Last season was a disappointing one for J.J. Hoover, to say the least. The Cincinnati Reds reliever was coming off of a career year the previous season, but things went south right off the bat in 2014. In the Reds’ fifth game of the season, Hoover gave up a walk-off grand slam to the New York Mets’ Ike Davis.
Things would only get worse from there.
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Hoover finished the season with a whopping 10 losses, by far the most of any relief pitcher in baseball.