2025 Cincinnati Reds

2025 Cincinnati Reds / BR Team Page

Record: , Finished in NL Central Division (2025 NL)

Managed by Terry Francona

Coaches: Kyle Arnsberg, Freddie Benavides, Collin Cowgill, J.R. House, Derek Johnson, Simon Mathews, Brad Mills, Mike Napoli, Alex Pelaez, Will Remillard, Matt Tracy and Chris Valaika

Ballpark: Great American Ball Park

History, Comments, Contributions

The 2025 Cincinnati Reds came into the season with a lot of optimism, after flirting with .500 the previous two years while bringing a number of excellent young players who were destined to become the face of the team. Following the dismissal of long-time manager David Bell the previous season, they lured the great Terry Francona out of retirement to take the helm and many observers that he was the person to mold a collection of very talented players into a winning squad.

However, the climb to greatness hit a snag during the reds' first few games of the season, as they became the first team since the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies to lose three consecutive games by a 1-0 score. The first two such losses came at the hands of the Texas Rangers on April 1-2, with the Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi tossing a "Maddux" in the first game. They then visited the Milwaukee Brewers on April 3rd, and it was Nestor Cortes, who had been victimized by three home runs on his first three pitches of the game in his first start of the season, who manhandled them, with six innings of one-hit ball. The only consolation was that at least their starting pitchers were doing well, having given up 0 or 1 run in their last four games - even if wins were hard to come by.

Further Reading

• Mark Sheldon: "Reds' third straight 1-0 loss nearly unprecedented", mlb.com, April 3, 2025. [1]

2025 MLB season by team