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Cincinnati Reds Place Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl on Waivers

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The Cincinnati Reds are a baseball team. They put two players on waivers. The players are Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl.

Waivers is a baseball word. It means a team can let other teams take a player. This happens before a player becomes a free agent.

Eugenio Suárez plays for the Reds. TJ Friedl also plays for the Reds. The news came from MLB reports.

The report also talked about a game against the Giants. The Reds had a big comeback in that game. This means they were losing but then won.

Other MLB teams can now try to get these players. MLB means Major League Baseball. It is the top baseball league in the USA.

Vocabulary15 words

waivers
a way for a team to let other teams try to get a player
free agent
a player who can join any team
comeback
winning after losing badly first
MLB
the biggest baseball league in America
roster
the list of players on a team
team
a group of players who play together
player
a person who plays a sport
league
a group of sports teams that play each other
season
the months when a sport is played
report
news information given by a source
claim
when a team asks to get a waived player
game
one match in a sport
win
to be the best in a game
lose
to not win a game
news
new information about events

Quiz

1. Which team placed two players on waivers?
2. Who are the two players mentioned?
3. What does 'waivers' mean in baseball?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

The Cincinnati Reds are a baseball team. They put two players on _____. The players are Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl.

_____ is a baseball word. It means a team can let other teams take a player. This happens before a player becomes a free agent.

Eugenio Suárez plays for the Reds. TJ Friedl also plays for the Reds. The news came from _____ reports.

The report also talked about a game against the Giants. The Reds had a big _____ in that game. This means they were losing but then won.

Other MLB teams can now try to get these _____. MLB means Major League Baseball. It is the top baseball league in the USA.

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