Reds star Joey Votto is back for his 17th season in MLB, and he’s predicting this campaign will be unlike any other. After MLB asked its fans for bold 2023 predictions on Instagram, Votto hit the comment section with an absolute doozy of a projection, which includes the first recorded contact with aliens.
Among the slew of humorous predictions Votto shared, the 39-year-old indicated that Cincinnati will win the World Series after posting a 12-2 record during the regular season, which will end after a five-month hiatus due to the aforementioned alien contact.
Oh, and to top things off, Votto predicts that he will be depart Earth in an alien spaceship—never to be seen again.