The 2024 Cincinnati Reds aren’t just in last place in the National League Central at 47-53, they’re fresh off being swept by a bad Washington Nationals team at precisely the time when they should be scratching, clawing their way to every win possible.
This season is not to be. We probably should’ve taken the hint long ago when Matt McLain, TJ Friedl, Brandon Williamson, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Tejay Antone, & Co. fell by the wayside next to Noelvi Marte’s suspension. What’s remained has been a shell of the roster originally constructed by Nick Krall and the Cincinnati front office, and rather than chase wins by wheeling and dealing to make the kind of moves needed to push the needle, they’ve simply sat by and hoped the remnants could cobble together a miracle.