Journalist Shares Glum Truth About The Reds

The Cincinnati Reds have had a 2022 to neglect.

They began off the season with a 3-22 report, and at 23-46, they’re nonetheless among the many worst groups in baseball.

However their points go nicely past outcomes.

Based on the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Sam Greene, they don’t appear to take pleasure in what they’re doing, and the temper within the dugout just isn’t constructive.

“I’ve been within the dugout of just about each MLB workforce at this level and the one factor I can say is persistently true of the great ones is that they’re are loud and hype one another up (they sound like they’re having enjoyable). I’ve by no means seen the Reds dugout like that,” he wrote.

I have been within the dugout of just about each MLB workforce at this level and the one factor I can say is persistently true of the great ones is that they are are loud and hype one another up (they sound like they’re having enjoyable). I’ve by no means seen the Reds dugout like that.

— Sam Greene (@SGdoesit) June 23, 2022

When he says he has by no means seen the Reds dugout having that sort of enjoyable, one has to suppose that the issue begins on the entrance workplace stage.

All the things Begins At The Prime

If followers turned towards the Castellinis (Bob and Phil, homeowners of the workforce) initially of the season, one has to marvel if gamers did too, and when precisely.

They aren’t precisely mannequin homeowners, and it’s as much as the individuals on the high to arrange an excellent working atmosphere.

It’s evident that shedding will enormously have an effect on the temper of a clubhouse, however even when they’re profitable, the Reds simply don’t appear to have enjoyable and benefit from the sport.

Greene stated in a subsequent tweet (within the replies) that final 12 months’s workforce, which had Nick Castellanos, Jesse Winker, and others, was “extra enjoyable to observe, however the vibe within the dugout wasn’t a lot totally different. The Dodgers now, and the Cubs once they have been good, sound like a bit league workforce having enjoyable. Reds have at all times seemed like a gaggle of dudes at work.”

That’s a tough evaluation of the present working atmosphere within the Reds’ group.