Riverfront Territory: A Cincinnati Reds Podcast
Riverfront Territory: A Cincinnati Reds Podcast
Riverfront Territory is your go-to Cincinnati Reds show. Reds all-time saves leader Danny Graves unites with The Athletic's C. Trent Rosecrans to bring you year-round Reds analysis and insights. Riverfront Territory is part of the Foul Territory network: baseball the way it should be covered!
5 Reds Players Not Coming Back
The Reds will lose familiar faces in 2027, some of the longest tenured and biggest names. These are the 5 Reds who won't be back: TJ Friedl, Pierce Johnson, Eugenio Suárez, Brock Burke, and Tyler Stephenson. We ranked them live and took fan votes in the comments, and added one fan-voted player a…
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Elly’s Last Game as a Red?
Is this Elly De La Cruz’s last game as a Red? September 27 in Toronto. Elly was the DH, went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts, and the Reds lost 5-1. Could that may be the last box score he ever has as a Red? The CBA expires December 1. A lockout is expected - and trades freeze during lockouts. If…
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The Reds Are Not the Rays, Brewers, or Guardians
The Reds are not the Brewers. The Brewers, Rays, and Guardians are all in the Championship Series. The Reds finished 75-87 and last in the NL Central. Earlier this season Bob Castellini asked the front office “Why aren’t we the Brewers?” According to reporting by Ken Rosenthal and C. Trent Rosecr…
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Longtime Reds Fans Are Saying They’re Done
Longtime Reds fans are saying they’re done. Attendance dropped under 2 million for the first time since 2022, roughly 180,000 fewer fans than 2025. Peak interest in the 1970s hit 2.63 million in 1976 and stayed above 2 million through 1980. The comments match the numbers. Mason Estep of RedsDail…
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Elly De La Cruz Already Said No
In spring training of 2025, the Reds offered Elly De La Cruz a deal that would have made him the highest-paid player in franchise history. He turned it down. Joey Votto’s record was 10 years and $225 million in 2012. In 2026 dollars, that deal is about $328 million. He then had the best season o…
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The Reds Kept the Hitting Coach
BREAKING: Chris Valaika is coming back as the Reds' hitting coach. Assistant hitting coach Will Remillard is not. The offense he is being asked to coach again was last in baseball in batting average and on-base percentage. The Reds hit .229 with a .305 on-base percentage, both last in the majors…
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The Reds Just Let TJ Friedl Walk
BREAKING: TJ Friedl is gone. The Reds designated him for assignment on September 20, outrighted him to Louisville on September 22, and on September 29 he refused the assignment and elected free agency. He hit .172 with a .255 on-base and a .255 slugging in 91 games. Four home runs. Thirteen RBI. …
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Phil Castellini Just Promised Championship Baseball, Again.
Phil Castellini sat down on Thursday and said the goal is still championship baseball. Period. That is the same promise this ownership group made in 2006. Since then the Reds are 1,572-1,728, with two division titles, three wild cards, and zero World Series. They have not won a postseason series s…
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How the Reds Went From the Playoffs to Last Place
The 2026 Cincinnati Reds season is over. Cincinnati finished 75-87 and last in the National League Central, one year after winning a wild-card spot at 83-79. Sunday’s finale was a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Milwaukee Brewers, the team Bob Castellini asked his own staff to explain, won …
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Why Aren’t We the Brewers?
BREAKING: Bob Castellini asked his own front office a question this season that Reds fans have been asking for years. “Why aren’t we the Brewers?” Nick Krall’s answer, according to reporting from Ken Rosenthal and C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic, was to show ownership the trades it would not…
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