GOODYEAR, Arizona – Already without one of the better hitting catchers in the National League, the Cincinnati Reds also plan to open the season without their best run producer the past two seasons.

Two of those games were started by Patrick, who few even considered as an opening day roster possibility ... Patrick's only blemish was a solo homer by Spencer Steer to lead off the fifth ...

“We’re all working our butts off here, and we’re going to find an answer,” said Spencer Steer, whose first home ... exacerbated by Matt McLain’s day-to-day hamstring tightness that ...

They have four doubles -- two by Spencer Steer and one apiece by Blake ... Marte was disappointed that he didn't make the Reds' Opening Day roster but now realizes it was the right decision ...

The Reds won one of three games in an earlier home series against the Giants, but dropped a 6-3 decision in the rubber game after having won 3-2 a day earlier. Cincinnati also has followed up ...

The next day, he was sent to Arizona to continue his ... to his own music was a nice touch before he threw to teammates Spencer Steer and Jacob Hurtubise. Díaz was scheduled to throw a simulated ...