Locked On Reds - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds won both games in Cleveland against the Guardians after having lost the first two of the series at Great American Ballpark in April. Jeff is joined by Jeff Ellis to talk about Fran Robinson Memorial Ohio Cup MVP Tyler Naquin and how the Guardians lineup was shut down by the Reds pitching staff (and dead baseballs?). Why the Guardians bullpen was a surprising disappointment and why Conner Overton continues to surprise Reds fans, and non-Reds fans, alike. The Guardians have a lot of young talent to surround Jose Ramirez and could be an interesting contender or pretender story in this year's AL playoff picture. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Reds are just developing and trying to build a team to contend for the NL playoffs in a few years. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds have a cache of prospects ready to build the next Big Red Machine. Jeff is joined by Dayton Dragons play-by-play man, Tom Nichols, to give an update on how top players are developing. Elly De La Cruz is showing that he is a generational talent with tremendous potential. Andrew Abbott has inserted himself in the Reds Top-10 prospects discussion. Joe Boyle has a nasty fastball and two other pitches that could play well for the future Reds pitching staff. Matt McClain is showing signs that he could be ready for a Reds Gallup this season. Michael Siani is showing exactly what the Reds hoped they'd see from a future centerfielder. Also, why winning in the minor leagues plays an important role in developing successful Reds. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds got their first extra-innings win over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. Jeff breaks down the performance of Alexis Diaz and why he deserves more high-leverage looks. Tyler Naquin loves hitting against the Guardians, TJ Friedl is most valuable for the Reds when he's on base, and Mike Moustakas is bouncing back nicely. Also, just how good has Conner Overton been and can he sustain this? Will Tyler Mahle follow up some good performances with a great performance tonight? And should Nick Lodolo be shut down for the rest of the year? *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds have looked like a professional baseball team in the month of May. Jeff breaks down why it starts with Tyler Stephenson and trickles down to Brandon Drury and Colin Moran. Reds pitching needs to be careful with Jose Ramirez, but also needs to watch out for Andres Gimenez and Owen Miller. Jeff looks at how they can strategize pitching against those two Guardians. Speaking of Drury, Jeff believes he will be the hero for the Reds in these two games. Also, why a big performance from the lineup is needed after Sunday's historic loss. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds lost despite Hunter Greene and Art Warren combining to no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jeff and Steve talk about the ridiculousness of the game for the Reds, despite a masterful performance from Greene. Will this be a loss that haunts the Reds for awhile? Also, what can Greene take away from this performance that will help shape his promising career as Reds ace? The biggest problem with the game was the lethargic Reds lineup, but could David Bell have put together a better one with the players currently on the roster? What does this all mean for the Reds as they move forward with a season that already seems doomed? *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds roster was gutted this offseason which has fans wondering "is there anyone left to root for on the Reds?" Jeff gives you three names of players who deserve a spot in your Cincinnati Reds fan heart. He talks about Tyler Stephenson and why we are seeing greatness from Stephenson in the batter's box and behind the plate. Stephenson should be your next Reds jersey purchase. Tommy Pham also deserves your fan heart. Pham is a gritty, hard-working player who has earned everything in his career. Did Pham say something selfish about why he chose the Reds? Or was Pham just being honest about why he chose the Reds? Also, the Reds bullpen will be led, very soon, by Alexis Diaz. Diaz has a nasty fastball that Reds fans will enjoy because opposing hitters hate it. Diaz also has elite stuff and the family pedigree to be a closer, one day, for the Reds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds are not as bad as we feared and it starts with the lineup and Tyler Stephenson. Jeff and Steve discuss his impact on the team, and why they are scoring more runs. They also look at the success the Reds outfield has enjoyed as Tommy Pham, Tyler Naquin, and TJ Friedl have been playing well, as of late. The pitching needs to improve, but it's not that far off. The pitching will get better starting with the Reds demoting Vladimir Gutierrez and then sending Dauri Moreta to Triple-A. The Reds should also lean more on two surprise bullpen arms, Alexis Diaz and Jeff Hoffman. The Reds are in Pittsburgh for four games against the Pirates with a golden opportunity to win their third straight series. Conner Overton is on the mound tonight and there are some injury updates with Joey Votto and Nick Senzel. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Bell's contract with the Cincinnati Reds is up after 2023 which brings up the question, will he be the Reds skipper when the Reds are good again? Jeff and Steve have pointed toward 2024 as the year the Reds will be good again, but David Bell isn't currently under contract during that season. Barry Larkin could be in the manager's seat and David Bell may be in the front office for the Reds in 2024. Also, Mike Minor made a rehab start Tuesday night which means we are close to having the Reds starting rotation back to full strength. What that means for Vladimir Gutierrez's near future and what effect that might have on the trade rumors about Luis Castillo and Tyler Mahle. