On Friday night, a sellout crowd of 40,854 fans at Great American Ball Park watched the Cincinnati Reds play the Chicago Cubs. The Reds entered the game with a 40-40 record, 1.5 games behind the second-place Cubs.
With four weeks until the trade deadline and 10 upcoming divisional games, the Reds stance at the trade deadline could be impacted by what happens over this stretch of games.
Reds first baseman Joey Votto hasn’t played July baseball that was this meaningful since 2013.
Assessing the state of the Reds earlier this week, Votto said the Reds had to go on a run soon.