Reds Month of July Game Thread

[fredtoast]

Votto has not just lost power. He has lost his stroke.

Votto is one of only EIGHT players to have started their career after WWII (75 years ago) and have a career slash line of .300+ avg/.400+ ob/.500+ slg. The other 7 are Edgar Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Frank Thomas, Chipper Jones, Larry Walker, Todd Helton, and Mike Trout.

But over the last two seasons (over 1000+ plate appearances) Votto's line is .274/.390/.409. His slugging percentage is down over 100 points from his career .522 but both his batting average and on-base percentage are also down over 30 points.