Reds July 2023 thread

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(07-31-2023, 11:05 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Well, we've got our work cut out for us. The Brewers next 10 games are 3 vs. Nats on road, 4 vs. Pirates at home, Rockies at home. They'll probably win at least 7 of them.

We on the other hand have - 4 vs. surging Cubs on road, 3 vs. Nats at home, and 3 vs. Marlins at home. The Marlins are in the thick of the WC chase.

We swept Nats in 4 games back in early July. Probably gonna need to do it again?

Well, we've won 8 of 11 to get here. I think we can keep it going. Our record since Elly was called up is 30-16, with 7 of those 16 losses coming against the Brewers, so against every Non-Brewers team, we're 28-9 since Elly, which is likely the best winning percentage over that time period (I can't imagine any team doing better than a .757 winning percentage for nearly two months).

Meanwhile, the Brewers have gone 28-22 since June 1st and if you take the 13 games against us out, they have gone 18-19 in the last two months against all other teams they've played.

They no longer have the crutch that is our match up. They've fully milked that unusual matchup and that's why they're even in the race. Now that they can no longer directly hand us losses while getting wins, they have to play the other 28 teams. And, for the season, they are 47-46 against all 28 other teams in the MLB. Almost a perfectly mediocre team.