Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett is one of seven deserving first-time Major League Baseball All-Stars, according to USA TODAY Sports' Scott Boeck.
Cincinnati Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett is one of seven deserving first-time Major League Baseball All-Stars, according to USA TODAY Sports' Scott Boeck.
The NL Player of the Month in May, Gennett is batting .344 with 12 homers and 44 RBI and a .947 OPS. The second baseman has backed up a strong 2017 season in which he slugged 27 homers and drove in 98 runs. Baez will likely be voted the starter, so Gennett will have strong competition against Atlanta's Ozzie Albies.
Gennett appeared Thursday on The Dan Patrick Show, joking with the Mason High School graduate about how excited his wife was to meet and get a picture with celebrity Cincinnati sports fan Nick Lachey at a Reds-Dodgers game in Los Angeles.
Gennett also told Patrick about the "scary" incident he had in his backyard on the Yamaha Zuma 125 scooter the Reds gave him for his four-homer game last June before he donated it to a Reds Community Fund sweepstakes, as he detailed on MLB Network's Intentional Talk earlier this week.