While off-days are never fun from a ‘consumption of live baseball’ perspective, they do afford us the opportunity to reflect on what we’ve already seen, at least. While their record doesn’t yet reflect it, many of the offensive stats the 2021 Cincinnati Reds have posted so far certainly do provide some enjoyment when given a glance.
They’re the league-leaders in runs scored so far with 151 filed away, also topping the league in homers (43), ISO (.198), slugging percentage (.451), and wOBA (.338), too. And while there have been ample contributions to those from a number of different hitters, it’s been Nick Castellanos who has provided the most potent combination of quantity and quality so far, as he’s tied for the MLB lead in homers (9) while leading all NL players with 70 total bases.