Noelvi Marte Is Batting .138 With 10 Strikeouts in 11 Games, and the Reds Just Sent Him Down
The Cincinnati Reds are cutting bait early. After Sunday's 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, the team optioned right fielder Noelvi Marte to Triple-A Louisville, and the numbers tell you exactly why. The 24-year-old went 0-for-4 on Sunday and is hitting just .138 with 4 hits in 29 at-bats across 11 games this season. No extra-base hits. No RBIs. Ten strikeouts. This is not what Cincinnati expected from a guy they've been counting on.
The Numbers Are Brutal
Marte is a career .249 hitter with 21 homers, 84 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases in 202 games since debuting with the Reds on August 19, 2023. Those are solid numbers. But this season? He's been a total black hole at the plate. When you're not getting extra-base hits, driving in runs, or making contact, you don't stay in the big leagues, even if you're young. The Reds made the call that he needed to figure things out somewhere else.
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Cincinnati is bringing up outfielder Rece Hinds from Louisville to fill the void. And this is the interesting part: Hinds is absolutely raking in Triple-A. The 25-year-old is batting .354 with a 1.246 OPS, five homers, and 16 RBIs in just 13 games. That's the kind of hot streak that gets you a call to the majors. Hinds made his Reds debut on July 8, 2024, but struggled after that, batting .191 with seven homers, 14 RBIs, and 37 strikeouts in 39 games over his 2024-25 stretch. This is his chance to turn that around.
It's early in the season, but Cincinnati is not waiting around. If you can't hit, you sit. Hinds gets his shot to prove he belongs.
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