The Cincinnati Reds are two games under .500, but they’re not the kind of “under .500” team we’ve seen them be in years prior. They’re not aging, they’re not expensive, and they’re not chock full of players who get to wake up everyday wondering if they’ve been traded.
They’re young. They’re dynamic. And aside from Joey Votto, they’re a group that was inexperienced enough to not carry the burden of great expectations into 2017, and perhaps that was just the scenario they needed to truly have a chance to blossom.
Blossoming they are, specifically the position players.