2019 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2019 Cincinnati Reds season was the 150th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 17th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds were eliminated from playoff contention on September 16 after a loss to the Chicago Cubs.[1]

2019 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Castellini
Manager(s)David Bell
Local televisionFox Sports Ohio
(Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
Local radioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
(Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, Tommy Thrall (fill - in), Doug Flynn (fill-in), Sam LeCure (fill-in), Danny Graves (fill-in),
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Coaching Staff

  • October 21, 2018: Cincinnati native and former third baseman David Bell hired as the 63rd manager in franchise history.[2] The contract spans three years with a club option for a fourth.[2]
  • November 2, 2018: Derek Johnson named pitching coach. Johnson was previously the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2016 to 2018.[3]
  • November 6, 2018: Turner Ward named hitting coach. Ward was previously the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2016 to 2018.[4]

Trades

Signings

  • January 10, 2019: Signed backup catcher Curt Casali to a one-year, $950,000 contact, avoiding arbitration.[9]
  • January 11, 2019: Signed six players to one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration, starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, $2.125 million; second baseman Scooter Gennett, $9.775 million; right-handed pitcher Michael Lorenzen, $1.95 million; shortstop José Peraza, $2.775 million; outfielder Yasiel Puig, $9.7 million; starting pitcher Tanner Roark, $10 million.[10]
  • February 11, 2019: Signed free-agent reliever Zach Duke to a one-year, $2 million contract. This will be Duke's second stint with the Reds after pitching with the team during the 2013 season.[11]
  • February 13, 2019: Pitcher Alex Wood won his arbitration case over the club and will earn $9.65 million on a one-year contract in 2019.[12]

Standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9171 0.562 50–31 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8973 0.549 2 49–32 40–41
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 7 51–30 33–48
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 16 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 22 35–46 34–47

National League Wildcard

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 10656 0.654
Atlanta Braves 9765 0.599
St. Louis Cardinals 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Washington Nationals 9369 0.574 +4
Milwaukee Brewers 8973 0.549
New York Mets 8676 0.531 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 8577 0.525 4
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 5
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 8
San Francisco Giants 7785 0.475 12
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 14
Colorado Rockies 7191 0.438 18
San Diego Padres 7092 0.432 19
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 20
Miami Marlins 57105 0.352 32

Record vs. opponents

2019 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona 4–32–43–39–108–113–42–52–54–26–111-810–93–34–314–6
Atlanta 3–45–23–43–32–415–43–311-89–105–25–25–24–211–813–7
Chicago 4–22–58–113–33–46–19–105–22–511–84–34–29–102–412–8
Cincinnati 3–34–311–83–31–56–18–113–43–47–125–24–37–121–59–11
Colorado 10–93–33–33–34–155–25–22–43–42–511–87–122–53–48–12
Los Angeles 11–84–24–35–115–45–14–35–25–26–013–612–73–44–310–10
Miami 4–34–151–61–62–51–52–56–1310–93–34–23–33–44–159–11
Milwaukee 5–23–310–911–82–53–45–25–14–315–43–42–49–104–28–12
New York 5–28–112–54–34–22–513–61–57–125–13–33–42–512–715–5
Philadelphia 2–410–95–24–34–32–59–103–412–74–23–33–44–25–1411–9
Pittsburgh 1–62–58–1112–75–20–63–34–151–52–46–15–25–143–412–8
San Diego 8–112–53–42–58–116–132–44–33–33–31–69–104–24–311–9
San Francisco 9–102–52–43–412–77–123–34–24–34–32–510–93–41–511–9
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–34–310–95–22–414–52–44–35–29–11
Washington 3–48–114–25–14–33–415–42–47–1214–54–33–45–12–514–6

Regular Season Summary

Opening Day starting lineup

PositionName
LFJesse Winker
1BJoey Votto
RFYasiel Puig
3BEugenio Suárez
CFScott Schebler
SSJosé Peraza
CTucker Barnhart
2BJosé Iglesias
PLuis Castillo

March

  • March 28: The Reds rallied from 2–1 deficit to defeat the Pirates on Opening Day in front of a crowd of 44,049, the largest for a regular-season game in Great American Ballpark history.[13]

April

  • April 13: The Reds played for the first time in 16 years (excluding Canada) outside the United States as they played in Monterrey, Mexico against the Cardinals. The Reds won 5–2.
  • April 17: In the 8th inning, Joey Votto popped up to Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger in foul territory, Votto's first career pop out to first in 6,827 career plate appearances.[14]
  • April 18: Joey Votto hits his first career leadoff home run and number 271 as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, moving him into fourth place on the Reds franchise all-time home run list.[15]

