Those two players are Francisco Lindor, who will start for the NL All-Star team at shortstop tonight, and Elly De La Cruz. Francona has spent most of the last decade with one of these uber talented shortstops in his lineup every day.

Greene rejoined the club on its last road trip. He threw a simulated-game inning last week at Boston's Fenway Park followed by a bullpen session Saturday in Philadelphia in preparation for what was to be the first start Tuesday in a brief rehab assignment with Louisville.

Reds manager Terry Francona tried to do right by outfielder TJ Friedl, but wasn't aware of an important detail about Friedl's pregnant wife.

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona is sitting back in the chair at his office and formulating a list in his head. He’s rolling through the players he has managed who desperately wanted to play every single day.

Reds manager Terry Francona on Thursday, July 10, told reporters Callihan had wrist surgery recently for an ailing wrist. It wasn't clear if the ailment was pre-existing or the result of Callihan's crash into the wall in foul territory at Atlanta's Truist Park on May 5.