Redman now, Redman later

Bob Smizik ponders the present and future of Tike Redman.

He also points out the Bucs will have to maintain a .622 winning percentage - what they've done for six weeks or so now - to finish with 84 wins. There are 47 games left and they need to win 26 of them to finish at .500. That would be a 26-21 run or .553 baseball. Stranger things have happened.

This month, they'll have to hang tough with the Cardinals (8 games) and not overlook the games with the D'backs (6 games), Brewers (2). Looking ahead, September will be Brewers (5 games), Houston (8 games), Cubs (7 games), Reds (3 games), and three games each with New York and Philadelphia.