The Cincinnati Reds are about to play their final few games of the 2024 season but they will be doing so without David Bell in the dugout.
The Reds fired Bell on Sunday night after a 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The loss dropped the Reds to 76-81 on the season.
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July 27, 2024; Petersburg, Florida, USA; Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (25) watches against the Tampa Bay Rays during the ninth inning at Tropicana Field. (Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports)
Cincinnati named bench coach Freddie Benavides as interim manager for the final five games of the season.
“David has provided the kind of stability we’ve needed in our clubhouse over the past few seasons. We felt a change was needed to move the Major League team forward. We haven’t had the success we expected, and we need to start focusing on 2025,” said Reds president of baseball operations. Nick Krall in a statement.
The Reds hired Bell before the start of the 2019 season as he replaced Bryan Price and Jim Riggleman. Price was fired during the 2018 season and Riggleman took over until the end of that year.
July 22, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (25) in the dugout against the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning at Truist Park. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
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Bell has never led Cincinnati to a better than third place in the National League Central. The Reds made the playoffs in the 2020 season affected by the coronavirus but their only playoff appearance since 2013.
Bell is 409-456 as a manager.
Cincinnati has a lot of potential and the organization clearly sees that a new voice could help the team get over the hump. Hunter Greene, Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott are among the young players leading this team into the future.
September 22, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (25) reacts after pitching the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park. (Photos by Katie Stratman-Imagn)
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The offseason for the Reds will start a little earlier than most other teams.
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