Mariners blew it open with 4 in the top of the 10th. 6 straight runs in 2 innings on the Reds. CES placed on the IL with back inflammation.
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Elly w/ 2 more errors (6 in 19 games) and watches two third strikes late in the game....once w/ sacks full. It is laughable now to hear the hype.
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Can't continue to put up with the errors, now on track to make 40 in a season, which is ridiculous.
Maybe move him to 3rd, Mclain to SS, Espinal/Marte at 2nd.
Really getting worried about CES, always hurt, and when he plays, just not productive at all. Has a ton of potential, but at some point, you have to hit the damn ball.
Can't continue to put up with the errors, now on track to make 40 in a season, which is ridiculous.
Maybe move him to 3rd, Mclain to SS, Espinal/Marte at 2nd.
Really getting worried about CES, always hurt, and when he plays, just not productive at all. Has a ton of potential, but at some point, you have to hit the damn ball.
EDLC frankly just needs to get his **** together out at there on the field as I don't see the Reds organization moving him from SS. At least not anytime soon. He can make some incredible plays look easy that few can with his range or arm. Turns the easiest plays into gaffes with way too many errors on routine grounders that become costly putting runners on base. Hot dogs it too much. I'm not sure a move to 3B long term would fare much different as that was one of his worst positions in the field coming up through the pipeline. Position versatility between the IF/OF is quite common these days. Even among some of the better players in the league. With his speed and range, he should be putting in extra work not just at SS, but give the outfield a try while the Reds still are weak in the OF. Free up a spot for Arroyo to come up in the near future, Sal Stewart at 2B/3B, and Cam Collier down the road at 3B. Also, McLain being a natural SS at every level he has played at since HS & UCLA.
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The Cowboy is right.
Good to see some life out of the offense since the Giants series compared to what it was like before during that scoreless drought.
Rough start to the game for Greene, but seeing Fraley go deep twice in his past two games since he did not play yesterday is nice to see.
Reds have unloaded on the O's. 20 runs. A grand slam from Marte, 5 hits and 7 runs driven in. 6 hits for Wynns. 4 hits for Hays. Good game by the bullpen with Suter going 3 innings with the opener, 1 unearned run. Steer taking the field at 1B for the first time this year. Lux and Hays both have scored 4 runs. Keep Candelario out of the lineup. Nearly everyone else has seen an uptick in their performance at the plate recently.
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24-2 Reds. Back at .500. Upcoming Marlins and Rockies on the schedule. Time to gain some real ground here. Randy Wynne with his first career save the hard way pitching 3 innings. 25 hits today.
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I hope the Reds don't do what they did the last time they scored a bunch of runs in one game. It was as if they had used them all that game. They beat the Ranges 14-3 (31 March) to start the 4-game series only to be shut out 1-0 in each of the next 3 games.
Yes, I hope they can keep up the recent hitting. It has been better since they were in San Francisco. Actually getting a bit of offense from the outfielders too. Hays had an impressive first week. .429, 12 hits, 7 runs scored, 3 home runs, 8 RBIs and OPS 1.253. Even when it comes down to earth, his career averages are a step up from the anemic production they were getting.
It was a great baseball weekend for UK and Cincinnati. Reds 8-4 in the last 12 games. Lodolo will be back for the Marlins series.
Yeah, but it was already a bloodbath before that. Anyway, let's hope they didn't use up their week's worth of runs, which is kind of what happened a couple weeks ago after a run explosion.
I sure would like to see Jake Fraley get going. He was excellent in 2023, but last year was a totally lost season for him. Got sick, had family issues, and just seemed to totally lose his power and ability. But he's really been seeing the ball well the past week or two. One of the more likeable, energetic guys on the team.
I don't know, but you can't take anything for granted when it comes to starting pitching. We can only take a guess at who may be available next week.
Nick Kirby (Chatterbox) had some really good comments about Carson Spiers last week. He argued how valuable that guy is, because he's cheap, can fill a variety of roles, and has options so that he can be shuttled back and forth to AAA whenever the Reds want. That flexibility is tremendously valuable.
