CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Following two months where former All-Star Alexis Díaz underwhelmed, underperformed and made a poor impression, the Cincinnati Reds are close to trading him to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league pitcher Mike Villani, a 22-year-old reliever who the Dodgers drafted in the 13th-round last year.

Joey Votto played baseball in 118 respective games in Wrigley Field, all of which came during his Hall of Fame career with the Cincinnati Reds. In that time he crushed to the tune of .321/.422/.607 while socking 26 homers and 42 doubles in 517 PA.

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The Cincinnati Reds announced on Thursday afternoon that they have optioned reliever Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Mey appeared in 14 games for the Reds. The 23-year-old has an ERA of 4.15 and a WHIP of 1.08 to go along with 14 strikeouts and seven walks.

Is Chase Burns this year's Rhett Lowder for Cincinnati Reds? The next Corbin Burnes-like rookie? David Price? Some depends on the rest of the team.

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The Cincinnati Reds missed their chance to sweep the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. They had plenty of opportunities to put a crooked number on the scoreboard, but couldn’t conjure up enough consistent clutch at-bats. The Reds were 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Those to hits were off the bat of Spencer Steer.

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