Cincinnati Reds - The Obama / Trump Years (2010-2019)

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Top Reds Players of the Twenty Teens

2010 - Won Division, Lost NLDS (Phillies)

2012 - Won Division, Lost NLDS (Giants)

Pitchers:

2013 - WC, Lost WC-Play-In (Pirates)

Johnny Cueto (23.12) - 47

Aroldis Chapman (10.75) - 39

Ballpark:

Bronson Arroyo (5.1) - 34

Cinergy Field / Great American Ballpark

Mike Leake (8.21) - 33

Raisel Iglesias (8.69) - 26

Team Name:

Homer Bailey (4.51) - 22

Reds

Luis Castillo (8.79) - 20

Anthony DeSclafani (7.29) - 19

Owners:

Francisco Cordero (1.94) - 19

Bob Castellini CEO of ownership consortium

Mat Latos (8.1) - 17

Alfredo Simon (2.03) - 12

General Managers:

Dan Strailey (4.29) - 10

Walt Jocketty (2010-2014)

Sonny Gray (5.58) - 9

Dick Williams (2015-2017)

Nick Krall (2018-19)

Catchers:

Devin Mesoraco (3.53) - 20

Managers:

Tucker Barnhart (5.78) - 19

Dusty Baker (2010-2013)

Ryan Hanigan (6.38) - 16

Bryan Price (2014-2018)

Ramon Hernandez (2.4) - 13

Jim Riggleman (2018)

David Bell (2019)

First Basemen:

Joey Votto (52.48) - 99

Hall of Famers:

None

Second Basemen:

Brandon Phillips (20.53) - 41

Rookie of the Year:

Jose Peraza (0.73) - 13

None

Scooter Gennett (5.71) - 11

MVP

ShortStop:

Joey Votto (2010)

Zach Cozart (16.57) - 32

Jose Iglesias (1.37) - 8

No Hitters:

Homer Bailey (2012)

Third Base:

Homer Bailey (2013)

Todd Frazier (15.27) - 32

Eugenio Suarez (14.21) - 34

Cy Young:

Scott Rolen (6.29) - 9

None

Outfield:

Notable Events:

Jay Bruce (14.45) - 54

Billy Hamilton (8.16) - 47

2010 - Coming into the Twenty Teens, the Reds are on a nine season losing

Drew Stubbs (4.88) - 30

streak. However, there is optimism.

Shin-Soo Choo (4.41) - 17

The team had been purchased in 2006 by a new ownership group and the

Ryan Ludwick (0.85) - 12

General Manager is legendary Walt Jocketty, the ex Cardinals GM,

Adam Duvall (6.41) - 11

who had been hired in 2008.

Chris Heisey (4.47) - 8

Also, all the losing had gotten the Reds a bushel of quality draft picks.

Yasiel Puig (0.86) - 6

2010 - Keepers on the 2010 roster:

□ 1B - Joey Votto, 26, 2nd round pick in 2002

Notable Events:

□ 2B - Brandon Phillips, 29, obtained in 2006 trade with Cleveland

□ CF - Drew Stubbs, 25, 8th overall pick in 2006 draft

2015 - Now that it's clear that the team is in the toilet, the Reds begin to rebuild

□ OF - Jay Bruce, 23, 12th overall pick in 2005

□ RHP - Bronson Arroyo, 33, still has a lot of gas left in the tank

2015 - 3B Eugenio Suarez, 23, is obtained from Detroit for RHP Alfredo Simon

□ RHP - Johnny Cueto, 24, IFA in 2004

Simon, 34, was coming off a 15-10 season with the Reds. Great deal for the

□ RHP - Mike Leake, 22, 8th overall pick on 2009 draft

Cincinnati, however, as Suarez will turn into a big time slugger moving forward.

□ RHP - Homer Bailey, 24, 7th overall pick in 2004 draft

□ Closer - Aroldis Chapman, 22, 100 plus mph high priced IFA in 2010

2015 - RHP Johnny Cueto is dealt to KC at the trade deadline

Cueto was 7-6 2.62 at the time. Trade yields Reds nothing of value in returen

2010 - The Reds gain thirteen games in the standings and win the Division.

