ESPN is predicting that the Cincinnati Reds will make a major splash at the deadline. Multiple MLB writers have acquiring much-needed help before the July 31 trade deadline. They have the Reds completing three pretty big trades,

Cincinnati sits 2 1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres, the current holder of the final wild card slot and a game behind San Francisco.

This was not a playoff team in October. Or a contender in September. This was the bad-bullpen, meh-lineup Nationals playing for nothing in July.