Locked On Reds - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds sent seven prospects, including Noelvi Marte and Matt McLain, to the Arizona Fall League. Jeff and Steve look at the big takeaway from a small sample size of performances in Arizona for these Reds prospects. the pitchers struggled a bit and only one of them seems to be a guy who could produce for the Reds in the next few years. The hitters saw some success as the Arizona Fall League concluded and will be fun to watch in Spring Training. Also, Easel Puig is in trouble and it answers a question we've had for a few years about him and 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 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds added six players, including Elly De La Cruz, Noelvi Marte, Brandon Williamson, Levi Stoudt, Lyon Richardson, and Ricky Karcher, to the 40-man roster on Tuesday. Jeff and Steve look at why this is so important for the roster this year as most of these guys will have big impacts on the Reds this upcoming season. The Reds also cut six from their 4-man roster including Aristides Aquino, Jeff Hoffman, Art Warren, Derek Law, Jared Solomon, and Kyle Dowdy. It is surprising the Reds could admit to themselves that they should cut Aquino. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds and the Tampa Bay Rays have been rumored to be in trade talks/ Jeff and Steve will tell you why this would not work out for the Reds. Trades will be the best way to bring value to the Reds, and it is great that the Reds are involved in trade rumors, but this won't work. The Rays are not looking to make a needle-moving trade and the Reds should not trade prospects unless it moves the needle. The Reds do need more starting pitching though. As the rotation battle looks right now, the pool of talent from Brandon Williamson, to Levi Stoudt, to Justin Dunn, to Conner Overton, to Luis Cessa is shallow. The Reds need to add more pitching talent at the MLB level. Also, with cuts about to happen we give you our picks for guys who should be brought back after being cut from the Reds 40-man roster. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jose Barrero struggled through the end of last year and has the Cincinnati Reds looking uncertain at shortstop. Is the answer to one of the more inconsistent positions for the Reds already in the organization? And will that answer be playing shortstop THIS YEAR for 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 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds acquired Nick Solak from the Texas Rangers for cash considerations, according to the Reds official twitter account on Thursday. Solak has positional flexibility, multiple years of team control, and hits left-handed pitching well. He should be a platoon option in the outfield for 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 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafeWith Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Lodolo entered his rookie season with the Cincinnati Reds with mixed expectations. Injuries had sapped his hype in 2021 and some prognosticators were disrespecting him (ahem, Keith Law). Jeff and Steve look at how the deck was stacked against Nick Lodolo in his first season with the Reds. They then look at how Lodolo overcame those doubts and pitched magnificently, thanks to a devastating curveball. Looking ahead, Lodolo is the Reds ace and should be the Opening Day starter in 2023. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds have some decisions to make with their 40-man roster and cuts have to happen. Will Mike Moustakas be one of those cuts? Jeff and Steve differ on what the Reds will do with Moose. They also will tell you who the Reds will likely cut to make room for top prospects Elly De La Cruz and Noelvi Marte, why most of the cuts will be relief pitchers, and where the Reds stand on guys like Aristides Aquino, Alejo Lopez, and Dauri Moreta. Also, today is Adam Dunn's birthday and even at 43 he could improve the Reds lineup. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds are about to add Elly De La Cruz, and a few other top prospects, to the 40-man roster. This will make it easier for them to call him up for his major league debut this year. Jeff and Steve also look at who else could be added, like Noelvi Marte. Brandon Drury, Tyler Naquin, and Kevin Pillar are all options for the Reds in free agency, but which is most likely to come to Cincinnati of that group? Also, the first ever MLB Draft Lottery will take place December 6th and the Reds have a shot at the number one pick. Can they get it, and what is this draft lottery really fixing? *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds have five players set to become free agents and the question is will any of them return? Jeff and Steve sort through Hunter Strickland, Chase Anderson, Justin Wilson, Austin Romine, and Donovan Solano to see if any of them will return to the Reds for 2023. The New York Mets made Edwin Diaz the richest relief pitcher in baseball history, would the Reds ever do something like that? Should the Reds do something like that and give a big contract to a relief pitcher? Also, Rice Hinds and Noel Marie played in the Fall Stars Game in Arizona. We take a look at Marie and Hinds, as well as Matt McLain. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds should have some money, not a lot, but some money to use this offseason. How best can the Reds utilize that? Should they go for quantity of players or should they look at a big name like Trea Turner? Or could the Reds use the money to lock up young players like Tyler Stephenson, Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo, or Graham Ashcraft? It feels like the Reds have options for making the team better this offseason. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jonathan India came into last year with sky high expectations after winning the Rookie of the Year for the Cincinnati Reds in 2021. Jeff and Steve look at what derailed those expectations so quickly. Why injuries played a huge role in the Reds second baseman's sophomore slump. How bad India's defense was at second base in his second year. They then look at the solution and why it could be a move to left field and what that would do for the Reds roster in 2023. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler Stephenson is the most important Cincinnati Reds player for next season. Jeff and Steve take a look at how he entered 2022 with expectations and how he even rose past those expectations, when he was healthy. It is key for the Reds to make sure Stephenson is healthy next year, how can they do this? They must split Stephenson's playing time between catcher, first base, and designated hitter. The only way the Reds can accomplish that for Stephenson is if they sign a catcher they can trust. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve settles the argument once and for all that Joey Votto is better than Tony Perez. The guys discuss a possible return to catcher for Kyle Farmer, and finally outline what the Reds can do to get fans interested in Redsfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Which Cincinnati Reds are tricks and which are treats? Jeff dives into that, starting with Kyle Farmer at shortstop. Is comeback king Joey Votto a trick or a treat? What about Nick Krall? Is Jose Barrero a trick or a treat? Are Jonathan India's struggles last year a trick or a treat? We all know Tyler Stephenson is a treat for the Reds, but it definitely bears repeating on today's podcast. *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cincinnati Reds have an interesting offseason ahead and there are many questions. Jeff and Steve look at pitching questions for the Reds, what will they do with Jonathan India, who is the next catcher, just how strong is the Reds and Cardinals rivalry, and more! *SUBSCRIBE* on YouTube and *FOLLOW* the podcast on your favorite app and on Twitter and Instagram @lockedonreds Also follow @jefffcarr and @soffenbaker on Twitter JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/STMcRDyMCt 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 “LOCKEDON15,” 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! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices