A big trade in the National League Central! On Tuesday morning, the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals that will send eight-time All-Star Nolan Arenado to Arizona, according to ESPN.com's Jeff Passan. It's the second big deal in the past week in the division.
The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a $4 million deal with Spencer Steer to avoid arbitration. according to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. Steer will be heading into his fifth season with Cincinnati.
The Reds' biggest need this offseason is an impact bat to take the pressure off of guys like Elly De La Cruz, Tyler Stephenson, and Spencer Steer. Their only move so far this offseason has been re-signing closer Emilio Pagan to a two-year, $20 million deal.
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Terry Francona had a lot to say at the Winter Meetings about the Cincinnati Reds and how they will take a step forward in 2026. One of his first subjects focused on Spencer Steer.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
The Cincinnati Reds had a very mid year at the plate. Only a few players posted above-average years at the dish, with no one really going off. Spencer Steer faced injury and a very slow start to his 2025 and will look to break out next year.
Spencer Steer is a key part of this Reds team and over the years, his versatility has been a plus. However, in 2025, he played primarily first base. Steer played 117 games at first base, 10 games in left field, one game in right field, and was the designated hitter in 17 games.
For three seasons now (excluding 28 games in 2022), Spencer Steer has been consistently penciled into the Cincinnati Reds lineup. With him set to make $4 million in 2026 in his first year of arbitration, some questions have arisen regarding his future with the team.
Barring a major trade this offseason, the 2026 season will mark the fifth regular season in which Spencer Steer has appeared in a Cincinnati Reds uniform.
The Cincinnati Reds have not had a player win a Gold Glove Award since the 2020 season, and haven’t had a player win a Gold Glove Award in a full season since back in 2017.
Cincinnati Reds infielders Spencer Steer and Ke'Bryan Hayes were both named finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Hayes, whom the Reds acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates at the MLB trade deadline, was third in all of Major League Baseball with 21 Outs Above Average.
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Cincinnati has a lot of players up for arbitration.
Mookie Betts produced four hits and three RBI and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday to advance to the National League Division Series.
Cincinnati Reds outfielder left Saturday's game against the Cubs due to back spasms, according to Gordon Wittenmyer on The Enquirer. Spencer Steer moved from first base to left field, and Sal Stewart entered the game to play first base.
The Cincinnati Reds used five home runs on Friday night to defeat the Cubs 7-4 at Great American Ball Park. Spencer Steer and Elly De La Cruz went back-to-back in the sixth inning.
Spencer Steer belted two of the Reds' season-high five homers on Friday, lifting Cincinnati to a 7-4 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs. Steer joined Miguel Andujar and Matt McLain in launching solo shots off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga before adding a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning off Porter Hodge (2-2).
Spencer Steer drove in five runs to power the visiting Cincinnati Reds past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Steer went 3-for-4 with a homer and Gavin Lux went 3-for-5 with a run for the Reds (76-76), who won two of three games in this series.
The Cincinnati Reds dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to the San Diego Padres in 10 innings Monday night at Petco Park, but not before Spencer Steer delivered one of the defensive highlights of the season.
Spencer Steer's three-run homer highlighted a five-run eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds broke a three-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in Phoenix.
Spencer Steer feels weird as a designated hitter. He is eager to get out on the field to play defense. “I can’t wait to get out there and start playing a position,” Steer said.
A shoulder injury that plagued Cincinnati's Spencer Steer all of the 2024 season has him starting this season on the injured list, Reds manager Terry Francona said Saturday.
The IL placement doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given how little he has played this spring and how his shoulder problem also bothered him for much of the 2024 season.
Spencer Steer chose to receive a cortisone shot in his right shoulder after an evaluation from team doctors.
Spencer Steer contributed to a pretty awesome coincidence during Friday’s game between the Reds and Dodgers.
In a division full of rising talent, the National League Central is proving to be tougher than most expected. With the struggles of the preseason favorite St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs have both exceeded expectations as they continue to chase down the Milwaukee Brewers for the Central crown in 2023.
With hot-hitting middle infielder Matt McClain recently joining the major league squad, the Cincinnati Reds have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to infield prospects. Now the Reds will have to get creative to find positions in the lineup for everyone.
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