WISDOM AND LINKS: The Reds Will be 100-Loss Level Bad

There are few things I know about the upcoming MLB season. But one of them is that the Cincinnati Reds will stink.

Oh, sure, Joey Votto will be good. And Billy Hamilton will be fast. Maybe Jay Bruce will go back to form as well. But, man, the team as a whole is going to stink. They are made up of guys who used to be good but are now on the definite downward trend of their career (Brandon Phillips) and guys who seem like fictional player in an Out of the Park Baseball games.

I mean, I think Scott Schebler and Jon Moscot are real people, but I’m not a hundred percent sure.

I know this isn’t really deep analysis, but I honestly think that they may be even worse than many people are thinking. They are in a rough division, with the Cubs, Cardinals, and Pirates. Maybe they’ll be better than the Brewers, but I’m not a hundred percent sure.

So, my bold prediction is that the Reds will lose over 100 games this year.

Sorry, Cincy.

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LINKS:

Marty Noble pays tribute to Joe Garagiola

An oral history of the time the Angels signed three Russians

Jessica Quiroli on the rise of female baseball bloggers

Tim Brown on three days in Cuba

Mike Piellucci on Tony Barnette’s long road to the Majors

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Less than a week until Opening Day, people! We are almost there!