This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/reds as MLB Analyst Labels Reds “Typical Sellers” Ahead of Trade Deadline. The Cincinnati Reds are 50-47 and just 2 1/2 games out of the Wild Card spot. However, they have just about an 11% chance to make the playoffs.

With the All-Star break now in the rearview, the next major item on this season's MLB calendar is the trade deadline, and the coming days will go a long way toward deciding where teams on the fence between buying and selling ultimately land.

There’s barely more than a fortnight separating us from baseball’s trade deadline, and the postseason races in each league have only become more interesting since we initially broke each team down into tiers of deadline action.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Cincinnati Reds vs. New York Mets MLB game to be played on July 18, 2025 on ESPN.