The Cincinnati Reds fired David Bell on September 22, 2024 with 5 games left in the season. From that moment, uncertainty loomed. Who will manage the Cincinnati Reds? Will they stick with a similar philosophy as David Bell? Will they go a completely separate direction? Or will they talk a Hall of Fame manager out of retirement who was a part of a Boston Red Sox team that won 2 World Series rings, ended one of the longest championship droughts in pro sports history? Also leading a small market Cleveland baseball franchise to multiple winning seasons, nearly winning a World Series in the process?

The Cincinnati Reds have announced that they have signed manager Terry Francona to a 3 year contract with a club option for 2028. In 3,622 games managed, Francona has nearly 2,000 career wins. He will most likely eclipse the 2,000 win mark in 2025. Francona played 1 season with the Reds in 1987 and has said this about Cincinnati — “I only played one season for the Reds in 1987 but in that season, I learned that Cincinnati is a great baseball city.

Francona and his future staff will have a solid young core to work with. Elly De La Cruz has the potential to be the best player on the planet. Hunter Greene has the ability to win a Cy Young. Players like Cristian Encarnacion-Strand could mash 40 home runs. Matt McLain, Noelvi Marte, Tyler Stephenson, Rhett Lowder, the list goes on with this team. That’s not including prospects coming through the farm system like Edwin Arroyo, Cam Collier, Chase Petty, Chase Burns. The future is blindingly bright. With a manager like Tito Francona, this team has the ability to make a serious run and compete for playoff series wins and hopefully, the Holy Grail of a World Series championship that this city longs for.

The Reds haven’t won a World Series since going wire to wire in 1990, and haven’t advanced in the playoffs since 1995. Terry Francona will bring accountability to the clubhouse. Players have loved him everywhere he’s been, and he’s the leader this young crop of players need. Health issues are the only concern with Tito. He missed time in 2005 with a Pulmonary Embolism and 2017 with an irregular heart beat, he would miss all of 2020 and most of 2021 with blood clotting and other issues. If Terry is healthy enough to manage through his contract, Francona will turn 68 during the 2028 season.

In my opinion, this is an absolute home run of a hire and an excellent sign of the direction of this team. This is the beginning of a new era in Cincinnati.

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