Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell is going to have a rather different pitching staff in 2021 than he had in 2020. Free agency has cost his rotation both the Cy Young Award winning Trevor Bauer and Anthony DeSclafani. In the bullpen he’s watched the team trade closer Raisel Iglesias and Robert Stephenson, and non-tender Archie Bradley. Despite these losses, though, Bell sounds confident in the players that are returning, as well as the acquisitions of reliever Noé Ramirez and Jeff Hoffman.
“I choose to look at the guys we do have. And really we have the core of our team that really had a great experience last season – guys coming together, the team coming together.