How’s this for an opener: The Reds’ starting rotation is worse than the University of Florida’s, the Reds’ bullpen is better than the one currently at the top of the AL Central standings, and Thom Brennaman is a schoolyard bully. Looks like a three-pitch strikeout of a sentence to me, so let’s break this down a la Rob “Pitching Ninja” Friedman.
Strike 1: The Reds’ starting rotation has the worst WAR of any staff in the league BY NEARLY TWO WHOLE POINTS. Led by Homer Bailey’s abysmal -1.2 WAR, the Reds staff’s -5.4 mark looks longingly up at the Padres -3.