You may have seen my season preview piece for Cincinnati Magazine that was published last week. I never linked it here, but it wasn’t because my editor gave it this uncharitable title: “The 2018 Cincinnati Reds Are Making The Playoffs. (Stop Laughing.)” If you haven’t read it yet, check it out:
The Cincinnati Reds are going to make the playoffs in 2018. You heard it here first. (In fact, you might only hear it here.)
I’ll give you a moment to pick yourself up off the floor. After all, the Reds have averaged 93 losses per season since the last time they qualified for the playoffs, which seems like it was around the time of the Italian Renaissance, even though it was actually —- and you can look this up -— only four full seasons ago.