As the Cincinnati Reds limp through the final five weeks of the season, battling a number of injuries and trying to stay out of the cellar of the National League Central, it’s a long way from where they were at this time last year.
The Reds were an 83-win team last season and were at the top of the NL Wild Card race before the St. Louis Cardinals won a franchise-record 17 games in a row.
In a sign of how much things have changed, the Reds had only two players in the lineup Thursday that they had in the lineup exactly one year ago on Aug.