Pete Rose may be on baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but the late hit king’s No. 14 will be on Cincinnati Reds’ uniforms this year.

The Reds posted a photo of the patch on social media on Monday with the message “14 on our side all season” and a heart emoji.

Rose, who died in September at the age of 83, played 19 of his 24 major league seasons with his hometown Reds. He finished his playing career in 1986 with a record 4,256 hits.

The player known as Charlie Hustle was a 17-time All-Star and member of three World Series championship teams. He was NL Most Valuable Player in 1973, and he won three batting titles and two Gold Gloves.

A Major League Baseball investigation found he wagered on the Reds to win in games from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team, and Rose agreed in 1989 to go on the permanently ineligible list. Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1991 adopted a rule barring people on MLB’s permanently ineligible list from the Hall ballot.

Rose’s application for reinstatement was denied by Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2015.

UECKER HONORED

The Milwaukee Brewers have unveiled a patch they will wear on their uniform this season to honor longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker, who died last month.

The patch will appear on the sleeve of the Brewers’ uniforms. It features Uecker’s signature over a gold-and-navy plaid print to honor the various sportscoats he occasionally wore.

The patch was introduced Monday and will make its debut when the Brewers open their preseason schedule Feb. 22 by facing the Cincinnati Reds in Phoenix.

Uecker died Jan. 16 at the age of 90. He had completed his 54th season of broadcasting Brewers games last year even as he battled small cell lung cancer.

The Milwaukee native continued broadcasting Brewers games even as his comedic skills earned him regular commercial appearances and starring roles in the movie “Major League” and the long-running television series “Mr. Belvedere.” Uecker was honored by the Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award in 2003.

Brewers fans showed their appreciation for Uecker after his death by putting baseballs, flowers cans of the Miller Lite beer he endorsed and various other mementos at the base of a statue honoring him outside Milwaukee’s American Family Field.

“We miss Bob every day, and all the more as we approach our first season without him at our side,” Brewers president of business operations Rick Schlesinger said in a statement. “Ueck was a great friend to all of us. He was a fixture at the ballpark and in our lives. We cannot fill the hole that his absence has created, but the jersey patch will be a way to honor his memory whenever we take the field.”

The Brewers plan to hold a public celebration of life honoring Uecker sometime this year. Details will be announced later.

CUBS OPEN CAMP

The Chicago Cubs became the first Major League Baseball team to open spring training, throwing and hitting in the sunshine on a pleasant Arizona morning on Sunday.

The Cubs and Dodgers are getting a head start on most teams this spring because they’re playing two regular-season games in the Tokyo Series on March 18-19, more than a week before other MLB teams have their first game.

Chicago made a splashy trade during the offseason — adding All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker from the Houston Astros — but it’s still fair to wonder if the franchise has done enough to compete for an NL Central title after an 83-79 record last year.

Chicago also recently beefed up the back end of its bullpen, adding veterans Ryan Pressly and Ryan Brasier.

“I think we’ve gotten better, but you’ve got to go play the games,” second-year manager Craig Counsell said.