66 wins
REDREAD (03-16-2021)
Sub 70. Defense and Bullpen.
REDREAD (03-16-2021)
92 wins.
Castillo becomes elite, Gray continues to be good, Antone earns his way into the rotation and is stellar. Miley holds his own and provide a solid #4-level starter.
The Driveline guys separate the wheat in the chaff of arms signed in the off-season and cobble together an effective bullpen.
Votto carries through with his promise of more power. His OBP declines a bit but SLG goes up. Suarez hits 42 dingers, Moose has a solid year, Senzel has a breakout year in CF, Castellanos has a near MVP year. Stephenson earns his way into #1 catcher.
And Bell doesn’t do anything stupid.
A guy can dream.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
757690 (03-15-2021),cumberlandreds (03-15-2021),HokieRed (03-16-2021),Ron Madden (03-15-2021)
I'll take 80...
REDREAD (03-16-2021),Roy Tucker (03-17-2021)
74
REDREAD (03-16-2021),tripleaaaron (03-16-2021)
-5 to my original answer a few weeks ago.
REDREAD (03-16-2021)
74 wins. Another disappointing season. Hope I’m way off here but unfortunately don’t believe I am.
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REDREAD (03-16-2021)
82 wins
"I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench."
Sparky Anderson
So if Suarez ends up being not a disaster at SS, I think the earlier prediction I made is low. If that move sticks, I'll go with 84 wins.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
I'm most encouraged by improved defense at 2B and 3B and the fact that the defense ar SS was goiing to suck no matter what they did unless they played Garcia. Suarez losing weight helps my outlook a lot as well. They still have an ugly OF and I think the bullpen is going to hold them back for at least a couple months.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
Mitri (03-16-2021)
I agree with all of this (high five). I hope they give it a shot (it's their only real shot, save for a Story trade). The OF without DH is what worries me the most, but at least Winker can make up for defensive flubs at the plate.
And if it doesn't work, at least they'll be trying out a bunch of guys in the 'pen, move a few contracts and maybe see what Lodolo and Garcia can bring.
64 wins
I enjoyed making this prediction two years ago but sadly missed out as the Reds had a late season surge.
Terrible franchise for years
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