Much has been said about the 2019 version of the Cincinnati Reds and the opinions vary wildly as to what the pundits, journalists, and even us bloggers think of the season thus far. Fans have used terms like, “better team overall”, “best last-place team ever”, and “pythagorean top team”. But, the one I’m going to focus on here is, “The Reds can be contenders”.
You can put me in the camp of those who believe that this version of the Reds can actually contend this year. I predicted a team 15 games over .500 for the season based on offseason acquisitions and new manager and staff.