It's eerie how similar the trajectory of the Orioles are to the 2010-Present Reds

[TINSTAAPP]

2010 Reds and 2012 Orioles surprise baseball and make the playoffs with a 90+ win season after extending losing season drought

2011 Reds and 2013 Orioles finish third in the division and finish 10+ games out of first after their surprise playoff season.

2012 Reds and 2014 Orioles both win their division going away. The Reds won 97 games and won their division by nine games. The Orioles won 96 games and won their division by 12 games. Both teams fail to make it to the World Series although the Orioles do go a little further (LCS vs LDS).

2013 Reds win 90 games and lose in the WC game on the road. 2016 Orioles win 89 games and lose in the WC game on the road.

2014 Reds win 76 games and have failed to win 70 games in a season since 2014. 2017 Orioles win 75 games and seem well on their way to a 90+ loss season in 2018. 

Both teams also had veteran GMs (Jocketty and Duquette) who refused to sell even when the writing was on the wall. The Reds didn't start trading any of their top players like Chapman and Cueto until after Jocketty left. The one difference is that the Reds were able to lock up their franchise player (Joey Votto) to a long-term 10 year contract while the Orioles are destined to lose Machado. But the Reds are awful with or without Votto and the Orioles would be a bad team even if Machado stayed. 

[Three Run Homer]

So Buck should have another two years at the helm before he gets fired.

[JR Oriole]

This is a really great comparison.  Without even realizing the win totals over the decade, I have thought of the Reds as a once great franchise that has largely been irrelevant on the national landscape since 1990.  They have had years where they have won a lot of games, but they are just never thought of as a threat to actually win in October.  So I guess they really are similar to us.