The Reds lead the NL Wild Card race by 1.5 games. We are 3.5 back of the mighty Cards in the NL Central. Is it May, with a pre-injury Griffey in the line-up? HELL NO!!! It's July 31st!!!How long has it been since the Reds were actually adding players at the trading deadline? Krivsky has thrown his cards down on the table and called "All-In" in the playoff race. I agree with his actions 100% so far. Picking up Guardado, Bray, Majewski, and now Cormier and Lohse at the deadline has completely flipped our dreadful bullpen. Lohse may have starter stuff, but that remains to be seen. We gave up a few prospects for these guys as well as Kearns and Lopez. a lot of people said we gave up too much. I think we gave what we had to in order to improve the club. In case you hadn't noticed, there aren't a lot of great pitchers on the market right now. These moves will make a difference.
Will we get into the playoffs? Not the way our starters have been pitching right now. We also need Griffey to start hitting the ball - AND STAY HEALTHY! I think Krivsky is still trying to work on a starter. Who knows if he'll pull it off. In the end, if we are in it until September, it will be a major leap for a team predicted universally to finish last in the NL Central.
PS: That photo is for karma!!! 44
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By the way... The Reds beat the Braves on Fox yesterday. Guess who was in the booth - Eric Davis! Guess what happened while he was in the booth - Phillips hit a 3 run homer to win the game!!!
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