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Reds Tidbits (2009 season)

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Jaxbuck;1476731; said:
Absolutely, he was who I had in mind when I say WT could become the (massivly overpaid) 5th OF/pinch runner.

No Particular batting order but by position:

2-Hernandez
3-Alonzo
4-BP
5-EE
6-TBD maybe Janish? Anyone cheap all glove no hit will do
7-Votto
8-Dickerson/Stubbs
9-Bruce

With our current pitching thats a pretty young talented team right there.
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Valaika/Frazier/Heisey/Cozart are guys that I think could be close to being in the discussion for 2010 at some point...

I would move Frazier to AAA sometime soon and move him back to 3B to give him some time there, because if you make the move of Votto to LF Frazier is no longer looked at out there, and he played college SS, so one would think he could handle 3B, but he was moved to LF before this season...This also gives you another RH bat with some pop...6 hole hitter IMO...leave the lefties hit 3/4/5...

Valaika had an injury, and was not swinging a good bat at AAA before the injury and not sure how long he will be out, but he is a guy that could play either SS, be more effective defensively at 2b...

heisey is putting up unreal numbers at AA...Could he be the answer in CF?

Cozart...might be the farthest away with these guys in terms of the bat, but he has showed some good numbers and he can play SS at the major league level...


CF - Stubbs/Dickerson/Heisey
SS - Valaika/Cozart/Janish
LF - Votto
RF - Bruce
1B - Alonso
3b - Frazier/EE
2b - BPhil
C - Hernandez/Hanigan

Bench
Rosales
WT
Janish

you lack a true leadoff hitter if you go with Stubbs as he has struggled at times in the minors as a leadoff guy, but he has the high OBP, and speed that one would look for in a leadoff hitter...gold glove in center...

But you have 5 guys that are legitimate threats at the plate, and then spots like C/SS/CF where we should be really good defensively other than catcher with Hernandez, anything you get is bonous...
 
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Nix with 2 bombs and a Web Gem, Phillips adds a bomb in the 9th that gets LaRue warming up in the Cards bullpen. :lol: Too bad he didn't make it in.

Reds win 9-3, now up 4-2 against the Cards head-to-head. Tomorrow Harang goes against Carpenter.
 
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crazybuckfan40;1477060; said:
Valaika/Frazier/Heisey/Cozart are guys that I think could be close to being in the discussion for 2010 at some point...

I would move Frazier to AAA sometime soon and move him back to 3B to give him some time there, because if you make the move of Votto to LF Frazier is no longer looked at out there, and he played college SS, so one would think he could handle 3B, but he was moved to LF before this season...This also gives you another RH bat with some pop...6 hole hitter IMO...leave the lefties hit 3/4/5...

Valaika had an injury, and was not swinging a good bat at AAA before the injury and not sure how long he will be out, but he is a guy that could play either SS, be more effective defensively at 2b...

heisey is putting up unreal numbers at AA...Could he be the answer in CF?

Cozart...might be the farthest away with these guys in terms of the bat, but he has showed some good numbers and he can play SS at the major league level...


CF - Stubbs/Dickerson/Heisey
SS - Valaika/Cozart/Janish
LF - Votto
RF - Bruce
1B - Alonso
3b - Frazier/EE
2b - BPhil
C - Hernandez/Hanigan

Bench
Rosales
WT
Janish

you lack a true leadoff hitter if you go with Stubbs as he has struggled at times in the minors as a leadoff guy, but he has the high OBP, and speed that one would look for in a leadoff hitter...gold glove in center...

But you have 5 guys that are legitimate threats at the plate, and then spots like C/SS/CF where we should be really good defensively other than catcher with Hernandez, anything you get is bonous...
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no gomes? did i miss something?
 
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Dear [strike]Mario Mendoza[/strike] Jay Bruce,

Next time you run your trap about going on a road trip and coming home in 1st place, you should do better than 1-for-27 batting in the #4 spot.

Thank you,
 
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Dryden;1478333; said:
Dear [strike]Mario Mendoza[/strike] Jay Bruce,

Next time you run your trap about going on a road trip and coming home in 1st place, you should do better than 1-for-27 batting in the #4 spot.

Thank you,
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I agree with what you are saying for sure...

But just wanted to note on this...He is swinging at bad pitches, and pitchers are figuring that out...but the kid can hit the ball, so once he gets in a grove he can carry the team much like Votto was doing early in the season...
 
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crazybuckfan40;1478337; said:
But just wanted to note on this...He is swinging at bad pitches, and pitchers are figuring that out...but the kid can hit the ball, so once he gets in a grove he can carry the team much like Votto was doing early in the season...
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He's not swinging at "bad" pitches, he's swinging at everything in the area code of home plate. He goes through protracted stretches like this -- did it last season after his hot start when he was called up, did it this season in April.

Getting in a groove isn't going to *fix* it, because he'll just go 1-for-27 again when he comes out the other side of that groove in July.

Bruce's problem is discipline and strike zone judgement. He's 22. He's not going to learn that this year, and he's not likely to figure it out next year either.

I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually, but it's going to be awfully painful to watch for the next several years.
 
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Dryden;1478360; said:
He's not swinging at "bad" pitches, he's swinging at everything in the area code of home plate. He goes through protracted stretches like this -- did it last season after his hot start when he was called up, did it this season in April.

Getting in a groove isn't going to *fix* it, because he'll just go 1-for-27 again when he comes out the other side of that groove in July.

Bruce's problem is discipline and strike zone judgement. He's 22. He's not going to learn that this year, and he's not likely to figure it out next year either.

I'm sure he'll figure it out eventually, but it's going to be awfully painful to watch for the next several years.
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Well good plate discipline and his natural talent would lead to a lot of base clogging walks and 400ft rally killers so by bannana phone logic he should be our best player (as long as he runs out to RF at an acceptable gate).
 
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schwab;1479047; said:
Quite a few close calls already, and all have gone the Reds way.. and replay backs up the umps each time. Either way, Reds 3, sCrubs 0.
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I believe the call out on the steal of second (by Gonzalez I think) was an incorrect call that went against the Reds. Not complaining...just saying (not sure if that was before or after your post).
 
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