07-23-2025, 08:30 PM
(07-23-2025, 08:22 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The more I hear and see folks say "we're still a young team, we'll continue to grow and go for it in 2026" that more I believe this is just Groundhog Day and it's 2023 again.
A whole lot of the same players (EDLC, Steer, McLain, Friedl, Benson, Stephenson, CES, Fraley, Marte, Green Abbott, Lodolo), largely the same results of a .500-ish team (82-80), the same wait-and-see approach to the deadline (even though we were actually 9 over .500 at the break), and the same rationalization that we're young and they'll all get better next season (we aren't young anymore, and the 2024 team went 77-85, and now those same folks in 2025 are probably going 82-80 again).
The problem is the Reds are susceptible to left handed pitching. Doesn’t matter if we load up on RH hitters, and that a major problem.
