Of all the things that have punched the Cincinnati Reds (and their fans) in the gut in the last half-year, losing Jonathan India to the Injured List courtesy of a bad hamstring in the first week of the 2022 MLB season might well have been the worst.
Yes, the team gave away tons of their players.
No, the team refused to spend money unless they shed money, a mathematic equation that makes no sense under the rationale of ‘winning.’
No, they did not field a team good enough to make a run in 2022.
All that aside, though, the moves they made all winter were geared towards building (again) around their latest young core, and India - the reigning NL Rookie of the Year - was absolutely chief among them.