Clear your schedules, Reds/Diamondbacks is on TV this afternoon!

The latest Cactus League adventure is coming your way!

The offseason acquisition of Gavin Lux sure seemed like an odd one for the Cincinnati Reds. Yeah, his bat played quite well during the second half of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Lux was primarily a 2B - and the Reds had just traded away resident 2B Jonathan India to turn 2B over to the returning Matt McLain.

The baseball gods, however, are not so easily solved.

While Lux’s primary position is 2B, there was immediate willingness from both the Reds and the player to explore getting playing time elsewhere despite his profile not necessarily fitting perfectly elsewhere, and setbacks across Reds camp have opened that up with ease. Spencer Steer, himself a candidate for LF/3B/1B duties, has been limited to DH-only roles when his shoulder is actually healthy enough to let him bat, while Jeimer Candelario has been out of the lineup altogether since March 2nd after needing to have a wisdom tooth pulled.

Lux, therefore, has become something of a staple in the middle of the Reds lineup, and that’s where he finds himself again on Saturday. He’ll again play 3B, and will do so on a day when Lyon Richardson is on the bump for the Reds at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

(And yes, both McLain and Elly De La Cruz are playing today, too!)

How to Watch/Listen

ON YOUR TELEVISION!

OR YOUR LAPTOP!

EVEN YOUR PHONE, YOU MASOCHISTIC ‘TRY TO WATCH BASEBALL ON A TINY LITTLE PHONE’ BASEBALL WATCHER, YOU!

First pitch is slated for 3:05 PM ET, and it’s on FanDuel Sports Ohio (and on MLB.tv for the folks out there who watch out of market).

(It’s worth pointing out that as clocks jump forward for most of the country tonight, Arizona does not participate in Daylight Savings Time. So, after today the games that start at 1:05 PM in Arizona will be 4:05 PM ET starts, not 3:05 PM ET starts.)

You can also listen to this one on Fox Sports 1360 and the MLB At-Bat app, should you choose.

Reds Lineup