May

  • May 2: Luis Castillo was named N.L. Pitcher of the Month for the month of April. In 43.1 innings, Castillo had an ERA of 1.43 and struck out 42 batters while going 3–1.[16]
  • May 3: Derek Dietrich became the first major league second baseman to hit a pair of three-run homers in the first three innings of a game since Reds Hall of Famer Joe Morgan on Aug. 19, 1974, according to STATS.[17]
  • May 5: Eugenio Suárez, Jesse Winker and Derek Dietrich hit back-to-back-to-back home runs off Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija on three-consecutive pitches in the first inning. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time a team homered on three consecutive pitches was the Dodgers on June 12, 2007, against the Mets.[18]
  • May 28: Derek Dietrich hit three home runs and had 6 RBIs in a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The three home runs gave Dietrich 7 home runs versus the Pirates this season and also marked his last six hits all being home runs.[19]

June

  • June 21: Derek Dietrich became the first player in the modern era (since 1900) to be hit three times by a pitch in one game according to the Elias Sports Bureau.[20]
  • June 30: Luis Castillo was named to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star team, the first Reds starting pitcher since 2014 to make the All-Star team. This is Castillo's first All-Star selection.[21]

July

August

  • August 10: Rookie Aristides Aquino hit three home runs against the Washington Nationals to match Trevor Story's record for most home run's in a players first 10 games with seven.[28]
  • August 12: Aristides Aquino hit his 8th home run becoming the first player to ever hit eight home runs in his first 12 career games.[29]
  • August 17: Aristides Aquino hit is 11th home run becoming the first player since 1900 to have 11 home runs in his first 17 games, according to the Elias Sport Bureau.[30]
  • August 18: Kevin Gausman threw an immaculate inning, striking out all three batters on nine pitches, the 6th such feat in Reds history. This was the second time Gausman had thrown an immaculate inning, with the first coming on April 23, 2018.[31]
  • August 28: Aristides Aquino hit his 13th home run of his career becoming the first player in the modern era to hit 13 home runs in his first 100 career plate appearances.[32]
  • August 29: Aristides Aquino hit his 14th home run in August, breaking the National League rookie record for home runs in a month set by Cody Bellinger in June 2017.[33]

September

  • September 2: Aristides Aquino hit his 15th career home run, becoming the fastest player to hit that mark in MLB history. Aqunio needed just 122 plate appearances, 13 fewer than the record set by Rhys Hoskins in 2017.[34]
  • September 3: Aristides Aquino is named the National League Player of the Month & National League Rookie of the Month for the month of August. In August, Aqunio hit .320/.391/.767 with 14 home runs, and 33 runs scored. The 14 homers tied Hall of Famer Frank Robinson (August 1962) and Greg Vaughn (September 1999) for Cincinnati's franchise record by any player -- rookie or veteran -- in a calendar month. Aquino's 14 round-trippers also set an NL record for rookies in any calendar month.[35][36]
  • September 4: Michael Lorenzen became the second player in baseball history to hit a homer, earn the win as the pitcher and play in the field in the same game when the Reds defeated the Phillies, 8–5. The other player to achieve the feat was Babe Ruth on June 13, 1921.[37]
  • September 4: The four home runs hit in the Reds 8–5 victory over the Phillies were by players who weren't in the starting lineup: Logan Morrison and Jay Bruce for the Phillies and Michael Lorenzen and José Iglesias for the Reds. It was the first time since 1900 in which four players who weren't in the starting lineup for either team entered the game and hit a home run, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.[38]
  • September 18: Eugenio Suárez hit his 48th home run of the season, the most ever by a Venezuelan player, breaking the previous mark of 47 set by Andrés Galarraga in 1996.[39]
  • September 25: Eugenio Suárez hit his 49th home run of the season, which moved him ahead of Mike Schmidt and Adrián Beltré for the modern NL record by a third baseman.[40]
  • September 26: Marty Brennaman broadcasts his final game as the voice of the Reds on radio network 700 WLW. Brennaman has been the voice of the Reds for the past 46 seasons and is just one of eight major league broadcasters to cover one team for 46 seasons.[41][42]
  • September 30: Eugenio Suárez is named the National League Player of the Month for the month of September. Suárez recorded a .337/.455/.747 slash line with 10 homers and 18 RBIs over 25 games in September. He is the second straight Reds player to win Player of the Month honors after Aristides Aquino was Player of the Month in August.[43]

Game log

Roster

2019 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 91 Yusuf Carter (coach)
  • 92 Lee Irving (bullpen catcher)
  • 89 Cristian Perez (assistant bullpen/advance scouting)
  • 88 Rolando Valles (associate)

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Luis Castillo National League Pitcher of the Month (April) May 2, 2019 [16]
Aristides Aquino National League Player of the Month & National League Rookie of the Month (August) September 3, 2019 [36][35]
Eugenio Suárez National League Player of the Month (September) September 30, 2019 [43]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Jody Davis
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Pat Kelly
A Daytona Tortugas Florida State League Ricky Gutierrez
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Luis Bolivar
A-Rookie Advanced Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ray Martinez
A-Rookie Advanced Greeneville Reds Appalachian League Gookie Dawkins
Rookie AZL Reds Arizona League
Rookie DSL Reds Dominican Summer League

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