Despite the renewed underperformance in relation to the hopes and dreams of fans in the entire region in 2024, the Cincinnati Reds did not hit the Personal Panic button in this low season.
Yes, you preserved David Bell and hired a real manager Hall of Fame in Terry Francona. However, what they did not do was a squad that they had built up conscientiously in the past half decades in order to pursue quickly, possibly not sustainable fame.
You do not sign Anthony Santander to possibly add a defined blow to the line -up. Instead of targeting Alex Bregman to clear out potential infield concerns, they exchanged international bonus pool funds against Gavin Lux.
They doubled about which obligations they had already received. This team, if it should go to any fame, will do this on the back of Elly de la Cruz and Hunter Greene. It is pulled there by Matt McLain and Jeimer Candelario by Nick Lodolo and Nick Martinez.
Once again, the Reds enter a season in the hope of being a team that they have never been than a team that has already made it on paper. The front office and ownership must be better together than ever to have success, and it is this promise that has all got us under control.
In this sense and with the new season that dawn tomorrow, here are five stupid predictions for the 2025 Cincinnati Reds season.
Nick Lodolo deletes 150 IP and leads all the red jugs in the war
Another year, another stupid prediction by Nick Lodolo, who appears as a legitimate ass.
It is difficult to stop, I admit. Today I am still as tempting from his advantage as it was then when he first appeared in 2022 and took the 6th place in the Rookie of the Year of the NL.
Since then he has been limited to 28 starts in two seasons, with an extended shin injury, followed by problems with a finger, back, his calf, a grist, bubbles, head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
(Head, shoulders, lodolo, lodolo … I wander off.)
However, I think in 2025 is the year in which everything for Nick finally comes together, both in terms of health and production. He is now in his arbitration and the production at this time is what can hire a pitcher for the rest of his life. The stars will be aligned, health will prevail, and we will see about 27 starts to help him lead the line next to Hunter Greene, and his things will be so good that he will actually do the team’s warfare at the war.
5.2 Bwar Entrance!
TJ Friedl steals 40 bags
Nobody tortured me as much of all the things that we had robbed of serious injuries about the Cincinnati squad in 2024 with the flood of serious injuries about the Cincinnati squad in 2024. His freak manure and thumb injuries were certainly frustrating, but his Hammy problems made the speed, which not only made him an elite -defensive -CF, but also a demon on the basis.
These attributes made him a 4 -war player in 2023, and 4 wars -CFS simply don’t grow on trees. If TJ is right, he is an absolutely elite weapon in the field as well as in the line -up and – for the red – on the bases on the line -up.
If his knee tendons stay relaxed this year, in my opinion he continues as a threat to the thugs who develop in the middle of the order, and a season with theft of 40+ is 1,000% on the table.
Sal Stewart is an important gear in the Infield at the end of the season
In 2023, the Reds still anchored Joey Votto at 1B when they were healthy. Spencer Steer became a do-it-all-infield option, while both Elly de la Cruz and Matt McLain celebrated their dizzying debuts. Jonathan India was the everyday 2b, the spirit of Nick Senzel began on the hot corner, and Jose Barrero worked in a last gasp of the relevance of top brochures about the diamond.
In other words, the Infield mixture looked incredibly overcrowded. Nevertheless, Noelvi Marte managed to hit the mix directly and became a rock in the line -up in the line, although so many other names seemed to be “ahead” in front of him.
I think Sal Stewart meets a similar path in 2025. The child has an absolutely elitist eye on the plate, and only a freak-off-the-field injury held him from meeting the AA last year. He will start there this year, and I think he will puree to Aaa in a short time and put him on the height of a big debut for the big league as soon as the red need – or want to -.
Will he take over 3b? Perhaps. Jeimer Candelario looked there last year in terms of life, Marte got stalling, and Gavin Lux has never really played there.
Will he claim 1b? Perhaps CES is better suited for DH obligations, and Sal is entitled to its claim there.
It doesn’t matter – he will get into a regular role with this club and maybe even lead the offensive. His bat is just so good.
Elly de la Cruz Socks 44 things
In any case, it was easy to get lost in exactly the year that Elly did with his legs last year, how many steals he signed up and how many additional bases he glued, even when the opposing teams looked at him directly with the ball in his hand.
He will continue to wipe pockets this year. He will also make third place in the line -up in most nights, it seems, and Matt McLain will have most of the time before him Block these bases.
Elly will literally get into a 35 -steal season, but what I think takes to the next stratosphere in 2025, the slight tower force of him. Not only this year he will increase its things from 25 a.m. to 30 p.m., he will also record it over 40. Hell, he can hit 81 games in Gabp, that could be at the extremely low end!
Let’s assume 44 Homer, since Elly and 44 are only a match in heaven.
The red – yes, the red – make the playoffs
Is it far -fetched? Yes.
Is it impossible to find out? Even yes, somehow – in a full season they were simply not there in a very, very long time.
The injuries have already started to miss the beginning of the season with people such as Spencer Steer, Tyler Stephenson, Rhett Lowder and Andrew Abbott. Every other team out there will also come across this type of problem.
Nevertheless, there is only a trust in this club that can only be referred to as Franconians, and the National League Central Division is not really at a different level in relation to talent than the red. If the talent is the same and the leadership suddenly arises, the epic outbreaks ensures, and it just feels like this is finally a window that is materialized in the form of red.
Cincinnati will win 89 games this year and make it into the playoffs. Just don’t ask me what happens when you arrive there.
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