It’s a pretty good endorsement of a team’s overall body of work to see three position players selected to play in MLB’s All Star Game. So, despite the fact that the Cincinnati Reds got off to a putrid 3-18 start to the season, it shouldn’t really come as a great surprise that they still managed to pull off that feat, what with the significantly improved play since that time.
Each of Scooter Gennett, Eugenio Suarez, and Joey Votto were deserving of All Star bids, and each was rewarded when the teams were announced on Sunday night, as the Reds themselves relayed on Twitter.