Dark Knight's decline, no-no fatigue and MLB's next big thing

The Reds made quite a gamble this week when they traded for former Mets problem child Matt Harvey. You might compare it to a lottery ticket, which is to say the odds of this working out seem long.

You certainly can understand the motivation of Cincinnati general manager Dick Williams. His team is in the fourth year of a rebuilding plan that is simply not working out at the big league level. The Reds are on pace to lose 118 games. If they play to the level of their run differential, they'll still lose 102.

From becoming a hero in Queens to an abrupt exit from New York, Matt Harvey's career has been full of highs and lows.

As contenders and pretenders start to separate themselves, we run through…