The Cincinnati Reds are about to play their final games of the 2024 season, but they will do so without David Bell in the dugout.
The Reds fired Bell on Sunday night after losing 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The loss dropped the Reds to 76-81 on the season.
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July 27, 2024; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (25) looks on 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 provided the type of stability we needed in our locker room over the past few seasons. We felt a change was necessary to move the major league team forward. We have not achieved the success we had hoped for and we need to start turning our attention to 2025,” Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said in a news release.
The Reds hired Bell before the start of the 2019 season to replace Bryan Price and Jim Riggleman. Price was fired during the 2018 season and Riggleman took over for the remainder 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 position better than third in the NL Central. The Reds made the playoffs in the coronavirus-affected 2020 season, but it is their only playoff appearance since 2013.
Bell has a 409-456 record 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 the way for the future.
September 22, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (25) reacts after a play in the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park. (Images by Katie Stratman-Imagn)
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The Reds' offseason will start a little earlier than any other team's.
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