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Reds Tidbits (2006 Season)

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4/16/06

Good-start string ends

Williams gives up 6 runs in 3 innings

BY JOHN FAY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

<!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT-->ST. LOUIS - If the Reds hadn't been looking so good, Dave Williams might not have felt so bad.
Williams ended the run of good starts by Reds pitchers, going only three innings and allowing six runs in a 9-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals before a crowd of 40,752 at the new Busch Stadium Saturday.
"We've played too well and pitched too well for me to come out flat like that," Williams said. "It's frustrating."
Before Saturday, Reds starters gave up a total of five earned runs in four games on the team's road trip. They were 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA on the road.
Williams, the 27-year-old left-hander obtained in the Sean Casey trade with Pittsburgh, was making his second start with Cincinnati. He was very good in the first one - six innings and two earned runs in a 5-3 loss to Pittsburgh.
Saturday, the Reds staked him to a 1-0 lead in the first on Adam Dunn's sixth home run of the year. But Williams gave it back and then some in the bottom of the inning.
Williams gave up a one-out double to So Taguchi, then walked Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen to load the bases.
He got former Red Juan Encarnacion to pop out for the second out.
"I thought he was going to get out of it," Reds manager Jerry Narron said. "He made a bad pitch to (Yadier) Molina. He got a fastball up."
Molina, who came in hitting .182, drove it to center to get in two runs. Hector Luna followed with an RBI single to left field and it was a 3-1 game.
"If he gets Molina, it might be a different game," Narron said.
Williams gave up a two-run homer to Pujols in the second inning and a solo shot to Luna in the third that made it 6-1.
"I wasn't executing pitches like I was thinking about them," he said. "The two didn't go hand in hand. It's frustrating to put our offense in a hole like that."
Matt Belisle gave the Reds a chance to come back with three innings of scoreless relief, but the offense struggled. The Reds are batting .167 (3-for-18) with runners in scoring position in the series.
The Reds played a third straight game without center fielder Ken Griffey Jr., who has stiffness in his right knee.
"It would be nice to have Griff out there," Narron said. "We need somebody at the top of the order. I don't know, maybe he'll play tomorrow."
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Good write up on quantifying defense. That system isn't flawless but at least it gives you something besides just a scouts opinion.

Thats said I don't think any of the news about the Reds is shocking. Kriv talkes a good game about being better defensively but while you still let JR and Dunn roam the OF its all bullshit.

If I was in charge here's how the Reds get better quick:

aquire super glove man to play SS, hopefully he can OBP in the low .300's

move FeLo to 2B,

Dunn to 1B

Griff to LF

Freel/Denofria CF

lineup

1. Freel CF
2. FeLo 2B
3. Jr LF
4. Dunn 1B
5. EE 3B
6. AK RF
7. Valentine/LaRue C
8. Glove man SS
9. P

Defensive problems solved and you have a young, cheap tremendously talented team.

But naaahhhh that shit would be too easy. We need guys like Aurilia, Woe-mack and Hatteberg clogging up the pipes while Dunn is issued a football helmet out in LF and JR's in CF with the range of a Daisy air rifle.
Fucking brilliant :smash:
 
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Moebuck said:
I'm a huge Reds fan also, but I disagree on Casey. There isn't a huge market for a light hitting first baseman who consistently does not drive in runs year after year. I was so tired of seeing him ground into double play after double play last year. Not a better guy in baseball off the field, but his salary didn't merit what he did on the field.

I will agree Williams isn't that great. I would have rather gotten a prospect than an average to below average 5th starter.

This team lead the league in runs and homers last year and was dead last in ERA. If they can even be middle of the pack in ERA, they have a shot. I agree the defense is terrible, especially Dunn in left. He is probably the most atrocious outfielder I can remeber, but man he sure can hit some bombs.
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Who gives a crap how much value Casey has? Whatever it is/was, it's way more than Dave Williams has ever been or will ever be to any team. How valuable can you possibly be if you're the fifth starter for the freakin' REDS?!
 
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Nice game tonite.

A 9-1 win over the Marlins.

Dunn homered again to make it 8 on the year.

Clauseen went 7in, 0er, 5H, and 7K's. Pretty impressive.

Chris Hammon worked the 9th and dropped his ERA from 36.00 to 24.00. :slappy:

I would like to see a sweep of the Marlins. I think the last two games will be Milton and Harang.
 
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Tim Kremchek = Doctorb?

Baseball Tonight just reported that Junior was placed on the 15-day DL. This after it was insisted upon that Griffey's problem was not really an "injury".

Say what you want about Junior being fragile, but Kremchek and the organization have mishandled him since he got to Cincy.

By the way... don't look now, but Kearns is starting to live up to his potential. I for one, am glad that he's still a Red.
 
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jlb1705 said:
Tim Kremchek = Doctorb?

Baseball Tonight just reported that Junior was placed on the 15-day DL. This after it was insisted upon that Griffey's problem was not really an "injury".

Say what you want about Junior being fragile, but Kremchek and the organization have mishandled him since he got to Cincy.

By the way... don't look now, but Kearns is starting to live up to his potential. I for one, am glad that he's still a Red.
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I agree, I can't stand the Reds and thier injuries. They told us Larue would be ready close to opening day and made it sound like he would miss at max 3 games. Now we are into our 4th series and he still isnt back.

Griffey was swinging the bat real well in the WBC and I was looking for big things from him. Hope he makes a quick recovery.

As for Kearns, I will see how he is doing mid season. He has been a slump or injury waiting to happen for his career, so I will evaluate him mid season, but as for now he is hitting the ball real well.

Another thing I still cannot figure out why we have 4 freakin' 2b on our team. I like Phillips b/c he is young and of course I love Freel.

Womack, might not be bad if he had an every day job or a utility infielder somwhere else, but he is just taking swings and pt away from Freel who needs to be in the lineup 365 days.

As for Aurillia, I think I would rather have him the everyday first baseman and have Hatteberg be the full time PH and spell Aurillia when he needs a day off or we need Aurillia to man a different position. Either way Hatterberg and Aurillia are both guys that with a decent first half of the season might be able to land us some sort of middle aged decent relief pitcher, which is what this team drastically needs.
 
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