Two weeks ago, the 2017 Cincinnati Reds were 29-30 and just 2 games behind the Brewers for first place in the NL Central. 12 games later and things have taken quite the turn. It was always going to happen though, right? None of us could have reasonably expected .500 baseball to continue when the Reds were running out 4-inning starts from the rotation night after night. As fun as it has been to repeatedly watch the offense come back late in games, something was going to give at some point. It just took the offense hitting slightly worse (and I mean slightly, because they were pretty much league average in every category) and the bullpen faltering just enough to make a .
18 Games at a time - Capsule 4
