Only one thing is holding the Reds back...but it's a big thing.
Cincinnati Reds fans are begging the team's ownership to make an offer to Middletown native Kyle Schwarber. Last season, the Reds ranked among the bottom-third in the league in both home runs and slugging percentage; an area Schwarber could fix almost instantly. Schwarber's already dropped several hints about a return to his hometown. So what's the hold up?
As any logical Reds fan knows, the chances of Schwarber signing a contract with Cincinnati this offseason is as likely as a double scoop of Graeter's black raspberry chip ice cream surviving more than five minutes during the sweltering heat of an Ohio Valley summer.