It’s infrastructure week here as we continue to cover the surprising, .500 Cincinnati Reds. They’re in the thick of it in the National League’s Central division, a division devoid of both a true super team and a truly decent team, and that sliver of an opening towards playoff contention has all of us circling back to dreams of what this season may well become.
Apparently, the Reds front office has taken notice, too, intimating as much in the wake of Andrew Abbott’s historic outing last night as the Reds took down the Houston Astros. In speaking to reporters after the game, head honcho Nick Krall relayed the quote that titled this article, further saying “If we’ve got a chance to make the playoffs, we make the playoffs any way we can.