07-19-2021, 09:55 AM
Welp, that series sweep is probably the nail in this season's coffin. Being 7 games back is really hard to overcome in half of a season unless the Brewers pull a Cubs and lose 11 straight games.
They can keep trying, of course. They're 5.5 games out of the wild card spot. It's possible the Padres fall apart or it's possible the Giants, who were not expected to be very good this year, come back down to Earth in the 2nd half, lose 1st place to the Dodgers, and subsequently fall behind the Padres and Reds for wild card spots.
But the Reds are going to need a MAJOR infusion of talent in the bullpen if they want to have any chance of making the playoffs.
They can keep trying, of course. They're 5.5 games out of the wild card spot. It's possible the Padres fall apart or it's possible the Giants, who were not expected to be very good this year, come back down to Earth in the 2nd half, lose 1st place to the Dodgers, and subsequently fall behind the Padres and Reds for wild card spots.
But the Reds are going to need a MAJOR infusion of talent in the bullpen if they want to have any chance of making the playoffs.
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