Reds Tidbits (2007 Season)

[jlb1705]

Holy crap! We have a Hector Carrasco sighting!

Are they hiding Dennys Reyes in that bullpen too?

 

[Mike80]

Holy crap! We have a Hector Carrasco sighting!

Are they hiding Dennys Reyes in that bullpen too?

I was wondering if maybe they had Jimmy Haynes and Jeffery Hammonds on the bench or something

 

[jlb1705]

Error!

 

[Mike80]

Reds are looking good here in the ninth, especially after that play by Phillips....

 

[schwab]

A quick glance at the standings, and I see the Reds have hung tight with two of the three best records in baseball in the last 4 games, while winning 3. I know, I know... but it's a start! Our modest 2 game winning streak is tied with Philly and the Trolley Dodgers for best among all NL clubs right now :tongue2:. BTW, when it's all said and done, owning CLE and LAA would cancel out getting owned by WSH and PIT, wouldn't it? :)

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

WHAT did the reds win tonight.....that would be SWEET!

 

[DGADBTWSOM]

Reds are looking good here in the ninth, especially after that play by Phillips....

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.
lets not get excited.
Lets just enjoy Homer's second start on Thursday and hope to take another series. If we can do that, we might just climb out of the basement.

 

[Mike80]

A quick glance at the standings, and I see the Reds have hung tight with two of the three best records in baseball in the last 4 games, while winning 3. I know, I know... but it's a start! Our modest 2 game winning streak is tied with Philly and the Trolley Dodgers for best among all NL clubs right now :tongue2:. BTW, when it's all said and done, owning CLE and LAA would cancel out getting owned by WSH and PIT, wouldn't it? :)

if and ONLY if you end up ahead of Washington and Pittsburgh in the standings

 

[CookyPuss]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.
lets not get excited.
Lets just enjoy Homer's second start on Thursday and hope to take another series. If we can do that, we might just climb out of the basement.

Looking forward to seeing Homer pitch in person tomorrow against Big Fat Bartolo. Should be good times.

 

[CookyPuss]

Pretty good blog from Lonnie Wheeler of the Cincinnati Enquirer concerning Dunn, seems to sum up the situation pretty well:

A Deal that Should be Dunn

Apparently, according to the national reports – and he has done nothing to confirm or even hint it – Wayne Krivsky would trade Adam Dunn for the right return. I guess I would, too.

On Krivsky’s part, it comes as no surprise. Look who he’s traded already. Pena. Kearns. Lopez. Power guys.
Jim Bowden built the Reds with power. Krivsky is attempting to rebuild them with pitching and defense.
At that, they still lead the major leagues in home runs. And yet, 13 teams have scored more runs. That would seem to be Dunn in a nutshell.

Not that he doesn’t score runs. He does, in substantial quantity. Drives them in, too. That’s the part that’s so confounding when it comes to the Reds’ big slugger.

When you compute the numbers, the strikeouts shouldn’t matter too much. He produces. He gets on base. He hits the ball to Kingdom Come.

And yet, the eye catches only glimpses of that. What it sees, most of the time, is Dunn taking a strike, swinging and missing, getting behind in the count, leaving man after man in scoring position. After a while, it just wants to look away when he comes to the plate in a key situation.

But then, a run is a run, isn’t it? If Dunn is not driving in runs when they’re there to be driven in, he’s doing it some other time, some other way. He’s doing it when they’re not expected, and without much help.

So what’s the problem?

[cont]

Cinci

 

[Bestbuck36]

Very good article, which pretty much sums up all of the things we've been talking about the past couple of days regarding Dunn.

 

[CookyPuss]

Very good article, which pretty much sums up all of the things we've been talking about the past couple of days regarding Dunn.

At least he went beyond the "strikes out too much" and "can't hit in the clutch" arguments. I thought it was a fairly balanced view on Dunn and pretty close to my thoughts on the subject.

I thought this was interesting, yesterday Cincinnati.com had a poll about whether or not to trade Dunn which was running about 50-50. 1530 Homer Sports talk radio had one that was 90-10 to trade. I think that means the average sports radio talk listener is less "informed" as most of them call in saying they'd trade Dunn for a bag of balls. I just heard some guy claim that trading Dunn would result in this team getting back to .500. The host asked: So, Dunn's responsible for 13 losses?" I think Reds fans are delusional if they think trading Dunn will make this team better this year. Long term it could be the right move for the right pieces and some wise spending.

 

[Mike80]

Pretty good blog from Lonnie Wheeler of the Cincinnati Enquirer concerning Dunn, seems to sum up the situation pretty well:

Cinci

That article details a few things that need to happen.

Trading Dunn (and I'm pretty certain he'll be traded before too long) is just the beginning. If they can get a good haul for him that would be best.

It says in the article that Leatherpants went for the long ball but Krivsky is trying to make this team a pitching and defense team. I don't know if that will work given the ballpark, but certainly pitching is key to the success of any team.

As a neutral observer, if Cincinnati can build their team ala Minnesota in earlier part of this decade, they will remain competitive in the NL Central. The NL Central isn't exactly setting the world on fire right now either.

 

[CookyPuss]

On another note, when did Narron become Sparky with the quick hook? (The only time you'll see me compare those 2). Last night Majewski gave up one hit after a tough battle and he yanked Stanton after he gave up a walk. Wasn't about R/L matchups either necessarily. He yanked Burton the other night in the middle of an AB. Seems to be working too, these guys need to know they need to get outs or get pulled. However, he can't sustain this or he'll burn guys up, especially Weathers.

 

[Mike80]

On another note, when did Narron become Sparky with the quick hook? (The only time you'll see me compare those 2). Last night Majewski gave up one hit after a tough battle and he yanked Stanton after he gave up a walk. Wasn't about R/L matchups either necessarily. He yanked Burton the other night in the middle of an AB. Seems to be working too, these guys need to know they need to get outs or get pulled. However, he can't sustain this or he'll burn guys up, especially Weathers.

I wonder if Majewski will be designated for assignment here soon unless his performances get better....??