The Reds announced Thursday that Bryan Price is out as manager, along with pitching coach Mack Jenkins. Bench coach Jim Riggleman will be interim manager, with Double-A Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin joining the coaching staff. Pat Kelly, who was manager at Triple-A Louisville, will be the bench coach.
Later in the season, the club will conduct a search for a permanent manager.
Cincinnati is off to a 3-15 start after dropping 10 of the last 11 games.
"At this time, we felt a change needed to happen in order to begin the process of getting this team back on the right track.