Redleg Nation · Jul 23, 2018
Scooter Gennett, Nick Senzel, and Defense in 2019
Defense matters.
I think we can agree on the premise. It doesn’t feel as nice as offense. We can see the impact of a batter going 3-5 pretty directly. When we watch Billy Hamilton take away a hit to lead off an inning, we don’t know how that hit would have changed the rest of the frame. But, it matters.
The Reds have all kinds of proven or promising position players and not enough spots for them. Second base has become the main culprit. With Scooter Gennett’s emergence and the promising Nick Senzel and Dilson Herrera both appearing ready for prime time to varying degrees, the Reds have a lot of second basemen. That doesn’t count Shed Long who is making some noise in AA.