The Cincinnati Reds came into the season with high hopes for young outfielder Noelvi Marte, but he got off to a horrendous start in right field.

Through 29 at-bats, Marte had four hits, all singles, with 10 strikeouts. To make matters worse, he was chasing at a 47.4 percent rate, which ranked him near the bottom of the league. He was getting a lot of strikes, but he wasn't swinging at the right pitches to hit, so a lot of his at-bats were uncompetitive. As a result, the Reds sent him to Triple-A to work on his approach.

“The only thing I’m working on is pitches that I want to swing at,” Marte said on Wednesday, via interpreter Peterson Plaz.…