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Reds Tidbits (2008 season)

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crazybuckfan40;1170965; said:
The thing is in my opinion is that Jay Bruce is our best hitter, or will be...You don't lead him off because that takes away from his ability to knock in runs...You want a guy with a high OBP that isn't a great slugger, will work a walk, get on base and hopefully has a little speed to make something happen...

Hairston isn't a great option, but he is the best if we are going witht he lineup we are going with...His OBP is 338 which puts him 8th on the team...

Maybe not Votto in the two hole, but i don't wan't Dunn or Bruce there because they need to take advantage of slugging and also their OBP...that is why Dunn or Bruce is your 3 hole hitter...That was Griffey back in the day but his day has passed him by...I would put Phillips in the 2 hole against lefties, but against righties i would put him at 7...EE has struggled lately, but I put him in the 6 hole and keep him there...

I go with 4 lefties Votto, Dunn/Bruce, Griffey in the 2-5 spots...The Dunn, Votto, and Bruce look to be the top 3 OBP guys against righties, then you got Griff, EE, Phillips, catcher Pitcher...

IMO you gotta move Phillips from 2 to 7 as crazy as his splits are...You take advantage against lefties getting him as many at bats as possible and not against righties...You don't platoon him with someone else because he hits righties ok, and is a gold glove caliber second baseman...

There is no way you can lead off patterson, it is just laughable...hairston isn't a bad option when he is in there, because he isn't really an rbi guy you put down in the lineup..
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I see what you're saying... to me it's kind of a chicken/egg problem. You need to get guys on base in order to have an opportunity to drive them in.

I definitely wouldn't mind doing what you propose. Really, I think there are a lot of valid possibilities for a lineup with the personnel the Reds have. I'm not sure Dusty has stumbled upon a single one of them yet though.
 
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Well, Bruce is here but so are Patterson, Belisle, Fogg, and Lincoln. Although a step in the right direction, this move is not the answer. Justin Lehr and maybe even Jim Brower could be useful. I'm frankly surprised Belisle didn't get shipped to bring up someone to give the starters another day off after Sunday or Fogg given a spot start this week. I dunno. I would have signed Cantu and not bothered with Patterson, but they don't pay me the big bucks.
 
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jlb1705;1171012; said:
I see what you're saying... to me it's kind of a chicken/egg problem. You need to get guys on base in order to have an opportunity to drive them in.

I definitely wouldn't mind doing what you propose. Really, I think there are a lot of valid possibilities for a lineup with the personnel the Reds have. I'm not sure Dusty has stumbled upon a single one of them yet though.
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There's the rub, you can't drive them in if they aren't on. :biggrin:
 
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MuckFich06;1171026; said:
Well, Bruce is here but so are Patterson, Belisle, Fogg, and Lincoln. Although a step in the right direction, this move is not the answer. Justin Lehr and maybe even Jim Brower could be useful. I'm frankly surprised Belisle didn't get shipped to bring up someone to give the starters another day off after Sunday or Fogg given a spot start this week. I dunno. I would have signed Cantu and not bothered with Patterson, but they don't pay me the big bucks.
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i just read somewhere the other day that Justin Lehr is playing over seas. I don't have any idea if he is still part of the organization anymore but i know he is not playing for the Bats. However we did call up Daryl Thompson from AA to AAA. I have no idea why Lehr is overseas maybe via trade? hopefully someone can enlighten me because he seemed to be the only consistant starting pitcher in AAA.
 
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gefootball10;1171031; said:
i just read somewhere the other day that Justin Lehr is playing over seas. I don't have any idea if he is still part of the organization anymore but i know he is not playing for the Bats. However we did call up Daryl Thompson from AA to AAA. I have no idea why Lehr is overseas maybe via trade? hopefully someone can enlighten me because he seemed to be the only consistant starting pitcher in AAA.
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I've been out of town for a few days, I missed that. Thanks for the info.

Edit, here's what I found: According to the MiLB transaction log, he was released and sold to South Korea.
 
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gefootball10;1171031; said:
i just read somewhere the other day that Justin Lehr is playing over seas. I don't have any idea if he is still part of the organization anymore but i know he is not playing for the Bats. However we did call up Daryl Thompson from AA to AAA. I have no idea why Lehr is overseas maybe via trade? hopefully someone can enlighten me because he seemed to be the only consistant starting pitcher in AAA.
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I saw on RedsZone that Lehr was sold to a team in Korea. Apparently it was in his contract that if he wasn't going to end up with the Reds that they would move him.

Lehr will be very useful for the Doosan Bears. Come to think of it, Jim Brower probably could be too. :tongue2:
 
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Is this sad or what? The rookie callup gets an ovation and the crowd stands for his entire first inning at-bat. Then the crowd sits down and is dead quiet for the first-ballot HOFer batting after him who's on the verge of hitting his 600th HR. I understand it completely, and it kinda sums up the state of this franchise right now.

Oh yeah - that rookie drew a four pitch walk, and the HOFer struck out looking.
 
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