Cincinnati Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons

Contents

Nats demote All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams, citing ‘internal issue’ Shohei Ohtani pitching? Scariest wild-card teams? Yankees, Dodgers playoff rotations? How Shohei Ohtani, without half his powers, rewrote MLB history again and went 50/50 2024 MLB Playoff picture, bracket, schedule Best of Shohei Ohtani: Top 10 MLB games of two-way star 2024 MLB Playoff format: How many teams, Wild Card seeding, more Bryce Harper, Phillies tout ‘bigger goals’ after clinching playoff berth How to watch the 2024 MLB Playoffs: TV channels, streaming, dates, times

The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday night after six seasons.

The team announced the move hours after a 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and named bench coach Freddie Benavides as interim manager for the final five games of the season.

“David provided the kind of steadiness that we needed in our clubhouse over the last few seasons. We felt a change was needed to move the Major League team forward. We have not achieved the success we expected, and we need to begin focusing on 2025,” President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall said on a statement posted on the Reds’ website.

With a week left in the season, the Reds are 76-81 and in fourth place in the NL Central, 13.5 games behind division champion Milwaukee. Cincinnati closes out the season with five road games. The Reds have a two-game series in Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday before closing out the campaign with three games in Chicago against the Cubs.

The 52-year-old Bell was hired by the Reds in October 2018. He had a 409-456 record over six seasons and became the third manager fired this season.

Under Bell in 2020, the Reds earned a postseason berth in his second season, which was shortened by COVID-19 to 60 games.

Krall plans to speak to the media on Monday at Great American Ball Park.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

[Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily.]