Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona takes notes during a Cactus League game between the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz. / ...

reliever Bryan Shaw was pretty much out of gas. The 10-year veteran had thrown in a league-high 80 games during that season and had pitched in each of the Cleveland Guardians’ two most recent games.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Terry Francona’s first Opening Day roster as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds is coming down to the final ...

Benson, who played for Reds manager Terry Francona as a rookie in Cleveland ... “I’ve seen him have springs like this, and then he goes out and throws 81 games and faces the middle of the ...

Ashcraft, 27, pitched two innings and allowed just a single while striking out one ... He popped up and made the throw.” And, of course, Francona had already heard all about De La Cruz.

News broke Terry Francona was returning to be a big-league manager ... There was a flurry of messages and conversations that night and the next day. Francona never intended to reach out to Mills "out ...

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona looks out from the dugout during a spring training baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster ...

Reds manager Terry Francona doesn’t see the point of asking ... The ABS system for challenging calls is being tested out by MLB during spring training games, but it only will be used again ...