Winker, Castanallos, Farmer, Miley, Naquin, Votto overachieve to propel the Reds to 83 wins.
Reds ownership grumpy that they had to add payroll at the deadline.
"We did our best to sabotage the team by providing no bullpen and no SS, but darn it, that David Bell somehow managed to win in spite of this. Our plan was to use covid as an excuse to not spend.
The fans would still come because , well they always come to see HR hitters. We are going to have to recover the money we added at the trade deadline this winter. Tickets for 2022 go on sale on X/X/2021. Please support your team or we will non tender your favorite player".