08-11-2025, 03:13 PM
(08-10-2025, 06:03 PM)cinci4life Wrote: Brewers just walked off. Reds are only 1.5 back!
Padres won, Dodgers lost. The Padres are only 2 games out of the NL West. A month ago, It was around 8 or 9 games.
June 18th
Milwaukee Brewers - lost to fall to 39-35 and .5 games out of wild card spot
Cincinnati Reds - won fourth in a row to tie Milwaukee at 39-35, both 6.5 games behind the Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers - 73-44, best record in baseball, on a 34-9 run right now, 5.5 games ahead of the Cubs
Cincinnati Reds - 62-57 - 12 games behind Milwaukee, 1.5 out of third WC spot, 23-22 since June 18th
MLB.com predicted - Brewers not in the playoffs
https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-mlb-predictions-world-series-champion-division-winners
ESPN predicted 80-82 and ranked them 15th, Reds 21st and 76-86
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44328603/mlb-2025-season-preview-opening-day-power-rankings-playoff-odds-all-30-teams
CBS Sports predicted no playoffs for Milwaukee or Cincy.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2025-mlb-standings-predictions-expert-picks-for-every-division-full-projections-as-baseball-season-begins/
The Athletic - Milwaukee 15th, Cincinnati 23rd
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1jder48/theathletic_mlb_preseason_power_rankings/
That's why it's difficult for me to just give up on the Reds. No one saw that coming from the Brewers (I wrongly predicted their demise two seasons in a row) and no one saw St Louis winning 17 straight a few Septembers ago.
When Eric Davis was injured early in the 1990 season, it seemed like everybody upped their game about 5%. No one played out of their mind and no one "carried" the team. Everybody just seemed to focus a bit more until their leader came back. We all know that these guys are capable of playing better than they have been. They just need to get hot for once.
Only users lose drugs.
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