QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Q: Do you think the Reds will win 50 games this season? — CHAD, Clayton.

A: Oh, it is possible they might not win 50. It happens more often than many might realize. Most everybody knows the modern record is held by the 1962 expansion Mets (40-120). How about the 43-119 Tigers of 2003? How about the 47-115 Orioles of 2018? If you’re bad, you might as well be really bad. Jimmy Breslin wrote a book about the ’62 Mets entitled “Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?” I won’t be writing a book about the 2022 Reds.