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It’s time for Adam Duvall to be the Reds’ fourth outfielder | Chad Dotson

My latest for Cincinnati Magazine:

As the Reds continue to sink further into the abyss, no player has been more emblematic of the team’s current struggles than leftfielder Adam Duvall. Duvall is tied for the team lead in home runs (5), but otherwise the season has been a disaster. Coming into Monday’s game against New York, he was hitting .161/.240/.366 in 33 games with a 65 OPS+ (100 is average). By one measure, Duvall has been one of the five worst hitters in the National League this season:

All of these hitters aren’t bad players, of course.