You’ll remember, a few weeks ago, I asked whether Reds ownership was meddling in baseball operations. The short answer: yes.
Well, since that piece was published, we keep getting more evidence of Bob Castellini sticking his nose into baseball decisions, both off-field (Matt Harvey) and on-field (he’s talking strategy with the manager!). So I had to revisit my thesis from the earlier piece, and that was the topic of my latest for Cincinnati Magazine:
Castellini acknowledged earlier this year that he wouldn’t let the front office begin the rebuilding process back in 2014-15 by blocking trades of certain players before the All-Star Game.