Cincinnati Reds stars Hunter Greene, Spencer Steer and TJ Friedl talk with Joe Danneman as the team gets Spring Training underway. Despite missing nearly half of last season with injuries, TJ Friedl isn't changing his game Joe Danneman sits down with Terry Francona,
New Reds skipper Terry Francona wants his players to concentrate on getting ready for 2025 MLB season, one that won't include challenge system.
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona was in the dugout running a game for the first time in 510 days as he and the Reds opened Cactus League play.
He figures there’s little point for veterans to use it since the system won’t be in effect in the majors this season.
Terry Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more data in an ABS test run.
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona says he's told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in spring training. Francona told The Athletic he's OK with younger players challenging calls via the ABS,
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona might be Pete Rose's strongest supporter in the game, in part because of a personal moment in 1984.
Terry Francona came out of a one-year retirement to take the managerial reins of the Cincinnati Reds this season.
Several of the Reds minor leaguers have prior experience with the ABS challenge system, which, along with full ABS (all balls and strikes automated) was tested at the Double and Triple-A levels in '23 and '24. By the end of '24, full ABS was dropped in favor of the happy middle ground, the ABS challenge system.