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Paul Daugherty: What exactly is 'competitive' in Major League Baseball?

Cincinnati Reds position players joined pitchers and catchers, for the first full-squad workout of the spring. The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar

GOODYEAR, AZ – The Reds want to be competitive. The men in charge say so. “I like our team and I think we’re going to be competitive,’’ General Manager Dick Williams said over the winter. “I think we’re going to be competitive,’’ said the manager Bryan Price.

Great. After three-plus seasons of anything but, the alternative is welcome. What does it mean?

You tell me what it means to be “competitive,’’ I’ll tell you if the 2018 Reds will be up for it.