The Cincinnati Reds are about to play their previous couple of video games of the 2024 season however can be doing so with out David Bell within the dugout.
The Reds fired Bell on Sunday night time after the sport misplaced 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The loss dropped the Reds to 76-81 on the season.
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Jul 27, 2024; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Cincinnati Reds supervisor David Bell (25) appears to be like on in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays through the ninth inning at Tropicana Discipline. (Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Cincinnati named bench coach Freddie Benavides the interim supervisor for the ultimate 5 video games of the season.
“David offered the form of steadiness that we would have liked in our clubhouse over the previous few seasons. We felt a change was wanted to maneuver the Main League crew ahead. We’ve not achieved the success we anticipated, and we have to start specializing in 2025,” Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall stated in a information launch.
The Reds employed Bell earlier than the beginning of the 2019 season as he changed Bryan Worth and Jim Riggleman. Worth was fired through the 2018 season and Riggleman took over for the remainder of that yr.
Jul 22, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Cincinnati Reds supervisor David Bell (25) within the dugout in opposition to the Atlanta Braves within the ninth inning at Truist Park. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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Bell by no means led Cincinnati to a greater standing than third within the Nationwide League Central division. The Reds made the playoffs within the 2020 coronavirus-impacted season nevertheless it’s their solely playoff look since 2013.
Bell is 409-456 as a supervisor.
Cincinnati has a whole lot of potential and the group clearly sees {that a} new voice may assist the crew recover from the hump. Hunter Greene, Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott are among the many younger gamers main the cost into the long run.
Sep 22, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds supervisor David Bell (25) reacts after a play within the ninth inning in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nice American Ball Park. (Katie Stratman-Imagn Photographs)
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The Reds’ offseason will simply begin a little bit sooner than each different crew.
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