SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — The Cincinnati Reds have finished in fifth place in the N.L. Central three consecutive years and have lost at least 94 games each of those seasons.
And so what have they done to improve themselves this offseason?
Nothing.
Well, not literally nothing — they have added seven pitchers from outside the organization: Kyle Crockett, Joe Mantiply, Jared Hughes, Dylan Floro, Vance Worley, Ben Rowen and David Hernandez.
I bet you’ve even heard of a couple of those men: Floro pitched for the Cubs last year and Rowen was briefly on the Cubs’ 25-man roster in July 2015, though he never appeared in a game.