Joey Votto's "Decline Phase" T-shirt proves once again that Votto only gets better with age, on and off the field.

Sure, critics point to the fact that Votto only hit 12 home runs last season, compared to 36 a year earlier. But he led the National League in 2018 in on-base percentage (.417) for the third consecutive season.

A photo of the shirt was among a montage tweeted by the Reds:

MLB Network analysts celebrated Votto's shirt on The Rundown on Friday:

Brian Kenny: I guess he's aware of the aging curve. Decline phase, Dan Plesac?! Your thoughts?

Dan Plesac: Only Joey Votto, right? This is Joey Votto to a T right there, right? Isn't it?

Kenny: Defying it. I mean he led the league in OBP last year. He's aged quite well. But that's poking fun at I guess the new wave of thinking.

Votto was 1-for-4 with a double in the Reds' 5-3 Opening Day win on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He vowed during Spring Training that nothing will change with his effort.

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