A two-time MLB All-Star who has long been the Pittsburgh Pirates' best and most consistent hitter, Bryan Reynolds is enduring arguably the worst season of his career.
Entering the 2025 season, Reynolds owned a .276/.352/.470 slash line with 157 doubles, 26 triples, 122 home runs and 411 RBI across 794 games in his career. Entering Thursday's series opener against the Cincinnati Reds, however, he was hitting just .236/.294/.374 with 10 homers on the year.
Reds radio broadcaster Chris Welsh took Reynolds' first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning on Thursday as an opportunity to reflect on how poorly his season as gone – and to posit a theory as to why his production has taken such a sharp downturn this year.