A few weeks back, I wrote a retrospective of the 2005 Houston Astros, who overcame a dreadful 15-30 start to not only reach the postseason, but make it all the way to the World Series.
This year’s Reds club also got off to a 15-30 start, so the Astros seemed like the perfect “best case scenario” of what could happen if things suddenly turned around. It seemed completely implausible at the time, but lately, with the Reds winning more often than they’re losing, I thought it’d be fun to measure their progress.
Unfortunately, the prospect of the Reds making the playoffs this year isn’t much more plausible today than it was two months ago.