The president of the Reds apologized hours later after telling fans that they had no choice but to accept the team's reduced roster.
Bob Castellini, the Reds controlling owner, has a son who is also the team's chief operating officer. In the last 15 years, Cincinnati has made the playoffs four times, losing in the division series in 2010 and 2012 and the wild-card round in 2013). The Reds had a winning record in just five seasons.
Phil Castellini was asked on Tuesday why a fan should trust him.
Where are you going? Let's start there. I mean, sell the team to whoever you want. If you want to look at what you can do to make the team more profitable, make more money, and compete better in the current economic system, what would you do? Pick it up and move it somewhere else.
Be careful what you ask for. I think we are doing the best we can with the resources we have. The fans are more pleased with the results than we are. I am not saying anyone should be happy. I am not polishing trophies in the office right now, and that is what we are here to do. I think we have had to shift the discipline. We have tried a lot of things that didn't work. They came very close to working. Nobody has to tell me that it didn't work. I think we have learned from those things. He is a guy on a mission. He is a bull in a china shop that has his way to do it and that way to grow your own.
The Reds traded former All-Star pitcher Sonny Gray and outfielder Jesse Winker.
The Reds lost 10-5 to the Cleveland Guardians and dropped to 2-2.
He apologized to Reds fans and said that he and the team love them. I am sorry for how our fans feel.
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