The Reds have lost eleven games in a row. They are 3-18 in road games.
The pitching staff is flat out terrible. When they aren’t walking batters (11.2%, highest in MLB) Reds pitchers are grooving it down the middle. Five rookies pitched for Walt Jocketty’s club tonight. Why five rookies? The “Indifference to a Good Bullpen” chapter in the Rebuild Binder and a tsunami of injuries.
After these three games against the Brew Crew, the Reds play four in Colorado. The thought of sending these pitchers to face those hitters at that altitude is terrifying. Ten runs allowed per game?