We know the Cincinnati Reds have been ‘rebuilding.’ We also know that ‘rebuilding,’ in the most obvious way, also means ‘losing.’ Sure, there are plenty of aspects of a rebuild that don’t involve playing terrible baseball - reloading a farm system, getting younger players experience, freeing up payroll to allow for later reinvestment, yadda yadda - but the fact of the matter is that shedding good, veteran baseball players to do all of that means a whole lot of losing.
Sooner or later, that has to change. Or, the people in charge have to change.
In Monday’s press conference to announce new manager David Bell - the result of a managerial change, no less - team owner Bob Castellini repeatedly said ‘we’re going to get the pitching,’ to a point where it specifically stood out to The Athletic’s C.