Cincinnati Reds still have the Walt Jocketty syndrome

Walt Jocketty moved upstairs for the Cincinnati Reds, but nothing has changed.

Dick Williams is the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Too bad nobody can tell. The Reds are still functioning as if Walt Jocketty is in charge. There was some expected similarities. He is still in an overview role. What is going on at Great American Ballpark is intolerable.

First, there’s what happened at the deadline this year. The Reds traded away young slugger Jay Bruce with one more affordable, controllable year. Then they kept everyone else. This included such stalwarts as Ross Ohlendorf, Ivan Dejesus, and Tyler Holt. These are the low cost bench players that contending teams could use.

Most rebuilding…