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McCoy: Reds newcomers come up big in Opening Day win
The Real McCoy
14 hours ago
Contributing Writer
CINCINNATI —
This is how it is supposed to happen to players wearing a Cincinnati uniform after the Reds rescue them off the scrap heap, unceremoniously discarded by their previous team.
And so much the better when it happens on Opening Day in front 44,049,the largest regular-season crowd in Great American Ball Park’s 16-year life.
Derek Dietrich and Jose Iglesias, two players who fit snugly into that description were the big players in the Reds’ 5-3 Opening Day victory Thursday in GABP.
Dietrich, a former Miami Marlin, strode from the dugout in the seventh inning of a tie game and quickly, in his first at bat in a Reds uniform, untied it by belting a three-run home run that landed into next week to give the Reds a three-run lead.
And then there was Iglesias, released by the Detroit Tigers and picked up late this spring by the Reds as bench strength. But when Scooter Gennett was injured, Jose Peraza was moved from shortstop to second base and Iglesias anchored himself at shortstop.
And is Peraza fretting about his switch of venues? Well, he singled and scored the game’s first run on Iglesias’ single and he led the seventh by tying the game with a home run that set up Dietrich’s three-run rip.
After Dietrich’ game-decided, the fans demanded a curtain call and he obliged, at the urging of his teammates. And when he stepped back on the field he tugged at the Reds logo on his chest.
“I’ve never had a curtain call and I’ve only ever seen one on my side,” said Dietrich. “I was taking it all in with the guys and they were saying, ‘Get up there, get up there.’
“For me to experience something like that on my first day in the organization, with this city, and everything I’ve heard about this city’s passion for baseball,” he added. “I don’t think I could have written up any better.”
Who could and who could make it believable?
His face lit up as he rounded first base and he said he was thinking, “Thank you, Lord, and thanks for the opportunity. I couldn’t wait to get to the dugout with the guys and celebrate it.”
Dietrich was born and raised in Cleveland, an Ohio guy who attended St. Ignatius High School. And there was a purpose for him to grab the Reds logo on his curtain call.
“I knew I was doing it. Really. I’m thankful and blessed to be here,” he said. “I’m right where I want to be, right where I’m supposed to be, right with the Cincinnati Reds.”
There were screams and shouts of dismay heard on both sides of the Ohio River when Reds manager David Bell anointed Luis Castillo as the Opening Day pitcher.
Castillo’s spring training numbers were high on the ugly scale and many expected either one of the newcomers, Tanner Roark or Sonny Gray to occupy the mound Thursday afternoon.
As the shadows crept over the GABP grandstand, the screams and shouts of dismay emanated from the batter’s box and the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout as Castillo knocked aside the hitters like rubber or plastic toy pirates.
Mixing his fastballs and change-up to the utter confusion of the Pirates, Castillo painted a one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts with two outs in the sixth.
When he gave up a broken-bat single to Josh Bell, whom he had struck out twice, Bell made his first managerial move. Castillo was at 91 pitches, so Bell replaced him with Jared Hughes.
Hughes gave up a single to Francisco Cervelli and a two-run single to Jung Ho Kang to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.
“He was getting to his pitch limit and was coming out at the end of the inning anyway,” said Bell about taking out Castillo. “It was feel this early in the season. What a great game he pitched. Opening Day, (to) pitch like that for us. I’m happy for him.”
But Peraza tied it with his leadoff homer in the seventh and Dietrich sent everybody home happy who wasn’t dressed in black and gold.
“What a huge home run for Derek and I’m really happy for him,” said Bell. “It is not easy pinch-hitting, but he has had success doing it throughout his career. What a great way to start his career here in Cincinnati.”
That’s not to say it wasn’t spine-tingling in the ninth inning when the Pirates loaded the bases with two outs. Bell tipped his hand as to how he’ll manage this year when he removed closer Raisel Iglesias in the middle of the rally.
Iglesias walked the first and third batters of the inning, putting the tying runs on base with one out. Bell brought in Amir Garrett and he struck out Adam Frazier for the second out.
Bell took out Garrett in favor of David Hernandez and he walked Starling Marte to fill the bases. Corey Dickerson, who homered to lead off the eighth, fouled off seven two-strike pitches to bring the drama to a crescendo. On the 12th pitch, Dickerson grounded to short and the place erupted.