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday to make it back-to-back wins, and three out of four. Jeff believes the Reds show signs of a team that will win at least 74 games. The Reds lineup is scoring in bunches and showing that they are starting to come around. Luis Castillo is back and healthy which begins to align the starting rotation in a way Reds fans expected it to look. With the return of Nick Lodolo and Mike Minor on the horizon, the Reds could finally employ a six-man rotation. Vladimir Gutierrez could be the Cincinnati Reds version of Brent Suter. And Hunter Greene has a blueprint for success tonight that he needs to follow. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds won two-out-of-three games over the Pittsburgh Pirates and have us wondering, is this the real Reds? Jeff and Steve discuss the Reds' performances from the weekend. They look at an encouraging start for Tyler Mahle, the baseball gods smiling on Reds fans for a moment, and a reason for optimism when the Reds are back to full strength. They also discuss why Jeff feels the Reds should forget about the Opener, at least for the rest of this year, and they give a Power Rankings update of the bullpen with Art Warren in the top spot. Also, is Nick Krall to blame for the Reds early season failures? Probably not, but he's still on the chopping block. And Luis Castillo returns tonight! *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates meet for the first four games of what is sure to be a knock-down, drag-out series to see which team is the worst in the NL Central. Jeff and Steve are joined by Ethan Smith, from Locked On Pirates, to preview this comical series that is about to take place. They give their predictions as to why the Pirates will win this series (although, Jeff thinks the Reds and Pirates will split), they look at the pitching matchups of the Reds and Pirates and why Nick Lodolo is the starter who is sure to get the Reds a win, and they break down why a couple of top prospects in O'Neill Cruz and Graham Ashcraft have yet to debut. The future for the Res and Pirates is bright, but this weekend will be more comical that confrontational. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Blue Nile This Mother’s Day give mom something she’ll treasure forever with fine jewelry from Bluenile.com, and LOCKEDON SPORTS listeners get $50 off $500. Use code LOCKEDON at checkout. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds got clobbered by the Milwaukee Brewers as Vladimir Gutierrez and every other pitcher turned in horrible performances. Jeff and Steve look at what went wrong, including terrible bullpen performances from Buck Farmer and Lucas Sims. They also look at the historic nature of the Reds futility and offer to be a Sham-Wow for Reds fans. They then look at the few positives that exist from last night's game including two-way star-in-the-making Matt Reynolds, Mike Moustakas with another multi-hit game, and a great first inning for Reds hitters. Also, shoutout to the Dayton Dragons who are awesome. Then they give you what to expect from Hunter Greene in the Milwaukee finale. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Blue Nile This Mother’s Day give mom something she’ll treasure forever with fine jewelry from Bluenile.com, and LOCKEDON SPORTS listeners get $50 off $500. Use code LOCKEDON at checkout. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler Mahle struggled through yesterday's start against the Milwaukee Brewers and brings up the question: will he ever live up to his potential that Cincinnati Reds fans saw in him as a prospect? Jeff and Steve discuss why they don't believe he will, but why that's not entirely a bad thing. They also wonder if this will be the last time Vladimir Gutierrez makes a start for the Cincinnati Reds, for awhile. They then predict the legacy of the 2022 Cincinnati Reds and why it will be that of a team fighting to stay under 100 losses. Dubious records are in view, for this version of the Reds. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Blue Nile This Mother’s Day give mom something she’ll treasure forever with fine jewelry from Bluenile.com, and LOCKEDON SPORTS listeners get $50 off $500. Use code LOCKEDON at checkout. Athletic Greens To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/MLBNETWORK  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds completed the single worst start to a season in franchise history, as April came to a close. Jeff and Steve tell you why no aspect of this team deserves a passing grade. The Reds pitching has been putrid, the hitting has been horrible, the fielding has been futile, and the base-running just flat out bad. Things are so bad that Jeff Hoffman leads the Reds in WAR, per Baseball-Reference.The Reds struggles at the plate are very concerning given they have the fourth-oldest average age of starting position players. All in all, it adds up to drastic change needing to happen in the form of Nick Krall being relieved of his duties and Joey Votto being traded to a contender. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Fantrax Win tickets for you and your entire fantasy baseball league to any MLB game of your choice. Go to Fantrax.com/Lockedon today to create your fantasy league and be entered to win! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds allowed 24 runs and scored just eight against the Colorado Rockies en route to three-straight losses. Jeff and Steve are joined by Paul Holden, from Locked On Rockies, to break down the breakdown by the Reds and look at the awesomeness of the Rockies. They talk about why Joey Votto should be traded, why the Kyle Freehand extension is looking good for Colorado, and why the acquisition of Kris Bryant in the offseason signals very good things for Rockies fans. They also talk about the underestimation of every team in the league, when it comes to CJ Cron, and why the Rockies are reaping the benefits of that underestimation. They then look at the Reds and one thing that could fix the worst team in baseball, right now. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter Call or text (513) 549-0159 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Fantrax Win tickets for you and your entire fantasy baseball league to any MLB game of your choice. Go to Fantrax.com/Lockedon today to create your fantasy league and be entered to win! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices