I don't know about you guys, but Travis is definitely the guy I would've wanted hitting here. Donaldson just doesn't seem right, clearly those 6 weeks of not playing are affecting his performance.
Billy Hamilton basically took the lead away from the Reds. You're in scoring position and have the speed to score on almost anything put into play, with one of the best hitters of all time at the plate. Terrible mistake.
I think they may be trying to turn him into our own version of Chris Devenski. Barnes isn't quite as good, but he's performed admirably in his role as a multiple inning shutdown reliever.
Arash Madani came on shortly after the incident and he mentioned that you get charged on mischief, it gets put on your criminal record, you have to pay a "substantial fine" and spend a night in jail.
Smoak to this point last season had a 122 wRC+ fueled by a .400 BABIP, striking out 29.8% and walking 13.5% of the time. His ISO was .149.
Smoak this season is better at everything except walking and his BABIP is substantially lower/way more sustainable, at .294
You're both wrong, defensive stats historically have Votto as a very good defender at first. He had an outlier last season, those unfortunately happen, but is now back to being well above average.