{"id":86332,"date":"2024-09-22T23:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T03:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=86332"},"modified":"2024-09-22T23:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T03:01:53","slug":"david-bell-fired-reds-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/22\/david-bell-fired-reds-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds Fire Manager David Bell with Five Games Remaining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds announced on Sunday night that they fired manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/bellda01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bell<\/a> with five games left in their season. Bell was nearing the end of his sixth season at the helm in Cincinnati. Despite the Reds&#8217; run of mediocrity in recent years, the move still comes as somewhat of a surprise. Just over a year ago, the team signed Bell to an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/29\/david-bell-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">extension<\/a> to keep him on as manager through the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Reds<\/a> fire David Bell <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VO390Gznct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VO390Gznct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LanceMcAlister (@LanceMcAlister) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceMcAlister\/status\/1838036786204807674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>David Bell Fired as Reds Manager<\/h2>\n<p>Coming from a long line of major leaguers, much like New York Yankees manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booneaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a>, Bell is the son of former player and manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellbu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buddy Bell<\/a>, and the grandson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellgu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gus Bell<\/a>. His brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=bellmi02,bellmi01,bell--004mik&amp;search=Mike+Bell&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Bell<\/a> also had a brief stint in the majors. Bell&#8217;s brother, father, and grandfather all played for the Reds at one point or another, but he never did in his 12-year playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Bell was hired as Reds manager before the 2019 season. While the Reds finished over .500 in three of those seasons (2020-21, 2023), they only made the postseason once in his tenure, in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. That resulted in a two-game sweep at the hands of the Atlanta Braves in the National League Wild Card Series. Across six seasons, Bell compiled a 409-456 record at the helm, a .473 winning percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Going into this season, Cincinnati was considered a possible dark horse as a postseason contender. Largely thanks to a solid offense, they have a run differential of +14 with five games left. But with a 76-81 record, the front office ultimately decided the franchise needed a new skipper moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Reds President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall will be available to the media Monday morning to go into further detail on the move. Bench coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/benavfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Benavides<\/a> will take over as interim manager for the last five games of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Katie Stratman-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds announced on Sunday night that they fired manager David Bell with five games left in their season. Bell was nearing the end of his sixth season at the helm in Cincinnati. Despite the Reds&#8217; run of mediocrity in recent years, the move still comes as somewhat of a surprise. 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