FLORENCE, Ky. -- As they try to work quickly to complete a rebuilding program, there won't be many prognostications that have the Reds among teams expected to battle for the postseason in 2017.
But the Reds aren't giving themselves a built-in excuse to not be competitive. Reliever and recent free-agent acquisition Drew Storen heard his new boss, general manager Dick Williams, speak repeatedly with high expectations over the past four days of their leg on Reds Caravan.
"The big thing I took away from it is just the idea that everybody thinks this is a rebuild, but we all strongly believe that we have some pieces here to surprise some people," Storen said on Sunday.