Nick Masset

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Reds manager Dusty Baker's list of concerns about Johnny Cueto upon his return from the disabled list was short. "I only had one worry about Johnny Cueto: Is his arm OK?" Baker said....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH The Reds finally lost in Wrigley Field when the pitcher they didn't want to use (Jonathan Broxton) gave it up in the 14th inning on Thursday. The Reds, who rebounded Friday with a 4-3...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH There's no question that left-hander Tony Cingrani has pitched well enough to stay in the major leagues. Cingrani is 3-0 with a 3.15 ERA in his two stints as a fill-in for No. 1 starter...

MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH This is what Reds manager Dusty Baker has been asking from right-hander Mike Leake all along. Finishing power. Leake threw a season-high eight innings Wednesday in a 2-1 Cincinnati victory over the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Tony Cingrani started for the Reds Tuesday night and pitched well. He went seven innings and allowed two runs on four hits in a 12-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. He threw...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Joe Morgan is widely acknowledged as the best second baseman in Reds history. But by the time his time in Cincinnati is done, Brandon Phillips might have something to say about that....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH For his second stint on the disabled list, left-hander Sean Marshall took a different approach to rehabbing his shoulder. "I took about two weeks off of throwing," he said before the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Johnny Cueto is back on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder. The problem is in the lat area and to the one that put Cueto from April 15 to May 20. But Cueto...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH When you're picking 27th in the draft -- as the Reds were Thursday -- you don't look for quick fixes or draft for need. The Reds used their picks in 2011 and 2012 to take high school...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH A little motivation never hurt anyone. Reds right-hander Mike Leake admits all the talk about left-hander Tony Cingrani replacing him in the rotation pushed him. "It helped a little...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH The Reds will be without second baseman Brandon Phillips for several days. No good news. But Reds manager Dusty Baker was glad it wasn't several weeks. Phillips was hit on the left...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cincinnati Reds - INSIDE PITCH The Reds are 19-7 since May 3. A streak like that will usually put you in first place. But the Reds are still two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central...