“That was a great feeling with a little bit of relief,” said Bell after the chapter after chapter after chapter of Dickerson’ at bat. “They both (David Hernandez vs. Corey Dickerson) battled and battled and battled. What an incredible at bat. Can’t say enough about him competing and getting the out. You like to try to trick yourself and say, ‘This is just one game.’ But it’s not because it is special, a special day to this city. You always say it is important to get off to a good start, every team says that, but in our case I really believe that. It was a big day.”
https://www.daytondailynews.com/blo...e-big-opening-day-win/vkrUGT8SfPot7d24ErJAYL/
The Real McCoy
14 hours ago
Contributing Writer
CINCINNATI —
This is how it is supposed to happen to players wearing a Cincinnati uniform after the Reds rescue them off the scrap heap, unceremoniously discarded by their previous team.
And so much the better when it happens on Opening Day in front 44,049,the largest regular-season crowd in Great American Ball Park’s 16-year life.
Derek Dietrich and Jose Iglesias, two players who fit snugly into that description were the big players in the Reds’ 5-3 Opening Day victory Thursday in GABP.
Dietrich, a former Miami Marlin, strode from the dugout in the seventh inning of a tie game and quickly, in his first at bat in a Reds uniform, untied it by belting a three-run home run that landed into next week to give the Reds a three-run lead.
And then there was Iglesias, released by the Detroit Tigers and picked up late this spring by the Reds as bench strength. But when Scooter Gennett was injured, Jose Peraza was moved from shortstop to second base and Iglesias anchored himself at shortstop.
And is Peraza fretting about his switch of venues? Well, he singled and scored the game’s first run on Iglesias’ single and he led the seventh by tying the game with a home run that set up Dietrich’s three-run rip.
After Dietrich’ game-decided, the fans demanded a curtain call and he obliged, at the urging of his teammates. And when he stepped back on the field he tugged at the Reds logo on his chest.
“I’ve never had a curtain call and I’ve only ever seen one on my side,” said Dietrich. “I was taking it all in with the guys and they were saying, ‘Get up there, get up there.’
“For me to experience something like that on my first day in the organization, with this city, and everything I’ve heard about this city’s passion for baseball,” he added. “I don’t think I could have written up any better.”
Who could and who could make it believable?
His face lit up as he rounded first base and he said he was thinking, “Thank you, Lord, and thanks for the opportunity. I couldn’t wait to get to the dugout with the guys and celebrate it.”
Dietrich was born and raised in Cleveland, an Ohio guy who attended St. Ignatius High School. And there was a purpose for him to grab the Reds logo on his curtain call.
“I knew I was doing it. Really. I’m thankful and blessed to be here,” he said. “I’m right where I want to be, right where I’m supposed to be, right with the Cincinnati Reds.”
There were screams and shouts of dismay heard on both sides of the Ohio River when Reds manager David Bell anointed Luis Castillo as the Opening Day pitcher.
Castillo’s spring training numbers were high on the ugly scale and many expected either one of the newcomers, Tanner Roark or Sonny Gray to occupy the mound Thursday afternoon.
As the shadows crept over the GABP grandstand, the screams and shouts of dismay emanated from the batter’s box and the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout as Castillo knocked aside the hitters like rubber or plastic toy pirates.
Mixing his fastballs and change-up to the utter confusion of the Pirates, Castillo painted a one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts with two outs in the sixth.
When he gave up a broken-bat single to Josh Bell, whom he had struck out twice, Bell made his first managerial move. Castillo was at 91 pitches, so Bell replaced him with Jared Hughes.
Hughes gave up a single to Francisco Cervelli and a two-run single to Jung Ho Kang to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.
“He was getting to his pitch limit and was coming out at the end of the inning anyway,” said Bell about taking out Castillo. “It was feel this early in the season. What a great game he pitched. Opening Day, (to) pitch like that for us. I’m happy for him.”
But Peraza tied it with his leadoff homer in the seventh and Dietrich sent everybody home happy who wasn’t dressed in black and gold.
“What a huge home run for Derek and I’m really happy for him,” said Bell. “It is not easy pinch-hitting, but he has had success doing it throughout his career. What a great way to start his career here in Cincinnati.”
That’s not to say it wasn’t spine-tingling in the ninth inning when the Pirates loaded the bases with two outs. Bell tipped his hand as to how he’ll manage this year when he removed closer Raisel Iglesias in the middle of the rally.
