It’s easy to have tuned out for the last day and a half, what with the Cincinnati Reds going meekly in their matinee series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers, the off-day Thursday, and tonight’s first pitch not being set until 10:10 PM ET. If anything, it’s been a nice, scheduled refresher and reset-button push, as the Reds now have on their plate the Los Angeles Dodgers with the trade deadline right around the corner.
Speaking of the Dodgers and the deadline, they’ve not taken any breaks at all. They just finalized a deal to add veterans Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly from the Chicago White Sox, they’re apparently knee-deep in discussions with the St.