Episode #51 - Cincinnati Reds: 2026 Season Over?

Dylan, boys ain't looking too hot.

Uh, we get swept by the Nats.

Going in, we were thinking we're gonna be doing the sweeping.

Nah, nah, nah.

We were the dust, they were the broom, and, uh, didn't end so well.

So what are your thoughts on the Nats series?

[laughs] Yeah, it's kind of funny to switch, uh, you know, Procter & Gamble sponsors for a Swiffer from having it our possession and then, uh, flipping it over to Washington for this three-game series as well.

So, um, you know, it...

We always joked about just getting as close as possible to .500.

So over a six-game stretch, this team is a .500 baseball [chuckles] team, which is what we've always, uh, kind of driven towards.

So really, really stinks, I would say, for just, like, momentum to be dropped, um, probably the w- you know, some of the worst couple of days, I would say, from not even, like, really close games at all, uh, in Washington.

We saw a lot of pop, I would say, with the team versus the Athletics, where we, we were able to win those close one-run games, um, and just came out completely flat on the road.

Um, so not too much to write home about, honestly.

It's almost like we just kind of like...

Our starting pitchers, obviously the first game was kind of a bullpen game, and Kirby, you can kind of run through all the pitchers that were out there, uh, for the first game.

But Saturday, Sunday games just p- you know, kind of flat from a starting pitchers.

Kind of rough to see Chase Burns out there getting lit up a little bit, um, on Saturday.

Just kind of when we needed hits the most, we could not manufacture them whatsoever.

Had plenty of runners on base all weekend, uh, but could not convert them and actually get them across the plate.

So, um, I feel like the series last time we had b- you know, we played Washington this year, same thing happened.

CJ Abrams had a couple of home runs, and just their best players kind of shined, and I think that happened once again.

So whatever the tape we had just continued to, to not do any good for our, for our team here.

So, um, you know, I think some, some positives, obviously seeing Geno, uh, hit a couple of home runs as well is always a good thing.

I think both were solo home runs, I believe.

Um, so not super impactful from an overall runs perspective, but at least getting him some mojo back to get some value from now until the end of September, um, on his contract or for this year, I should say, for, for Geno.