{"id":278322,"date":"2025-08-28T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/278322\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:19:10","slug":"cincinnatis-dwindling-odds-of-making-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/278322\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati\u2019s dwindling odds of making the playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Your team hasn\u2019t been swept at all in 2025?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Well, congratulations to the Cincinnati Reds on almost pulling that feat off. Last night\u2019s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers put that Hallmark to rest, finally &#8211; the Reds have now officially been swept once in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Reds simply cannot hit, and it\u2019s killing them. Their team\u2019s leader in dingers (by a large, large margin) has hit precisely one (1) dinger in his last 54 games played, and nary another person in the lineup is even threatening that number. The team\u2019s overall wRC+ in the month of August is down to 75, better than only the Cleveland Guardians in that regard, and their second-half wRC+ of 85 is tied with Cleveland as the worst mark by any team in all of baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Good thing they prioritized [\/checks notes] defense at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Baseball Reference is far more bullish on the Reds, giving them a robust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/CIN\/2025.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12.9% shot<\/a> to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This front office was an epic failure at the most critical of times during an otherwise promising 2023 season, and the moves they made (and, more importantly, failed to make) in 2025 are now punishing this roster, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Reds need something of a miracle at this juncture. Instead, they get their perennial nemesis (St. Louis), the best team in the American League (Toronto), and the team pulling away from them in the Wild Card chase (The Mets) coming up back to back to back. If ever there were truth to Terry Francona\u2019s \u2018pixie dust,\u2019 well, I\u2019d suggest that now would be a fantastic time to actually use some of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Or maybe it all got used up in the season\u2019s first half to even get to this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your team hasn\u2019t been swept at all in 2025? 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