The Cincinnati Reds enter the final week of the first ‘half’ of the 2025 Major League Baseball season at 46-44, a pair of games over the .500 mark, and mired in 4th place in the National League Central division.
They’ve had some moments throughout the first half, to be sure, but after dropping back to back series on the road against the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies, it’s hard not to notice they’re both 8 games back of the Chicago Cubs within the division and 2.5 games back of the final NL Wild Card spot, too - with the need to jump three teams to claim even that.