The Reds had lost nine of 13 before they swept a doubleheader from the Brewers Thursday. Thinking along those lines, Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter, sent me these thoughts about his team:
If I had written this Thursday morning, the tone would’ve been of irrelevance. It would have mentioned the looming trade deadline, Trevor Bauer’s pending free agency, what the Cincinnati Reds should do with David Bell, and how this is what you get from finally spending money in free agency.