It can always be worse. The Reds might be testing that notion now, but when you look at it, their Infuriation Factor is no worse than the team they’re playing tonight at the Small Park.
The Cubs detonated their aging core at last year’s trade deadline, dealing three guys who’d become free agents after the season. For Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez, they received three kids currently in A ball, two in AA and one in AAA. Salary dumps all, by a franchise deemed 4th most valuable in baseball by Forbes magazine.