Kept score. It was a fun game to watch, except that the Reds didn't win it. I don't know if Janish was safe either.
The general state of the Reds fan right now seems to be one of anger and frustration, with a tad of hopelessness. I feel a bit of that, though at the same time I feel like the team is still showing signs of quality. They still play good defense. Their offense is still at least average. And their pitching, I think, is better than the on-field results indicate. It doesn't help that 2/5 of the expected rotation is injured (and roughly that ratio has been injured all year), and they're in the middle of this this streak of...what, 34 games in 35 days? The team still has resiliency, and has good pieces all over the place. The might just not have enough great pieces.
But all's not lost. They're only (as I write this) 4.5 games out. If Arroyo's back is ok, and if Volquez can indeed get at least back to competency, their rotation might finally start to stabilize. Really, one good winning streak, and the Reds are right back with there with the Cardinals. Right now, BPro's PECOTA projects the Reds to finish with 82 wins. THT's Oliver has them at 88 wins. I think that represents the most likely range of possibilities from here on out...though if they're out of that range, I think they're more likely to miss low than high.
As for me and this site, I think I may try to post here a bit more often for now. It's fun to have my own place to ramble again, even if no one reads it. But my main outlets will continue to be at Red Reporter and Rotographs. Speaking of which, I have started doing series previews at RR. Last week's was on the Braves, while today's is on the Brew Crew. I also appeared in FanGraphs Audio last week. Havin' fun...
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