Joey Votto

TORONTO -- Whether the memories are real or made up in his head, Joey Votto is transported back to when he was a kid watching ballgames as a fan in the old ...

“My brother used to [pitch to me] when I was a boy and he hated it, but I did it every single day. Really, I've tried to keep it really simple,” Votto said. “And there's several on this team, in my opinion, Vladdy being the most fun to watch. I'm hitter biased, but he's a treat and he's got what appears to be a fantastic future, so I can't wait to compete against him.” I mean, between being a fan of the team and being raised in this stadium in this team's backyard.” After a two-game rehab stint with Triple-A Louisville, and a couple more games in High-A Dayton, Votto said on Wednesday that he was “ready to play.” “I feel like with more information, it gets more complicated and starts spiraling down. “I have this image of me catching a foul ball,” Votto said on Friday, hours before his Reds opened a three-game series against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. “But I don't think I've ever caught a foul ball. We complicate it at times.” \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550,"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"joey-votto-returns-to-toronto-as-reds-blue-jays-open-series\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.4":{"data":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"joey-votto-returns-to-toronto-as-reds-blue-jays-open-series\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.4.data","typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"type":"oembed","__typename":"ExternalEmbed"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"joey-votto-returns-to-toronto-as-reds-blue-jays-open-series\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.5":{"content":"Votto hasn’t looked great at the plate to start the year. There are reminiscent qualities between Votto’s boyhood memories and the current makeup of this Blue Jays team. I lose sleep over [playing in Toronto],” said Votto, who started at first base and batted cleanup in the series opener.

Additionally, the Reds placed outfielder Albert Almora, infielder Brandon Drury plus pitchers Joel Kuhnel and Tyler Mahle on the restricted list. The Blue Jays ...

The Cincinnati Reds have reinstated Joey Votto off the 10-day injured list ahead of the team’s weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays and Reds open their series on Friday night at 7:07 p.m. ET / 4:07 p.m. PT, which you can watch live on Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet NOW. Votto, 38, is batting .122/.278/.135 with no home runs and three RBI in 90 plate appearances across 22 games this season.

David Bell said it "speaks for itself" on what it means for the Reds to get Joey Votto back into the lineup. Votto returns to play in his hometown.

LEADOFF HITTER: Between May 8 and May 19, Reds outfielder TJ Friedl was the leadoff hitter in every game that the Reds played against a right-handed starting pitcher. Really when it comes to Graham, it’s the timing of when is the right time for him to be here, to get here and be able to stay.” “He has the ability to pitch here, there’s no question he has the stuff. He signed with the Reds in April as a minor league free agent. He has a 101 mph fastball and a 1.65 ERA this year as a starter for the Reds’ Triple-A affiliate. In an unrelated transaction, Reds first baseman Joey Votto was activated from the injured list.

Ahead of the border crossing into Canada and the start of the weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Cincinnati Reds made a series of pertinent ...

I still have no exact idea where he’ll play for the next 12 years while Kyle Farmer sets records for number of games played at shortstop, but Barrero’s talent is undeniable and he’ll surely slot in somewhere else to make it work. Joel Kuhnel, Tyler Mahle, Brandon Drury, and Albert Almora were placed on the restricted list. Chief among them, obviously, is the return of Joey Votto after several weeks on the undefined injury list, though there were several other moves of note, too.

Toronto native Joey Votto knows exactly what sights he wants to see when he returns to his hometown.

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TORONTO - SkyDome will always have a special place in Joey Votto's heart. And yes, the six-time all-star has t...

“It just gives me goosebumps. Votto returned to the Cincinnati Reds lineup on Friday in time for the first game of a three-game interleague series against the Blue Jays. He told media before the game how much playing at the stadium by Toronto’s waterfront means to him. And yes, the six-time all-star has to correct himself and say Rogers Centre when speaking about Toronto’s ballpark.

Oh boy! Minnesota Twins v Cincinnati Reds Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images. That's a lefty at DH and lefties in two ...

That’s where they are right now, even if Joey Votto is back to sock a hundred dingers in a row again this summer. Factor in that four players are unavailable for this series in Canada due to the vaccination rules across the border, and this is a club that’s seriously seeking answers all up and down itself. Hell, maybe he can bat 5th or 6th in this lineup at some point, too.