Just because I know you’ll bring this up, I wrote that the Reds were going to have an historically bad season at the beginning of May, when they were 7-24. I mean... it sure looked that way, but Jim Riggleman somehow got the Reds playing good ball, and since that 7-24 start they’re 36-29, which is tied for the third-best record in the National League over that span, and just three games worse than the Cubs.
If you look at the table I posted in that article, they’re going to likely wind up with a far better record than any team that started 7-24 or worse over 31 games.