Cincinnati Reds links - ZiPS projections, Ricardo Cabrera, and the MLB lockout

Friend of the blog and ZiPS overlord Dan Szymborski has had his supercomputer fired up for the last few weeks, the two working tirelessly to prepare the projections for each and every franchise for a 2022 season that hopefully will go off without a hitch. Yesterday saw the numbers for the Cincinnati Reds drop, and they frankly brought a bit of a tear to my eye.

As Dan notes in the intro, there’s...there’s actually a lot to like about what the Reds have going for them at the moment. ZiPS likes Jonathan India to more or less repeat his breakout 2021 campaign, thinks Tyler Stephenson is legit, and notes the starting rotation is stacked with a trio of 3.5-4.0 WAR arms in Tyler Mahle, Luis…