As I told you last week, the games aren’t yet do or die, but my Reds need to pick and improve soon. They did not do so over the last week. We are now under .500 having been swept by the Cardinals and won only one of three in the series against the Padres. I know the knee jerk reaction is to panic but it is not that critical right now.

Not yet. But if we keep playing like this through late summer we will panic then. It’s a long season and we can still turn this around. Just remember…

My Reds are in this for the long haul and I am riding with them. We’ll check back next week. Until then…