Today's pitching staff, even on teams without huge injury concerns, are more like an array of 7 or 8 guys, with the occasional bullpen day. If you get 150 innings out of any of your studs, consider yourself fortunate.
Nick Kirby (Chatterbox) had some really good comments about Carson Spiers last week. He argued how valuable that guy is, because he's cheap, can fill a variety of roles, and has options so that he can be shuttled back and forth to AAA whenever the Reds want. That flexibility is tremendously valuable.
Today's pitching staff, even on teams without huge injury concerns, are more like an array of 7 or 8 guys, with the occasional bullpen day. If you get 150 innings out of any of your studs, consider yourself fortunate.
Lowder should be in the rotation over Martinez. He is not living up to being the highest paid Red on the roster. If they keep him in because of the contract and his 2nd half, that is a silly reason. It is amazing that the two highest paid players on the roster like Martinez and Candelario have done nothing to help the Reds this year and the Reds flush money away when they could have signed other players or give contract extensions to deserving ones.
Well 26 million says Martinez isn't going anywhere despite what we all might want. I think best we can hope for is a mid-season trade that would bring Lowder up, unless somebody goes on the IL first.
Did I say get rid of him? No I did not. I said remove him fom the starting rotation, and you know that too. Shift his *** back to the bullpen in middle relief to eat multiple innings and give the Reds spot starts in the event of injuries. The bullpen can always use arms. He turned his season around after getting put in the pen last year after the first stint in the rotation did not work out. Don't stunt the development of young pitchers like Rhett Lowder in Louisville when he has done nothing to warrant a demotion. It is stupid and pointless to put off the future when these guys are ready. Hell, I think we very well see Burns get into the rotation before the year is up. So where does that leave Lowder then if not here? I really don't understand why everyone is in such a rush to bump Abbott from the rotation either. That one doesn't make any sense to me.
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Just saying that 26 mil is an awful pricey bullpen guy, but I get what you mean. I still think he's mid-season trade bait. I could see Burns being a late season call-up like Lowder was, but if they are in contention, I don't see him unseating anybody other than to give spot starts to give guys days off before the post season. But him and Lowder both will definitely factor into next years rotation.
Yes it is a lot to pay anyone that much money who isn't a closer. However, he has got to turn it around to warrant keeping his spot rather than proving some point for how much they paid him. Almost a full month in and he has yet to put up a quality start. He may go 7 scoreless in his next start, but it is against the rebuilding Marlins. Nick Martinez should have never been made the Reds highest paid player and put Cincinnati in this dilemma. There is a reason why he couldn't get a better deal elsewhere and opted to come back here. Investing in a pitcher as the highest paid player in his age 35 season coming off a strong 2nd half was playing with fire. He needs to step it up and start earning that contract. Candelario too, but that is a lost cause.
Pretty much agree, no one will take Candelario, and could have gotten a lot more out of $40M than he and Martinez, hell, play two rookies from AAA, there is at least a chance that they will get better.
I cannot believe Spencer Steer is on this team right now. What a disservice to him, and to the franchise. He was supposed to be on the DL coming into the season. At the last minute, they decided to keep him on the roster, but only to DH. He's *clearly* injured, and has been absolutely horrible. Give him 2-3 weeks to get right. Call up somebody, anybody from Louisville.
Tyler Callihan IF/OF versatility and Ivan Johnson are both having good seasons in AAA. Might be time to give them a shot. Could give another look to Rece Hinds than continuing to send out Spencer Steer with this ongoing shoulder tendinitis. This is an issue that has impacted Steer since last year. Continuing to play through it is a disservice to him and the Reds.
Reds win 5-2 today. During the top of the 9th with runners in scoring position and 1 out the Reds proceeded to strike out. The announcers made a comment before that that during this series the Reds were 4-29 with runners in scoring position making the finish 4-31. That is a batting average of .124 with runners in scoring position. Can't win much hitting like that.
Don't know what it is for the year.
Don't know what it is for the year.