The youngsters are starting to mature into star ballplayers

2015 - RHP Mike Leake is dealt to the Giants at the trade deadline

Leake was 9-5 at the time, Reds get bupkus in return

2011 - C Devin Mesoraco, 23, is a rookie, 15th overall pick in the 2007 draft

2011 - 3B Todd Frazier, 25, is a rookie, first round pick in the 2007 draft

2016 - Closer Aroldis Chapman is traded to the Yankees

2011 - SS Zack Cozart, 25, debuts, 2nd round pick in 2007 draft

Reds get nothing of value in return

2012 - The Reds pick up ace righthander Mat Latos, 23, from San Diego

2016 - OF Jay Bruce is dealt to the Mets at the trade deadline.

for three recent first round picks and a live armed starter.

Reds get nothing of value in return

GM Walt Jocketty had a high quality youthful squad, but the starting

pitching was a big letdown in 2011, and the Reds had fallen out of

2016 - SS Jose Peraza, 21, is a rookie. He was picked up in a trade with LA

contention as a result. The strategy to trade a chunk of the future for

present pitching works as the Reds bounce back to win the Division behind

2017 - 2B Scooter Gennett, 27, is picked up on waivers from Milwaukee.

a strong pitching staff that yielded 162 less runs than in 2011.

He makes history during the season when he clubs four homers in a game.

Latos helped going 14-4

The youngsters dealt to San Diego for Latos:

2018 - This marks the fifth year in a row since the Reds made the Wild Card

□ 1B - Yonder Alonso, 25, 7th overall pick in 2008 draft

in 2013 that they have been awful. The pitching is worse than the hitting.

□ RHP - Brad Boxberger, 24, first round pick in 2009 draft

There are a handful of relievers that pitched well, the rest of the staff was

□ C - Yasmani Grandal, 23, 12th overall pick in 2010 draft

weak. On offense, the Reds have some promise. 3B Eugenio Suarez is a stud,

□ RHP - Edinson Volquez, 28

SS Jose Peraza is a good young player. There's also 2B Scooter Gennett and

CF Billy Hamilton who are in their late twenties. 1B Joey Votto, 34, has been

2013 - Cincinnati sends promising twenty two year old SS Didi Gregorius

one of the best hitters in baseball until his production took a serious

to Arizona and CF Drew Stubbs to Cleveland in exchange for hard hitting

nosedive in 2018.

OF Shin-Soo Choo, 30. Gregorius was an IFA in 2007.

The Reds had struggled scoring runs in 2012 despite winning the Division.

2019 - RHP Sonny Gray, 29, is acquired from the Yankees

The deal worked in the short term as Cincinnati makes it to the

wild card game, but not so good long term.

2019 - RHP Trevor Bauer, 28, is acquired at the trade deadline from Cleveland.

2013 - Speedy OF Billy Hamilton, 22, is a rookie. He was a 2nd round pick in '09

2019 - Make it six bad years in a row and counting. Nothing about the

Cincinnati team inspires you that they will be any good any time soon.

2014 - Cincinnati's mini-run of three playoff appearances in four seasons ends.

They have a bottom tier farm system.

This time, it's the hitting that falls apart. Despite big years by Mesoraco and

They only have a few young keepers on their roster:

Frazier, Votto is injured and his absence cannot be overcome and Jay Bruce

□ C Tucker Barnhart, 28, 10th round pick '09

takes an unexpected serious step backward in production at the age of 27.

□ 3B Eugenio Suarez, 27, trade with Detroit '15

Unfortunately for Cincinnati, this is not a temporary setback. It is a harbinger of a

Suarez is a stud and the Reds need to trade him soon to get value for him

fullscale collapse on both offense and defense. This collapse was a surprise to

□ OF Jesse Winker, 25, 1st round pick '12

everybody as the Reds looked like the were positioned for a nice run. In the end,

□ OF Nick Senzel, 24, 1st round pick '16

several players let them down and there wasn't enough depth of talent in the

□ RHP Luis Castillo, 26, trade from Miami for Dan Straily '17

organization to make up the difference. It turns out that the Latos and Choo deals

severely depleted the overall talent level on the club and there was no safety

2019 - The bad trades of '15 and '16 where the Reds traded a bunch of studs

net when some of the front liners slid backward.

and had only Suarez to show for it is why they're so bad in '19