Reds' Joey Votto 'boldly' predicts Cincinnati World Series win
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Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto 'boldly' predicts they will WIN the World Series in bizarre response to MLB's NL Central forecasts as he also foresees an ALIEN invasion
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Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto had an unusual answer to an Instagram prompt posted by Major League Baseball that asked for a 'bold prediction.'
Votto responded to the question with what seemed to be a bizarre reply rather than an actual prediction.
'Extra-terrestrials arrive on earth, April 15th,' Votto wrote in a comment on MLB's official page.
'The 12-2 Reds and the rest of the planet learn from, communicate with, and befriend our alien friends. This process takes 5 months.
'Play resumes in October. The Reds sweep the playoffs and are World Series champs. Side note: the aliens ask if I would like to accompany them on their ship back to their plant. I oblige. Never to be seen again.'
Reds first baseman Joey Votto responded to a MLB social media post with a 'bold prediction'
Votto predicted the Reds would win a World Series and that aliens would visit the Earth in April
Cincinnati finished tied for the second worst record in all of baseball with 62-100.
The team is not expected to be much better this season.
Much like the rest of the team the 39-year-old Votto hit for only a .205 batting average which was the lowest mark of his career, while also hitting only 11 homeruns in 376 plate appearances.
Votto's game has fallen a long way from the numbers that once made him one of MLB's best hitters, however he clearly remains one the games most interesting personalities.
Last April he posted a TikTok dressed up as Ron Weasley and duetted a dance from Doja Cat.
In 2017 he offered to buy then teammate Zack Cozart a donkey if he made the All-Star game.
The 16-year veteran is coming off a season where he hit for a career low batting average