Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona declared Nick Martinez one of his opening starting pitchers, which leaves one opening. Andrew Abbott? Others?

The consummate Swiss Army knife of pitchers, Nick Martinez can do it all for a staff: starting, short relief, long relief, high leverage or low leverage -- whatever it takes. But for perhaps the first time as a Major Leaguer,

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona was in the dugout running a game for the first time in 510 days as he and the Reds opened Cactus League play.

Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more data in an ABS test run.

New Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona plans to opt out of elective participation in the automated ball-strike challenge trial during spring training, but he is still willing to let the organization’s minor league players get accustomed to the system ABS is a system that is being tried out at 13 ballparks in spring training,