CINCINNATI -- Despite injuries to TJ Friedl and Matt McLain, a suspension of Noelvi Marte, a rampant flu bug and a scare to Frankie Montas, the Reds are playing near the top of the NL Central. Can they sustain it. What will it take? Can Nick Lodolo rise to role of staff ace? What does Hunter Greene need to do to take that next step, a step critical to his development in Cincinnati? Trags addresses all these questions and much more in the latest episode of Code Reds with Cincinnati Enquirer Reds veteran beat writer Gordon Wittenmyer.

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