When a team is nine and a half games out of the wild card standings in early June, it usually means they will be a seller at the trade deadline.
That is the situation in which the Cincinnati Reds now find themselves. It should surprise no one if they start dealing veteran players to contending teams for more prospects. Last offseason, when the Reds began to dump salary with the trades of Todd Frazier and Aroldis Chapman, they kept a couple of veterans. Jay Bruce was almost traded during Spring Training, but it fell through in the final hours.