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I'm not even talking about the physical aspect of the game. Sometimes its necessary to get a break from the mental aspect of the game, especially in Votto's case where he has so much pressure on him day in and day out to carry the offense. One way to ensure that you are putting the best lineup...

First, just because the guy is a first baseman does not mean he has experienced any less grind than anybody else. To the contrary, Votto is under more constant pressure than anybody else on this team to produce because if he does not produce then the team does not produce. This would be so...

I honestly cannot believe the backlash, from the Reds fanbase in general, that has come from giving Votto one day off. It's one day out of 162. Everybody needs a day off, especially Votto who has played more than a full seasons worth of consecutive games dating back to last season. It was time...

I don't think Cozart will come to close to Jeter and Nomar. Nomar/Jeter consistently hit in the .320-.340 range during their prime. Unfortunately Cozart is already 26 and will probably never reach those numbers. I see him more as a .270-.290 hitter, with 10-15 HR power. In terms of fielding he...

And it's still not a strike. Different strike zones for different hitters.

That's disappointing and quite frankly a poor business decision. Nobody will pay to watch that. I guess I'll just have to find a bar or the aforementioned firstrowsports to watch the game. Hopefully nobody buys the game and the qualifiers at Jamaica and Antigua, owned by Traffic Sports, will be...

It is not as if Chapman has no experience starting, to the contrary, Chapman started approx. 50-60 games in the Cuban league, which is probably the 3rd, arguably the 2nd, best league in the world. In fact that was the role Chapman was used in during the WBC, while pitching for Cuba. The...

I dont want to get into a an argument about what "talent" is or is not, but I'll just say that Cueto is the more talented SP and Chapman has the most natural talent. Whatever the intelligible difference, it does not really matter, all that matters for the purpose of my argument is that Chapman...

I'm not debating that a starter is more important than a reliever, just saying that moving Chapman to the bullpen was the only reasonable thing to do under the circumstances. I believe we maximize Chapman's value to the team by having him pitch out of the rotation, but the fact of the matter is...

I think the real problem was not only losing Madson, but losing Masset and Bray as well. Masset was likely our 8th inning guy going into the season and Bray was our lefty specialist. Chapman fills both those roles. Take into account also that the trades of Boxberger( in the Latos deal) and...

I'm not in favor putting Chapman in the closers role. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I, for the most part, like the way Baker has been using Chapman; bringing him in to various situations to close the door, whether that entails pitching the 8th exclusively, or going 1+ innings to get...

#nextseason #toovaluableoutofthepen Good win tonight for the Reds. That 8th inning, minus the Hesiey pop up, was by far the best full inning they have played all year-- Timely hitting w/RISP and Chapman absolutely mowing them down.

No matter how bad Heisey is playing, he is always a threat to turn around a fastball. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. Good to see us finally come through with hits w/RISP.

That's pretty interesting and goes to show that the B1G is not devoid of NFL caliber athletes, as many would have you believe. With that said, when you look at where those players from the B1G were drafted in relation to where players from the SEC were drafted, it is obvious that the B1G is...

Miller ran a 4.38. I just think Miller is a more complete back, who can also play on 3rd down. I view Green-Ellis as more of a stop-gap, and think his success was predicated, at least in part, on Brady's passing success.

Why so high on James? He has great speed, and I think he would be a great number 2, but have doubts that he can be an every down RB, based on size. Miller is bigger than James and I think he ran a 40 that was close to what James ran.

I want Lamar Miller over James.

Well, I suppose looking at this game in a "glass half full" manner you could say that we did all we could to lose the game, and still miraculously went 13 innings before finally doing so. Looking at what happened: we didn't hit(again), our only run came via a sac fly by the pitcher, our manager...

+1. I wonder if there has ever been a pitcher to give up a walk off wild pitch in 2 straight games?

Why was Bray even brought into the game? Arroyo was cruising along, with the Nationals showing no signs of doing anything against him. Dusty got out-managed again.