Iglesias walked the first and third batters of the inning, putting the tying runs on base with one out. Bell brought in Amir Garrett and he struck out Adam Frazier for the second out.
Bell took out Garrett in favor of David Hernandez and he walked Starling Marte to fill the bases. Corey Dickerson, who homered to lead off the eighth, fouled off seven two-strike pitches to bring the drama to a crescendo. On the 12th pitch, Dickerson grounded to short and the place erupted.
“That was a great feeling with a little bit of relief,” said Bell after the chapter after chapter after chapter of Dickerson’ at bat. “They both (David Hernandez vs. Corey Dickerson) battled and battled and battled. What an incredible at bat. Can’t say enough about him competing and getting the out. You like to try to trick yourself and say, ‘This is just one game.’ But it’s not because it is special, a special day to this city. You always say it is important to get off to a good start, every team says that, but in our case I really believe that. It was a big day.”
https://www.daytondailynews.com/blo...e-big-opening-day-win/vkrUGT8SfPot7d24ErJAYL/
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Gray's going to fit in just fine. Committed an error, hit a batter, given up an SB, given up an RBI hit to the damn pitcher.
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He had that aura of a special kind of suck chimp from day 1
The fact the Reds FO insisted in extending him confirmed it.
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It’s like the FO is really a special kind of stupid. Not, like, trying to look a special kind of stupid. They are just a special kind of stupid. Through 2.0 IP, Gray has an error, 4 hits and a BB. And it’s exactly who we thought he was. This comes against a club in the Pittsburgh Pirates, that nobody is taking seriously as any sort of contender. Just wait until he faces a real team. The extension was just icing on the cake. I mean, if Bailey isn’t around anymore and the Reds have finally rid themselves of that gigantic hole on the roster and budget, he has to be replaced by an equally mind numbing fucking suckhole of a pitcher.
Enter, Sonny Gray.
I’m not even going to begin to dig up all of my, or everyone else’s posts, that knew from the second Gray’s name was mentioned as a Red, we were getting a fucking piece of garbage that floated ashore from the Ohio River.
Enter, Sonny Gray.
I’m not even going to begin to dig up all of my, or everyone else’s posts, that knew from the second Gray’s name was mentioned as a Red, we were getting a fucking piece of garbage that floated ashore from the Ohio River.
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I'm not a bona fide baseball expert like the Reds brass all are but as I understand it, it's usually preferable to acquire pitchers who can throw strikes.
I mean maybe too simplistic but in layman's terms walks = bad...right?
If I am wrong on that and walking a bunch of fucking guys is the preferred strategy, then this Sonny Gray signing is a stroke of brilliance. I can't believe the Yankees were trying so hard to get rid of him.
I mean maybe too simplistic but in layman's terms walks = bad...right?
If I am wrong on that and walking a bunch of fucking guys is the preferred strategy, then this Sonny Gray signing is a stroke of brilliance. I can't believe the Yankees were trying so hard to get rid of him.
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Analytics, man. Walks are a secret key to success. Fuck real stats and eyeballs. Sonny Gray sucked in Yankee Stadium so he’s gonna fucking rock asses in GABP by walking dudes in a more vicious hitters park. Watch out, MLB, the Reds just fooled all you bitches.
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Do you even Duh-sty, bro? Gray's out there killing rallies like a goddamned champ!
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2.2 IP
71 pitches
Less than half for strikes
A WHIP over 3
A 6.75 ERA
0 K
Starting pitcher for a team that calls GABP home.
Oh, and he’s already out of the game so we don’t over use our secret bad ass weapon that we extended.
We’ve struck fucking gold.
I mean, his old team didn’t want him. Why not pick him up and give him some extra years to boot. I don’t even want to quote the post that has the article where he just felt right joining the Reds. Sure you did, Sonny. You know suck better than anyone.
71 pitches
Less than half for strikes
A WHIP over 3
A 6.75 ERA
0 K
Starting pitcher for a team that calls GABP home.
Oh, and he’s already out of the game so we don’t over use our secret bad ass weapon that we extended.
We’ve struck fucking gold.
I mean, his old team didn’t want him. Why not pick him up and give him some extra years to boot. I don’t even want to quote the post that has the article where he just felt right joining the Reds. Sure you did, Sonny. You know suck better than anyone.
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