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Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds averaged 24 home runs, 84 runs batted in and over a .300 average the last two seasons. He's a very good pl
ayer on the verge of becoming an All-Star. Does anyone think he'll get to that status this year? He has very tough competition at first base though with Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard in the same league. Does playing in Cincinnati, a team that doesn't get the media exposure that a lot of teams get, hinder his chances of gaining the recognition that he might someday deserve? Of course, if the Reds become a contending team, that will put Votto in the spotlight. Any thoughts on him?
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Joey Votto is a very solid young player, but he is playing a position where the best first basemen in the National League are all putting up better numbers than he is. It’s pretty hard to get to the All-Star game with the likes of Pujols and Howard as well as Adrian Gonzalez, and Prince Fielder blocking your way. The fact that the league expanded the All-Star rosters might help but there’s a pretty good chance those extra roster spots will be taken up by pitchers mostly.
The one positive of playing on a team like the Cincinnati Reds is that there simply isn’t a whole lot of talent around him, and with the rule that every major league team has to have at least one representative he might get the nod that way. There is really no other team on the Reds right now that is having all that great a season and he’s really the only player who is leading the team in multiple categories.
The one positive of playing on a team like the Cincinnati Reds is that there simply isn’t a whole lot of talent around him, and with the rule that every major league team has to have at least one representative he might get the nod that way. There is really no other team on the Reds right now that is having all that great a season and he’s really the only player who is leading the team in multiple categories.
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