Topics on Friday's Off The Bench include: the Cincinnati Reds and their series against the Houston Astros, Rob Manfred's comments about the Oakland Athletics, chat power rankings, and more.

Reds analyst Chris Welsh joins the show to talk about how he thinks the Reds are playing and what he thinks they can do this season.

Cincinnati Bengals/Reds beat writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Charlie Goldsmith, joins the show to talk about how the Reds are playing, as well as how the Bengals are looking after OTAs.