Yes, it’s true, the Reds don’t suck this year! It’s not that they have been utterly atrocious the past two years either, they just didn’t have the horses to play 162 games and be competitive throughout the entire campaign. Now with some new pitching in Ramon Ortiz and Eric Milton, there will at least be enough innings for the starters to be successful and not kill the bullpen.
And, there’s plenty of offense to go around. As long as Wily Mo has a good year, I’d be happy to see Griffey come back and have a 30 / 100 / .300 average season, the same for Kearns with his injury issues. If we get that out of both of them, the offense will be exemplary.
My initial hope? 85-87 wins. That would not be off the charts awesome but it would be in the direction they want to go. Then add another piece next year and maybe we’re looking at division champs.
That’s my thought. Should you care, what’s yours?
