Cincinnati Reds

Feast your eyes on the beautiful, the bold, and the basically belligerent predictions of 2018. Some of these are outrageous but all possible outcomes in my eyes for the upcoming baseball season.Previous Bold PredictionsEric CrossRyan Cook's Bullpen PredictionsRonald Acuna has a combined 50 HR+SB – Only nine players had over 50 HR+SB in 2017. Mike Trout was the only one to do so in under 139 games. The current expectation is that Acuna will make his major league debut sometime soon after April 13. …

It’s the love/hate relationship you really love to hate: closers! With a good month and a half left until Opening Day, now is as good a time as any to start breaking down some bullpen arms ahead of your draft. This series will detail every division across the league, offering you the big names you’ll want to own, as well as the sleepers you need to keep an eye on, and of course some key stats to better prepare you for the big day. Next up, we take a look at the NL Central. Team  Closer  Next in Line  Plan C …

With the 2017 regular season now officially in the rearview mirror, we turn our attention to the 2018 fantasy baseball season. Each week, I will be evaluating one player’s stock for next year. This week, we focus on Scooter Gennett, arguably the 2017 season’s most successful waiver claim. Scooter Gennett, Cincinnati Reds 2017 statistics: .295/.342/.531, 27 home runs, 3 stolen basesAnother player whose power output was exponentially improved the season, Gennett launched 27 home runs in a stellar offensive season in…

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.So the calculator tells me Greg Holland and Jake McGee have combined for a 48.60 ERA over the last week. The toaster also tells me the Rockies could be lucky to make the Wild Card. What? That's normal ...? Anyway, that sure is a big crooked number in the Rockies clubhouse. Feels like only yesterday we were talking about Holland in the same sentence as Kenley Jansen. I now ask you to all join hands, because I'd like to reflect on what was a pretty awesome... um, half season.…

Giants, what should I do with these guys? Before we enter a new week ahead let's take a look at the Giants and how they have been performing. Maybe, I should say under performing.Last week was just awful. The San Francisco Giants would win just one game and saw them get blasted in Cincinnati to the Reds. A very humiliating 31-5 in total scoring. The first two games the Reds scored 14 runs and then returned the next day to put up 13.With these kinds of numbers, it's hard to say what direction to go with San…