Reds take another victory lap while Royals keep buying into a failing experiment

Kansas City Royals infielder Jonathan India | Duane Burleson/GettyImagesIt's been a long and precipitous fall from grace for Jonathan India ever since he won the 2021 NL Rookie of the Year Award. Once seen as a key piece of the Cincinnati Reds' future, following his brilliant MLB debut, India struggles, accruing just 2.7 bWAR and 4.7 fWAR from 2022-24. He stalled out offensively and his defensive versatility was always more impressive on paper than it was in practice.

Eventually, the Reds had enough of the early-bloomer and sent him to the Kansas City Royals last offseason for starting pitcher Brady Singer. By most accounts, the utility man then had the worst season of his career, posting an…