2024 Reds Winter Caravan Officially Begins
The Cincinnati Reds Winter Caravan officially started on Monday. Here’s a look at their schedule:
Each stop will have a question and answer time with the members of the Reds in attendance and an autograph time. The Reds Winter Caravan will last all this week.
The first stop is Monday, Jan. 22, at Spooky NookSports Champion Mill in Hamilton, Ohio. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. ET and will last until 8 p.m. ET. Those in attendance will get to meet new Reds relief pitcher Brent Suter, prospects Chase Petty, Edwin Arroyo, and Jay Allen II, former catcher Corky Miller, Vice President of Player Development Shawn Pender, and broadcasters John Sadak and Brian Giesenschlag.
The caravan will then head to the Lawrenceburg Event Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, and begin at 5:30 p.m. ET and last until 7:30 p.m. ET.
Fans will get the chance to meet everyone that made the trip to Hamilton except Reds on Radio announcer Tommy Thrall will replace Bally Sports broadcaster Brian Giesenschlag.
Evansville, Indiana is next on the tour. Events will begin at Bally’s Evansville on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5:30 p.m. ET and last for 90 minutes. Appearing on this stop of the tour will be President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall, Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, former Red and current broadcaster Jeff Brantley, former catcher Corky Miller, pitcher Carson Spiers, and prospects Blake Dunn and Jacob Hurtubise.
That same group will head to Indianapolis on Thursday, Jan. 25. Events will begin at the Castelton Square Mall at 5:00 p.m. ET and last until 7:00 p.m. ET.
The caravan will then head east to West Virginia for two days. On Thursday, Jan. 25, the caravan will make a stop at the Charleston Colliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Events will last from 5:30 p.m. ET to 7:30 p.m. ET and the roster will include pitcher Andrew Abbott, prospects Rice Hinds, Cam Collier, and Sal Stewart, Vice President and Assistant General Manager Sam Grossman, and former player Todd Benzinger.
They'll travel to Huntington, West Virginia on Friday, Jan. 26. Events begin at 4:30 p.m. ET (the earliest weekday start time for the caravan this year) and will last until 6:30 p.m. ET. The roster will be the same as the Charleston crew.
The caravan will be very busy this weekend and they will not only be in West Virginia on Friday, but also Columbus, to kick off the north portion of the tour, and Louisville, to begin the south leg.
The caravan in Columbus will begin at the Polaris Fashion Place at 6:00 p.m. ET and go for two hours. This stop will include Manager David Bell, pitcher Frankie Montas, minor leaguers Rhett Lowder and Ty Floyd, broadcaster Tommy Thrall, Vice President of Player Acquisitions & Strategy Jeff Graupe, and former players Corky Miller and Sam LeCure.
They'll make two stops on Saturday, Jan. 27: One will be in Dayton at the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the other will be at the Apollo Career Center in Lima, OH. The Dayton leg will take place from 10:30 a.m. ET and last until 1 p.m. ET (the longest leg of the caravan). The stop at the Apollo Career Center will last from 2:00 p.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET. The only difference in roster for these stops is David Bell will be in Dayton, but not in Lima.
The south leg will start at Louisville Slugger Field at 6:00 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 26. President and Chief Operating Officer Phil Castellini will be in attendance, alongside broadcaster Jim Day, pitcher Buck Farmer, minor leaguers Sammy Stafura and Carlos Jorge, Senior Vice President and General Manager Brad Meador, and former player Ron Robinson.
That group will travel to Bowling Green and the National Corvette Museum on Saturday and start their events at 11:00 a.m. ET and last for two hours. They will then travel up to Lexington and Red Mile where events will last from 3:30 p.m. ET to 5:30 p.m. ET.
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