An optimist can look at the Reds roster and see plenty of improvement. Tucker Barnhart, Billy Hamilton and Eugenio Suarez can all improve. Jose Peraza, Jesse Winker, Dilson Herrera and Scott Schebler are all in the scrum for playing time. Joey Votto is still, thank goodness, Joey Votto. And all those young righties! Surely something will work out.
A pessimist would look at all of this and say, it can't come fast enough. The Brewers have arguably the best minor leagues in baseball and the other three teams in the Central are just freaking light years ahead of the Reds right now.