Reds July Game Thread 2024

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

(07-07-2024, 08:02 PM)Timanky12 Wrote: Well excuse me, there is still one die hard fan left. Good luck with those playoff hopes.

If that's all you care about, then why don't you stay away until they make the playoffs? But you can't. Just like Cinci4life said before, you only post when they lose. Your posts make you sound like a miserable person and that's coming from someone that bitches in here a lot. This team is 22nd in payroll and you're watching and waiting for the playoffs? There are 9 clubs with more than double the Reds payroll, including the currently 5th place Cubs, and there are only 12 playoff spots.

I still watched the Bengals when they sucked and will always do the same with the Reds. I don't need post-season success to make me root for a team that has one hand tied behind their back by bad management, a bad GM and bad owners while facing teams with almost unlimited budgets. That's also why I've become a bit of a fan of the Pirates and their manager Derek Shelton(29th in payroll). I also don't need post-season success to enjoy watching the growth of young players, especially Greene, Lodolo and Steer.

Friedl and Lodolo are coming back and McLain was just cleared to begin training. This is the best pitching staff that they've had in a looooong time. Castillo, Gray and Cy Young winner Bauer were the last pitching staff to make it to the (expanded) playoffs but that was only a 60 game season. All that they have to do is pick up 3.5 games a month to win the division. I don't expect them to win the division, but if they pick up only 2 games a month, they're in the Wild Card slot. They can be sellers and buyers at the same time. Montas and Candelerio are producers that are expendable and if the Reds can pick up a power hitting outfielder, make that deal.