Unique perspective of the Cincinnati Reds from the UK
Third base is a good position for the Reds offensively, so this was the toughest one so far. We had three third basemen with wRC+ above 100. Although Scott Rolen was 35 years old when the decade started, he played 290 games for the Reds and was an All-Star twice in the three final years …
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Surely there cannot be a more obvious choice in the whole of baseball. Joseph Daniel Votto is not only the best first baseman the Reds have had this decade, he’s arguably been the best hitter in the whole game over the last 10 years not named Mike Trout. Let’s take a look … Home runs: …
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I was quite surprised to see that, over the last 10 years, the Reds are an average team behind the plate, ranking 16th out of 30 teams both offensively and defensively. To be honest, I didn’t think we were that good. Going deep 48 times, Devin Mesoraco hit the most homers but he also had …
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