Francona is in...LFG!
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Seems about right. Reds have the better pitcher and neutralize the best opponent player only to get smoked by a scrub while the guy you went to see was benched and his replacement went O-for! Totally Reds
Take that box score down and have him sign it.
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This is pretty cool. Also glad Tito is well enough to take the job. Dude is a baseball junkie and for my money the best manager of this century.
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mattynokes
Hall of Fame
Tito is a great Manager. However, if any of you Reds fans aren't familiar with him, get ready for these things to annoy you...
1. He seems to get enamored with certain players and continues to put them in positions that they shouldn't be in (i.e. Michael Martinez).
2. He doesn't seem to like to platoon and if you're a starter, you hit against LHP even though the numbers say that you should never face LHPs (i.e. Tyler Naquin, Bradley Zimmer, Jake Bauers).
3. He seems to gravitate towards a washed up veteran, rather than give a young player a chance to prove themselves - eventually allowing them to slip away to another organization (i.e. Jesus Aguilar, Ernie Clement).
Certainly, some of that has to do with the Front Office, but the upper management has remained the same and there are noticeable differences in how Vogt does things vs Tito. Still, Tito is great. He does a great job of bullpen management. He's not afraid to put one of his best RPs in the 6th or 7th, when it's a big moment in the game vs traditionally saving them for the 8th or 9th. He seems to get the most out of his players, backs them up phenomenally, and keeps any issues internal. Things don't come out to the public until the player is long gone. Like, Bauer's exit was clearly not on good terms, but it went deeper than just the throw over the CF wall. Also, I didn't include Yandy Diaz in the "players that got away", because his departure was on him as much as it was management bailing on a guy too soon (they wanted him to prepare to play more OF and he wanted to stay on the infield).
1. He seems to get enamored with certain players and continues to put them in positions that they shouldn't be in (i.e. Michael Martinez).
2. He doesn't seem to like to platoon and if you're a starter, you hit against LHP even though the numbers say that you should never face LHPs (i.e. Tyler Naquin, Bradley Zimmer, Jake Bauers).
3. He seems to gravitate towards a washed up veteran, rather than give a young player a chance to prove themselves - eventually allowing them to slip away to another organization (i.e. Jesus Aguilar, Ernie Clement).
Certainly, some of that has to do with the Front Office, but the upper management has remained the same and there are noticeable differences in how Vogt does things vs Tito. Still, Tito is great. He does a great job of bullpen management. He's not afraid to put one of his best RPs in the 6th or 7th, when it's a big moment in the game vs traditionally saving them for the 8th or 9th. He seems to get the most out of his players, backs them up phenomenally, and keeps any issues internal. Things don't come out to the public until the player is long gone. Like, Bauer's exit was clearly not on good terms, but it went deeper than just the throw over the CF wall. Also, I didn't include Yandy Diaz in the "players that got away", because his departure was on him as much as it was management bailing on a guy too soon (they wanted him to prepare to play more OF and he wanted to stay on the infield).
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If I could just pluck reasonable FA's out of the pool for next season they would go this way in order of preference:
Pete Alonso, 30yr old, 5.0 WAR. Gonna cost a lot but if we spend it on him we have Steer and CES for the RF spot and backup at 1B/DH.
Teoscar Hernandez , 32yr old, 5.6 WAR. Goes straight into the RF position, only if Alonso weren't an option.
Walker Buehler, 30yr old, -.02 WAR - not a great season with the Dodgers but I think he's s serious contender for Top4 here and maybe an Ace if he gets his stuff back on point.
Caleb Ferguson 28yr old, 1.6 WAR. West Jefferson graduate, born in Columbus, Ohio.
I wouldn't go with anyone over 33-34 years old to mesh with the group we've got. Old arms are also not what I want to be wondering about from week to week.
Pete Alonso, 30yr old, 5.0 WAR. Gonna cost a lot but if we spend it on him we have Steer and CES for the RF spot and backup at 1B/DH.
Teoscar Hernandez , 32yr old, 5.6 WAR. Goes straight into the RF position, only if Alonso weren't an option.
Walker Buehler, 30yr old, -.02 WAR - not a great season with the Dodgers but I think he's s serious contender for Top4 here and maybe an Ace if he gets his stuff back on point.
Caleb Ferguson 28yr old, 1.6 WAR. West Jefferson graduate, born in Columbus, Ohio.
I wouldn't go with anyone over 33-34 years old to mesh with the group we've got. Old arms are also not what I want to be wondering about from week to week.
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bigdog3300
The G.O.A.T.
Look, as a Guardians fan, I can tell you that Tito has a hard-on for Myles Straw. You all need a stud CF like him, so sounds like it's time to make a trade....
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Light rumor is that they may try Elly in the outfield and see if he can adjust. I'm not sure I love that but if he wanted to and he was good at it, I'm for it then McLain goes back to short and we just roll with the rest until we pull in the power hitting Righties like Pete Alonso or Teoscar Hernandez/Santander. There is money that can be spent, but will we?