Hunter Greene can’t help the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets, the Yankees or the Dodgers if he doesn’t pitch against them.

New York Mets don’t get talked about much. They were bad the year prior, much better the year after, and champions by 1986. The 90-72 record is easy to overlook even if they were one of only four of the 12 National League teams with a winning record.

Detroit has not played up to expectations recently amid the loss of talented pitcher Jackson Jobe to injury. Saturday's home game against the Reds included a rough performance by

The Cincinnati Reds were not built to play catch-up in a National League field as strong as this year's. They were built to be trade deadline sellers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers took roughly $3 million in payroll commitment off the Cincinnati Reds' hands in Alexis Díaz trade.

"I think we're just now starting to play the way we feel we should be playing. Hopefully, we keep that going and we don't have to worry about it."