Mark Sheldon

1 day ago | mlb.com | Mark Sheldon

This story was excerpted from Mark Sheldon's Reds Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. BALTIMORE -- Being exclusively a designated hitter gave Spencer Steer lots of time to ruminate between plate appearances for the Reds. Maybe too much time. Especially when Steer has spent the first month of this season mired in a slump.

3 days ago | mlb.com | Mark Sheldon

En la parte baja del segundo acto, con un corredor en segunda y un out, De la Cruz se lanzó completamente para atrapar una línea suave y alta de Jackson Holliday detrás de la segunda base. La jugada evitó una carrera para el lanzador Brent Suter, quien agradeció a su defensor levantando los brazos en señal de reconocimiento.

3 days ago | bvmsports.com | Mark Sheldon

3 days ago | mlb.com | Mark Sheldon

Baltimore had a runner on second base and one out in the bottom of the second inning when De La Cruz fully laid out to make a diving catch behind the second-base bag on Jackson Holliday’s high, soft liner. It saved a run for pitcher Brent Suter, who acknowledged his defender with his arms raised in the air. BALTIMORE -- The full range of Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz's ability was on full display early on in Sunday's series finale vs. the Orioles.

4 days ago | mlb.com | Mark Sheldon

BALTIMORE -- Before Sunday's series finale vs. the Orioles, the Reds placed right-handed pitcher Carson Spiers on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. The move came one day after Spiers threw 94 pitches over four innings of relief in a 9-5 loss to Baltimore. It turned out to be an injury Spiers was dealing with much longer than the club was aware of. “We called him, and we were going to send him back [to Triple-A Louisville].