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Doc's TML: It'd be a big shame if the Reds don't capitalize on Castellanos, Winker

Nick Castellanos has a hero’s timing. There’s this sense of inevitability about him now. Did anyone not expect him to hit that grand slam? The only thing missing was the ball hitting a light tower. Does Nick call his bat WonderBoy?

Castellanos and Jesse Winker are the best 1-2 in the game and should be until Mike Trout comes off the 60-day IL after the all-star break to rejoin Shohei Ohtani, who’s merely having the greatest two-way season since Babe Ruth played in Boston.

Winker is a special hitter, no doubt, and should only get better.