"I didn't really have a big reaction to it," he said. "I mean, I still had the no-trade clause left in the contract. But if ...

All-Star ace Hunter Greene and right-hander Graham Ashcraft will open the Cactus League schedule as the starters for the Reds’ split-squad spring openers Saturday afternoon in Arizona, the team said.

As the trade rumors surrounding him began intensifying at the Winter Meetings, Luis Castillo was so far off the grid that he didn’t hear about them immediately.