Cost-cutting takes a bite out of offense for Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds corner outfielders Nick Castillo and Jesse Winker were All-Star Game starters for the National League last year. Third baseman Eugenio Suárez slammed 129 home runs in the last four seasons and was a fan favorite.
news.yahoo.comRays OF Arozarena, Reds 2B India earn Rookie of Year honors
Arozarena won AL Rookie of the Year honor on Monday night, Nov. 15. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) (David J. Phillip)It didn’t feel like Randy Arozarena was a rookie this season. Arozarena won AL Rookie of the Year honors with a superb follow-up to his 2020 postseason heroics while Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India earned NL Rookie of the Year on Monday night. But Arozarena didn’t play enough during the 2020 regular season to lose his rookie status so he was eligible for the award this year. Arozarena is Tampa Bay's first rookie of the year since outfielder Wil Myers in 2013.
wftv.comVotto homers in 7th straight game, Reds beat Mets 6-2
Reds Mets Baseball Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19), Eugenio Suarez, second from left, Kyle Farmer, second from right, and Jonathan India (6) celebrate after defeating the New York Mets in a baseball game, Friday, July 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK — (AP) — Joey Votto homered for the seventh straight game, one shy of a major league record, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Friday night. Aristides Aquino lofted a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth before India followed with his second homer, a two-run shot. It’s the second straight month in which he’s reached base at least 50 times. Mets: Lindor (right oblique) took grounders for a second straight day.
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