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There is a new member of the 2,000 managerial wins club. With his team's win over the Colorado Rockies at Great American Ball Park on Sunday ( CIN 4, COL 2 ), Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona became the 13th manager in history with 2,000 career wins. His career record is 2,000-1,719 spanning 24 seasons as a big-league manager.
"There's so much less certainty of the grouping near the top," said Reds director of amateur scouting, Joe Katuska said.
The Cincinnati Reds are currently 3 1/2 games out of the third National League Wild Card spot. If they are still in contention around the MLB trade deadline, expect the Reds to look for a bat and bullpen help.
Cincinnati Reds catching prospect Alfredo Duno caught the last two innings of Saturday's All-Star Futures Game and grounded out in his lone at-bat.
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There were eight games across the Reds' Minor Leagues on Saturday. Here is how each of their top prospects performed: Blake Dunn went 1-3 with a walk. Fancisco Urbaez went 0-3 with a walk. Rece Hinds went 1-3 with a double and a walk. Zack Maxwell struck out four in one inning.
The Cincinnati Reds (48-46) will go up against the Colorado Rockies (21-72) at Great American Ball Park on Sunday. The line on this matchup has the Rockies at +120 and the Reds are opening at -144. The total is set at 8.
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Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott will represent the Cincinnati Reds at next week's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta after Abbott's selection Tuesday.
For nearly two full games, the Reds seemingly had their hands full with the Rockies, despite their opponent owning baseball's worst record. The push to win manager Terry Francona wanted to see going into the All-Star break looked elusive at best.