More often than not, I bite my tongue. Probably, I went a little too far with some of the things I said, just out of frustration. Votto, 34, has consistently been the Reds' best player since debuting in He also experienced playing for contending Cincinnati teams that won division titles in and '12 and reached the NL Wild Card Game in ' However, the Reds have largely been in rebuilding mode since and have endured four straight losing seasons -- including 94 or more losses in the last three seasons.
But, again, I can't help it," Votto said. I'm going to do my best going forward to stick to playing ball and doing my job, do my part and make sure the things I say going forward are productive and help us move in the right direction.
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Even if someone up top said something to me, I think I would have acknowledged and said, 'Yeah, you're right. SportsLine pegged them a true talent win before the season. FanGraphs projects them as a win team. The team's poor start certainly played a role in the decision to fire Price. The biggest problem in Cincinnati is not their record, however. It's the rebuild process that has mostly stalled out. Their full season records since:.
The Reds may be worse than any of the teams, and unless they can play. The Reds haven't had four consecutive loss seasons since way back in , when they lost plus game in five straight seasons. It wasn't until after that season that the Reds decided to rebuild, and even then, the process played out slowly.
Mat Latos and Alfredo Simon were traded during the offseason. Impending free agents Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake were traded at the deadline. Aroldis Chapman and Todd Frazier were moved during the offseason.
Jay Bruce wasn't moved until the trade deadline. It took a while to tear things down. Those were the best young players those teams had the offer. The Bruce trade hasn't yielded anything worthwhile and the Chapman trade has been a disaster. He was traded for pennies on the dollar due to his pending domestic violence suspension. Cincinnati's rebuild hasn't moved forward as quickly as hoped -- or much at all, really -- for two reasons: Bad decisions and bad luck. That's usually what lands a team in the cellar. The decision to drag out the sell-off led to poor returns for Bruce and Chapman, and lesser returns for impending free agents like Leake and Cueto.
Heck, Zack Cozart was never traded at all. Even ignoring Chapman given the extenuating circumstances, the decision to prolong the sell-off rather than tear it down all at once a la the Houston Astros or Chicago White Sox robbed the team of value. Rojas grounded out to second.
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Brinson flied out to center. Brinson homered to center feet. Brinson struck out swinging. Today's at Bats Full Player Profile 3rd: Chen grounded out to pitcher.
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Today's at Bats Full Player Profile 5th: Rivera grounded out to first. Today's at Bats Full Player Profile 7th: Shuck grounded out to pitcher. Peraza doubled to left.
Peraza singled to center, Hamilton to second. Peraza flied out to right. Peraza grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hamilton out at second. Peraza flied out to left. Blandino grounded into double play, third to second to first, Peraza out at second. Blandino popped out to second.
Blandino lined out to center.
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Votto struck out swinging. Votto doubled to deep center. Votto lined out to right.
Votto struck out looking. Duvall homered to right feet. Duvall flied out to center. Duvall lined out to third.
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