You have to feel sorry for Ashcraft. A routine fly ball is lost in the clouds by Meyers in rf and the batter goes to 3rd and then scores on a passed ball by Stephenson. Little league stuff.
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Steer 2-run double. He has came around again and that's huge for this lineup the way India, Friedl and Fraley have played recently.
It's exciting to think about the potential of this lineup with Steer playing at a high level, add in the success of Friedl, India, Fraley then Stephenson looking better too. Add in the Big 3 of Louisville at some point, what are they waiting for?
He dropped the ball. If he was taking the ball out of the glove then dropped it, he would have been out. That's baseball.
5 errors essentially. I realize not all are actual errors but Steer, Fraley, Myers, Stephenson (PB) and Ashcraft himself made mistakes. His pitching deserved a much better fate no doubt.
Thanks for explaining baseball, I simply missed that part
It sucked regardless but somehow they're going to win anyway!
Diaz gets the save! That last pitch was nasty.
Jim Day said Lodolo will not start tomorrow. Levi Stoudt missing his start. Looks like he will be back. Felt something was up with Lodolo. Way too good of a pitcher than his recent struggles indicate. Hope all is well, nothing serious.
Will be missing Cessa even more now. It is important to have a pitcher like him in the bullpen stretched out and shows what we've all been saying about skipping starts because of injuries. While you may say it's still early to be worried about skipping starts, have to remember he was on the IL 3 starts into last season. 1st 3 starts of this year were great, spiraled downward in the last 4.
I've heard Welsh allude to players getting complacent in the minors not getting anywhere. At some point have to wonder when that starts setting in. Making AAA baseball look like child's play on a nightly basis. EDLC may not have gotten a hit but still makes an impact with his hustle on the base paths.
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Seems I recall some mention a few days ago of Lodolo having a calf muscle strain.
Marlins were a .500 team coming into the series. Reds take the series with a 6-5 win. Bell went with Law in another opener start for 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Stoudt looked much improved with 1 run in 3 innings therefore I see no reason to send him back to Louisville. Build for the future and let him work through things at the MLB Level for a few starts at least. Preferably more. Fraley continues to rake with a 3-run home run, RBI single and double. Ramos finding his rhythm again 2 hits, RBI double. Steer with an incredible catch showing his range at 1B going down the RF line. He's holding down the fort there and leaves open room for CES to DH or even play 3B to help this team now or go with McLain at SS, EDLC at 3B whatever. Just get them up here. Diaz 9th save, tied for 3rd in MLB. Got out of a bases loaded jam. Myers another gaffe slipping in RF in the bottom of the 9th inning giving up a crucial run. Need to reinstate kangaroo court for him.
Those Billy Bullpen games are fun but you can't live off them for long. Can't continue rolling out 5-7 pitchers per game every 3 days or BP will be spent after a couple of weeks. Need some innings eaters.
True yet they set up Barrero to fail by the way they're playing him. Play a day, sit a day. Play a day, sit 2 days, play 2 days and sit three. How does a guy get any rhythm at the plate? If this is how they're going to do MM might as well leave him in AAA.
Reds are promoting to the majors Matt McClain, top infield prospect, tomorrow
It's a great day in Cincinnati. Going to see him play this weekend.YAY!!!
'bout time, CES/EDLC also please, but that won't soften the blow that the pitching staff is about to be exposed.
Step one hopefully. Can't bring them all up at once. Well they could but Louisville would be depleted. Hopefully he's here to stay. With all the pitching upheaval, I have to think Abbot will be up soon. may keep him down until Lodolo's rotation spot comes back around, maybe let him get one more AAA start under his belt. I know, wishful thinking.YAY!!!
Looks like it is going to be Brandon Williamson. With the team on the taxi squad. Barrero to CF now? Hope he gets an extended run there with Friedl out and frankly wouldn't mind to see what he could do in RF at some point.
The way they're jerking around Barrero is shameful, at least send him down where he can get more than 2-3 ABs a week. Clearly not in Reds long term plans.
McLain is a little dude. Fraley is 6' even and was towering over him. Not that I care in baseball if he can rake.
Tiny.... but nice speed, hope the Reds get out of him what Houston got out of Altuve.
Reds pitching staff is a mess and will further be exposed as better teams show up on the schedule. That combined with a line up of singles hitters, ugh.
Lodolo out for a while, and Greene still has no clue what to do. He hasn't been past the 6th inning since June of last year....hilarious.