Day, go on Reds/Indians charity golf outing, 1:00pm sale Sat, 2/27 online at reds.com, by phone at (513) 381-7337 or (877) 647-7337 and in person at Great Sat, 2/27...... Team meeting, 8:00am American Ball Park ticket windows and select area Kroger stores with Ticketmaster retail outlets. Bryan Price available, TBD Sun, 2/28...... Team meeting, 9:00am *** RED HOTS *** Bryan Price available, 8:15am Mon, 2/29...... Team meeting, 9:00am DRY HEAT: Spring Training 2016 is the seventh for the Reds in their player development complex in Bryan Price available, 8:15am Goodyear, Arizona...the facility on South Wood Boulevard includes a 44,000-square foot clubhouse, Tue, 3/1...... Team meeting, 9:00am 6 full practice fields, 2 half fields and an agility field...spring training games are played at nearby Bryan Price available, 8:15am Goodyear Ballpark, a 10,300-seat facility the club shares with the Indians...there are 15 Major Spring Opening Day, Reds at Indians, 1:05pm League Baseball clubs training in the Phoenix Area and 15 training in Florida...in 2010 the Reds made the move here from Sarasota, Florida, where they trained for 12 springs from 1998-2009...the REDS’ 2015 POST-SEASON HARDWARE agreement with Goodyear includes a 20-year lease and two 5-year team options.

Joey Votto...... *Most Valuable Player OUT OF OPTIONS: Players on the 40-man roster out of options include RHP , IF/OF Aroldis Chapman...... Most Outstanding Ivan De Jesus Jr., 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Yorman Rodriguez and RHP Blake Wood. Todd Frazier...... Good Guy Award Robert Stephenson...... ^Reds’ No. 1 Prospect : is in his third season as a Major League manager...the Reds went * Finished third in the BBWAA’s MVP voting THE SKIPPER... Bryan Price 76- ^ Reds’ top prospect for the third straight year 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 LONGEST-TENURED REDS 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 Brandon Phillips...... 2006-15...... 10 years the 2012 and 2013 seasons Reds pitchers established club records for ...the 2012 and Homer Bailey...... 2007-15...... 9 years 2013 staffs are the first in Major League history to produce in consecutive seasons at least 6 pitchers Joey Votto...... 2007-15...... 9 years with 100 strikeouts...before joining the Reds spent the previous 10 seasons as pitching coach for the Jay Bruce...... 2008-15...... 8 years Mariners (2000-2005) and Diamondbacks (2006-2009). 2015 NL CENTRAL STANDINGS ...AND HIS CREW: Assistant pitching coach/bullpen coach Mack Jenkins, hitting coach Don Long, Team W L Pct. GB catching coordinator Mike Stefanski and bullpen catcher Dustin Hughes return in those positions St. Louis 100 62 .617 - to third-year manager Bryan Price’s Major League coaching staff...Freddie Benavides moves from Pittsburgh 98 64 .605 2.0 coach to first base coach, Billy Hatcher moves from first base coach to third base coach, and Jim Chicago 97 65 .599 3.0 Riggleman moves from third base coach to bench coach...new to the Cincinnati staff are pitching Milwaukee 68 94 .420 32.0 coach Mark Riggins and assistant hitting coach Tony Jaramillo...Riggins spent the last 4 seasons Cincinnati 64 98 .395 36.0 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. 2015 SPRING TRAINING RECORDS, NL CENTRAL ADDITIONAL STAFF: Assisting the Major League coaching staff during spring training workouts are NL Central W L Pct. GB instructors Darren Bragg, Miguel Cairo, Danny Darwin, Eric Davis, Jody Davis, Delino Deshields, St. Louis 13 11 .542 - Bill Doran, Tony Fossas, Jeff Fassero, Ryan Jackson, Pat Kelly, Barry Larkin, Eli Marrero, Ray Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 .006 Martinez, Corky Miller, Jose Nieves, Ted Power, Dick Schofield and . Cincinnati 15 14 .517 0.5 Chicago 15 17 .469 2.0 GOODYEAR TIX: Tickets for Reds spring training games in Arizona at Goodyear Ballpark are on Milwaukee 13 16 .448 2.5 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 2015 OPENING DAY ROSTER available...in addition to saving between $45 and $155 per seat, season ticket holder benefits include Returning New in ‘15 Gone from ‘14 exclusive pre-sale opportunities, discount coupons and a season ticket holder appreciation party...full- Cingrani, P Badenhop, P Bailey, P season plan holders also receive a complimentary season parking pass...fans can purchase tickets by Cueto, P Chapman, P Bell, P phone at (800) 745-3000...for more information about tickets, Goodyear Ballpark or the Reds’ spring Hoover, P DeSclafani, P Christiani, P training facility, call (623) 882-3130 or log on to www.reds.com/spring. Leake, P Diaz, P LeCure, P Parra, P Gregg, P Ondrusek, P CREDENTIALS: Spring training daily credentials for the Reds’ complex and home games at Pena, C Iglesias, P Partch, P Goodyear Ballpark can be made via ’s secured credential web site...please Cozart, SS Marquis, P Simon, P contact us for step-by-step instructions...when registering on MLB’s site, please use an email address Frazier, 3B Mesoraco, C Barnhart, C Phillips, 2B Dominguez, IF Santiago, IF associated with your media organization and not a personal email address...please request credentials Votto, 1B Negron, IF/OF Soto, IF at least 24 hours in advance. Bruce, RF Boesch, OF Bernadina, OF Hamilton, CF Byrd, OF Heisey, OF BETTER OFF RED: For insights into spring training, log on to Jamie Ramsey’s top-rated Better Off Schumaker, OF Ludwick, OF Red blog at www.ramsey.mlblogs.com.

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