The Cincinnati Reds were expected to be among the best teams in the National League. Experts picked them to be at the top of the division before the season began. Projection systems agreed with that, placing them at the top of a very close National League Central division.
What’s happened instead is the Reds have been among the very worst teams in all of Major League Baseball. They are 18-24, which is better than only three other teams in the National League with less than three weeks to play in the season. There are only 18 games remaining and Cincinnati would need to make up 3.5 games to land the final wild card spot – but they’d also need to make that ground up on multiple teams, which…
