While there’s been plenty of arguing on the internet about whether the current decade is from 2010-2019, or from 2011-2020 – it seems that the internet writers of the world are using “content strategy” to say that it’s 2010-2019. And with that in mind, David Shoenfield of ESPN put together the Major League Baseball All-Decade Team from that time period. Only one Reds player made the list – Joey Votto – who got the nod at first base over Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt.
Why it’s Votto: He led all batters in the decade in runs created and on-base percentage, ranked third in WAR, won an MVP and matched Cabrera in wRC+ (while being a much better fielder).