Cincinnati Reds: Shortened-season will test David Bell’s aptitude

MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: Manager David Bell #25 of the Cincinnati Reds (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Shortened-season will give Reds skipper David Bell a chance to prove himself.

With Rob Manfred recently promised that baseball will be back in 2020, fans are all standing by wondering what the season will look like. After an eight-game improvement in 2019, David Bell will handed the tough task of moving the Cincinnati Reds from an also-ran to a contender in 2020 with a limited number of games to do so. Can he get the job done?

David Bell, a Cincinnati kid, and product of Moeller High School that produced other Reds greats like, Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr., is also the son of,…