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Reds Tidbits (2008 season)

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I'm not panicked about the current batting order. Griffey, Philips, Dunn, and EE are all culpable. Maybe that's on Dusty and his philosophy with how he's telling them to approach their ABs, but you can't expect all of them will continue their current pace, otherwise Griffey, BP and Dunn each project to 14 HRs and ~70 RBI apiece for the season. That won't happen. Perhaps BP had a career year last year and 2006 was as good an offense as EE's ever going to flash, but Dunn and Griffey are due. Once their bats warm up, scoring runs won't be an issue.

3 through 6 in the current order have nearly 40 LOB in the last four losses. One fucking hit in this inning or that and the Reds are no worse than 9-3.

This lineup, the bench notwithstanding, is not that bad.
 
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Jaxbuck;1136525; said:
Don't forget Berkman. He is the Reds killer of Reds killers. Its a long and impressive list but he's got to be at the top.
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Grande mentioned Friday night at the start of the game that if you had a lineup of guys the Reds don't want to see, Jason Bay would be the left fielder. Made me think of my earlier post after the Milwaukee series, so I Googled "Reds Killers" and came up with this, courtesy of 'Redlegs Rundown', though I went back to Baseball Reference to get updated stats w/ OPS.

Read 'em and weep.

1b: Albert Pujols - 1.101 OPS, 29 HR, 91 RBI in 112 games
2b: Chase Utley - 1.060 OPS, 10 HR, 22 RBI in 29 games
ss: Scott Rolen - .983 OPS, 23 HR, 62 RBI in 105 games
3b: Bill Hall - 1.010 OPS, 17 HR, 47 RBI in 75 games
lf: Jason Bay - 1.111 OPS, 19 HR, 63 RBI in 67 games
cf: Jim Edmonds - .931 OPS, 31 HR, 84 RBI in 109 games
rf: Lance Berkman - 1.161 OPS, 41 HR, 116 RBI in 114 games
c: Jason Kendall - .877 OPS, 10 HR, 48 RBI in 127 games
p: Roy Oswalt - 19 W - 1 L, 2.46 ERA in 24 games
 
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Dryden;1138832; said:
Grande mentioned Friday night at the start of the game that if you had a lineup of guys the Reds don't want to see, Jason Bay would be the left fielder. Made me think of my earlier post after the Milwaukee series, so I Googled "Reds Killers" and came up with this, courtesy of 'Redlegs Rundown', though I went back to Baseball Reference to get updated stats w/ OPS.

Read 'em and weep.

1b: Albert Pujols - 1.101 OPS, 29 HR, 91 RBI in 112 games
2b: Chase Utley - 1.060 OPS, 10 HR, 22 RBI in 29 games
ss: Scott Rolen - .983 OPS, 23 HR, 62 RBI in 105 games
3b: Bill Hall - 1.010 OPS, 17 HR, 47 RBI in 75 games
lf: Jason Bay - 1.111 OPS, 19 HR, 63 RBI in 67 games
cf: Jim Edmonds - .931 OPS, 31 HR, 84 RBI in 109 games
rf: Lance Berkman - 1.161 OPS, 41 HR, 116 RBI in 114 games
c: Jason Kendall - .877 OPS, 10 HR, 48 RBI in 127 games
p: Roy Oswalt - 19 W - 1 L, 2.46 ERA in 24 games
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Remember that old Sesame Street song, "One of these things is not like the others, one of these things does not belong." Bill Hall.
 
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Unfortunately this does not surprise me. The Reds have a way of losing a set of games that they have no business losing. See also: the series against the Brewers in '99 where the Reds could've (should've) locked up the wild card.

The Pirates are a team that is tailor made to beat the Reds. They have junkballing left-handed starters and junkballing, sidewinding left-handed relievers. They have an absolute Reds-killer in Jason Bay and other players around him who are not all that good, but just good enough to punish a mistake pitch or make hay against a garbage pitcher or in innings where the defense gives them extra outs. Unfortunately for the Pirates, the things that make you tailor made to beat the Reds does not translate to being able win games against legitimate franchises, so they still suck and will likely finish somewhere near or below the Reds at year's end anyway.
 
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crazybuckfan40;1139016; said:
Today we sucked both on offense and pitching...

Cueto threw well enough for us to stay in the game, but he would of had to throw a perfect game for this offense to to allow him to win the game...
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That's the problem with hitting slumps, the pitching starts to press for fear they will get no run support. Cueto essentially threw 2 bad pitches today. Given his previous starts, I can live with that. :biggrin:
 
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Tipdogusaf;1138894; said:
Swept by the pirates:shake:
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First 3 game sweep at home versus the Reds since 2004. :pirate2:

As a lifelong Pirates fan, the last 15 years have taught me to take my pleasures where I can find them. :(
 
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Dryden;1138883; said:
I don't think Jax will be posting anymore. His head probably exploded seeing Freel, Hopper, and Castro all together in the starting lineup. :tongue2:
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I took a handful of tranqulizers and passed out for about 6 hours, I'm fine now. :wink2:

Isn't there a way to just forfeit so no one important gets hurt instead of actually playing a game with those 3 stiffs all starting?
 
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