Survey average baseball fans at this time a year ago for their thoughts on Jesse Winker and you would seldom get an answer au courant. Winker’s 2021 season changed that: those same fans elected the Cincinnati Reds outfielder as an All-Star Game starter.
Before the MLB lockout went into effect, the Reds begin tearing down their roster to abide by ownership’s mandate to lower payroll. That is expected to continue once transactions resume with Nicholas Castellanos doubtful to be re-signed and several other veterans in the middle of their primes being shopped on the trade market.