With this less than stellar season coming to a close, there will be room for improvement for next season to give the Reds a chance to compete. The top of the list for improvements is definitely the pitching. The starting pitching isn't horrible; its the bullpen that needs all the help it can get. In order to do this the Reds will most likely have to trade Adam Dunn and Edwin Encarnacion. Most American League teams will give up a fairly decent middle reliever or closer to grab Dunn as a designated hitter. Encarnacion will bring in a halfway decent middle reliever. So after being picked to finish fifth in the division and doing the analyst one better by finishing fourth. But with these hypthetical changes hopefully next season they can work up to maybe third, but we're all hoping for a division championship or at least a wild card spot.
So, in great likelihood, the lineup would look something like this: 1B - Votto, 2B - Phillips, SS - Gonzalez, 3B - Keppinger, C - Ross/Valentin, LF - Griffey, CF - Hamilton, RF - Ellison, and Util - Freel. Hopefully the young players can pick up some things from the veterans. Especially from Freel and Griffey, the two hardest players the Reds have had since Pete Rose.
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