Eric Norquist

Yeah, I think it was a burst, and it's not that this team can't in the end compete on a day-to-day basis and be entertaining at times.

But you were getting a bunch of offense, and that has cooled a bit.

You were getting tremendous pitching.

Now, Taj Bradley, it's early five starts.

Is he just a flash in the pan?

I hope not, because he has been electric thus far in 2026.

But the bullpen, the bullpen is going to bleed this team dry.

You saw it yesterday with the three runs in the ninth, give up three more in the 10th.

Two days prior, the trickle effect, 7, 8, 9, just one by one by one.

And these Reds get out alive with the sweep in the end.

The bullpen is a disaster.

It's awful.

Excited to see Royce Lewis back in the mix tomorrow.

But from a young kid standpoint, you're leaning on a lot of Austin Martins.

You're trying to figure out who the Victor Caratini's are.

You're hoping Luke Kieschel can find his bat.

Buxton, Byron Buxton, one of your mainstays, you're hoping he can find a bat somewhere.

Again, they will be entertaining at times this year, but regression to normalcy for what was expected yesterday.

Very much in process.

And, you know, tomorrow facing a Mets team that's lost 11 in a row.