Reds Call An End To Winter. Pitchers and Catchers Set To Report

The Reds pitchers and catchers report for physicals on Friday.  They will have a short workout after the physicals.

This blog will be there to bring you as many interesting details as possible.  The winter believe it or not is drawing to a close.

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The Reds have a new manager and several new coaches.

Bryan Price takes over for Dusty Baker as manager.
Jay Bell, former Pittsburgh Pirate star, will replace Chris Speier as bench coach.
Don Long replaces Brook Jacoby as batting coach.
Jeff Pico replaces Price as the Reds' pitching coach.








The following pitchers  and catchers will report on Friday:

Homer Bailey RHP                                   Tucker Barnhart C
Pedro Beato RHP                                     Devin Mesoraco C
Trevor Bell RHP                                       Corky Miller C
Jonathan Broxton RHP                              Bryan Pena C                    
Aroldis Chapman LHP                              Rossmell Perez C
Nick Christiani RHP                                  Max Ramirez C
Tony Cingrani LHP
Carlos Contreras RHP
Daniel Corcino RHP
Tim Crabbe RHP
Johnny Cueto RHP
Jose Diaz RHP
Jeff Francis LHP
Ismaeil Guillon LHP
Drew Hayes RHP
David Holmberg LHP
J.J. Hoover RHP
Lee Hyde LHP
Mat Latos RHP
Mike Leake RHP
Sam LeCure RHP
Michael Lorenzen RHP
Sean Marshall LHP
Logan Ondrusek RHP
Manny Parra RHP
Curtis Partch RHP
Chad Rogers RHP
Alfredo Simon RHP
Robert Stephenson RHP
Chien-Ming Wang RHP

The Reds will choose one starting pitcher from these pitchers to replace Bronson Arroyo, who signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks last week.

The bullpen barring injuries will look pretty much the same as it was throughout last season.

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The rest of the team is scheduled to report on Feb 19 with the first game against the Cleveland Indians set for 1:05 pm on February 26.