@fuzzyfromyt I love it. There is a short window most of the active players stay great and can earn upgrades all year. Keeps things fresh. A legend will be a legend forever. Seeing the same 99 legend for 15 years gets boring. Love the emphasis on current players
With Will Benson clearing waivers. We can all now agree he is not an MLB caliber player. Such an easy guy to root for and want to see great, but sadly 29 other teams don't see the current tools to be a pro ball player.
@SharpFootball@ByJayMorrison Warren has been one of the biggest pro Joe Burrow advocates amongst non Cincy reporters. Definitely can understand basing this year off last year with it being the same group, but really think we see the last half of 2025 and better moving forward with all 5 playing together more
The Reds had the best reliever of this generation in the palm of their hands. Affordable, and let him go 10 years ago
A whole lot of what ifs
Good for Chappy though!!!
It's a pretty simple concept that great coaches understand.
Deception. The LoB didn't need to disguise their defense against Peyton Manning, and they probably still get some stops...but doing so? They were untouchable
Same concept for offense. Cincy has so much more potential
It's insane how almost every good NFL playcaller ranks highly in play-action rate, during-snap motion rate, or both.
This five-year chart definitely underrates a few guys (i.e., Kubiak has been way higher at times). But a solid snapshot of fantasy value added.
@FantasyPtsData
How big is that bunt hit "error" call regarding Jacob Misorwoski and the rest of MLB's Cy Young hopeful?
His ERA currently sits at an astonishing 1.47 on the season. If that call would of been "bunt hit", Misiorowski would have a 1.83 ERA.
Putting 5 pitchers back in the hunt
@JesseRogersESPN Really like this. Year 8-10 of a lot contracts are "I gotta start him because he is making $30m a year, but it's hard to watch". Not good for the team or competitiveness. Plus, it'll incentivize small markets to be more aggressive not having to eat those last years.
In 26 years, the Cincinnati Reds have only drafted two hitters that have finished inside the top 10 in MVP voting for a season
15(was 16) total teams competing for the MVP
2 top 10 players
26 years
Pretty fun to think, momentum and hot streaks can come out of nowhere....if the Reds started a 12 game win streak today, they'd be right atop the wild card race
@TJStats Someone has got to explain to me how "Wins above replacement" is a real stat
The worst team is +7 games in WAR. Who's the replacement? A triple A team?
6.4% of what is widely regarded as the greatest QB of all time, wins came when his team gave up 30+ points
He was 4-12 in the last 16 games his team gave up 30+ points
Tom Brady would of been on pace to lose at least 12 games the last two seasons with this Bengals defense
Has Bengals CB DJ Turner II solidified himself as one of the best in the NFL? 🤔
Turner's 2025 campaign:
🔒 25.8% forced incompletion rate
🔒 77.3 passer rating allowed
🔒 13 pass breakups
🔒 2 interceptions
🔒 0.8 yards allowed per cov. snap
His 89.3 PFN CB Impact grade ranked 4th among all qualified corners.
@JoeyHJohnson2@FoulTerritoryTV Thought the same thing. If he's allowed off the bag after touching it....what's stopping him from walking halfway to third before the pitcher gets the ball back and then steals it...or if it's a wild pitch? Odd play, but the rule is their for other necessary reasons.
The Reds are consistently a young team. Young talent typically thrives on "no tape". The more a team sees someone, the more they analyze and adjust. Making division games more tape and analytical based. It feels like the Reds org is getting man handled in this department
The Cincinnati Reds record outside the NL Central:
2026: 35-26
2025: 57-53
2024: 53-57
2023: 61-49
2022: 34-52
Inside the Division over those 5 seasons?
101-148 with zero seasons above .500