Votto went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout in Monday's win over the Pirates, dropping his line for the season down to .192/.250/.500 over 28 plate appearances.

EDGE Analysis

There's plenty of reasons not to be alarmed by Votto's slow start, the most obvious being the small sample. He's also only struck out three times, and he's recovered from slow starts before. MLB.com's Bob Cohn reports that Votto is swinging at more pitches, and doing so earlier in the count than he's accustomed to doing.