The Giants had put Taylor Rogers on waivers the previous season. It wasn’t much of a secret that the team was looking to move a chunk of his $12 million salary. But any awkward feelings were overcome by a greater sense of gratitude for the two amazing seasons that the Rogers brothers were able to spend as major-league teammates — a notion so impossible that they never even dared to dream about it.

Entering 2025, the Cincinnati Reds are looking to prove that they are postseason contenders. A fun 2023 led to high hopes in 2024, which turned out to be a season derailed by injuries and eventually led to the firing of manager David Bell.

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