2010 Cincinnati Reds

[SlimKibbles]

Re: 2010 Cincinnati Reds

Still just May... Must not start to believe... Must wait until August to shed comfortable pessimistic mindset.

I will join in that chant. If they stay in the hunt all the way through their two West Coast trips (OAK & SEA in Jun.; AZ, LA, & SF in Aug.) and don't have a repeat of July 2009 winning like 3 games, I'll be a believer.

[jake44np]

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I will join in that chant. If they stay in the hunt all the way through their two West Coast trips (OAK & SEA in Jun.; AZ, LA, & SF in Aug.) and don't have a repeat of July 2009 winning like 3 games, I'll be a believer.

You'll be a Monkey??
Anyway first time since '89 we have had back to back complete game shut outs.
Only 1 game back of the hated Cards and they are coming to town tomorrow!

[lonewolf371]

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I like me some clutch defense of home plate.

[SlimKibbles]

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Just because it hasn't been seen for a few years...

CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
[b]Cincinnati	21	16	.568	-	12-9	9-7	177	178	-1	Won 2	8-2[/b]
St. Louis	21	17	.553	.5	10-6	11-11	160	134	+26	Lost 2	3-7
Pittsburgh	16	21	.432	5	9-9	7-12	131	224	-93	Lost 1	4-6
Chicago Cubs	16	22	.421	5.5	9-10	7-12	174	188	-14	Won 1	3-7
Milwaukee	15	21	.417	5.5	4-13	11-8	197	207	-10	Lost 5	4-6
Houston	13	24	.351	8	7-15	6-9	110	170	-60	Lost 3	4-6

[jake44np]

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1st place is a beautiful place to be!!!!
Should have swept the Cards but I will take 2 of 3.
Does anyone have a clue to why Dusty pitch hit Hernandez instead of Nix in the 9th on Friday??? Down 1 first and second Madson pitching and he uses Hernandez?? Hernandez was 2-21 off Madson and Madson dominates against righties. Nix was 4-12 and it a lefty.
So what does Dusty do, uses Ramon who grounds into a game ending DP. Was Nix not feeling well? The only reason I ask is during the game yesterday, they mentioned Nix was a valuable player when he is healthy. Is he not healty right now?
In Dusty's defense just about everything else he as done the last 3 weeks has worked really well.

[duke776]

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1st place is a beautiful place to be!!!!
Should have swept the Cards but I will take 2 of 3.
Does anyone have a clue to why Dusty pitch hit Hernandez instead of Nix in the 9th on Friday??? Down 1 first and second Madson pitching and he uses Hernandez?? Hernandez was 2-21 off Madson and Madson dominates against righties. Nix was 4-12 and it a lefty.
So what does Dusty do, uses Ramon who grounds into a game ending DP. Was Nix not feeling well? The only reason I ask is during the game yesterday, they mentioned Nix was a valuable player when he is healthy. Is he not healty right now?
In Dusty's defense just about everything else he as done the last 3 weeks has worked really well.

On the post game show they said that Nix was unavaliable. Not sure why, they didn't know at the time. Not sure if they even found out or not because I turned it off before the post game show ended.

No doubt about his changes working though, Stubbs has been thriving down in the order. Cabrera's hitting .300 in the leadoff spot, 10 times better than what was there before. Phillips is also hitting just about .300 since moved to #2 spot.

[lonewolf371]

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1st place is a beautiful place to be!!!!
Should have swept the Cards but I will take 2 of 3.
Does anyone have a clue to why Dusty pitch hit Hernandez instead of Nix in the 9th on Friday??? Down 1 first and second Madson pitching and he uses Hernandez?? Hernandez was 2-21 off Madson and Madson dominates against righties. Nix was 4-12 and it a lefty.
So what does Dusty do, uses Ramon who grounds into a game ending DP. Was Nix not feeling well? The only reason I ask is during the game yesterday, they mentioned Nix was a valuable player when he is healthy. Is he not healty right now?
In Dusty's defense just about everything else he as done the last 3 weeks has worked really well.

I thought they said during one of the radio or TV broadcasts that Dusty said he was unavailable, but didn't elaborate.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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Reds are doing some great thing it's exciting to watch them. Lets hope they can keep it up, we've been away from the postseason for too long.

[jake44np]

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On the post game show they said that Nix was unavaliable. Not sure why, they didn't know at the time. Not sure if they even found out or not because I turned it off before the post game show ended.

No doubt about his changes working though, Stubbs has been thriving down in the order. Cabrera's hitting .300 in the leadoff spot, 10 times better than what was there before. Phillips is also hitting just about .300 since moved to #2 spot.

Yeah I just read an article that Nix is having back issues I believe. They said he cannot currently swing a bat.
And actually yesterday during the pregame show the host debunked the whole Cabrera is doing better at the leadoff spot then Stubbs was.
He threw some interesting #'s out, Stubbs has scored more runs this year and steals more bases. He also said everyone loves Cabrera batting 1st but his on base % is horrible, it is right at .300. You need your leadoff guy to be around .350 to .400 not .300. He said Stubbs was .285 batting leadoff, so it is not much better with Cabrera.
How about Yondor Alonso being moved up to AAA?
He had 4 hits and 6 rbi's his first game at Louisville, and he has been moved from 1B to LF.
He will be the starting LF next year for the Reds, atleast that is what the Reds want.

[SlimKibbles]

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1st place is a beautiful place to be!!!!
Should have swept the Cards but I will take 2 of 3.
Does anyone have a clue to why Dusty pitch hit Hernandez instead of Nix in the 9th on Friday??? Down 1 first and second Madson pitching and he uses Hernandez?? Hernandez was 2-21 off Madson and Madson dominates against righties. Nix was 4-12 and it a lefty.
So what does Dusty do, uses Ramon who grounds into a game ending DP. Was Nix not feeling well? The only reason I ask is during the game yesterday, they mentioned Nix was a valuable player when he is healthy. Is he not healty right now?
In Dusty's defense just about everything else he as done the last 3 weeks has worked really well.

I didn't mind him using Ramon in that situation. What really bugged the heck out of me was the fact that Ramon hit the first pitch he saw from Franklin and grounded into a DP. The other guys had at least seen a few pitches from him in their at-bats and had worked things to where they got a good pitch to hit. Ramon didn't even try, unless that first pitch was his pitch to hit and he just stayed on top of it too much.

[duke776]

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Yeah I just read an article that Nix is having back issues I believe. They said he cannot currently swing a bat.
And actually yesterday during the pregame show the host debunked the whole Cabrera is doing better at the leadoff spot then Stubbs was.
He threw some interesting #'s out, Stubbs has scored more runs this year and steals more bases. He also said everyone loves Cabrera batting 1st but his on base % is horrible, it is right at .300. You need your leadoff guy to be around .350 to .400 not .300. He said Stubbs was .285 batting leadoff, so it is not much better with Cabrera.
How about Yondor Alonso being moved up to AAA?
He had 4 hits and 6 rbi's his first game at Louisville, and he has been moved from 1B to LF.
He will be the starting LF next year for the Reds, atleast that is what the Reds want.

I agree that Cabrera isn't the best choice for leadoff because he doesn't walk a whole lot, but looking at the numbers I don't see how Stubbs was better when he was at the leadoff position. Unless the guy took only a part of Stubbs time at the leadoff spot, he only hit .145 out of it(scroll down towards bottom and you'll see his #'s by batting order). Now, I would agree Stubbs is a much better candidate to lead off because he walks and steals bases, but if he can't hit then I don't see why he should be there. Now he has started to hit though, and if he could carry that production over to leadoff I'd much rather he lead off.

Good to see about Alonso though, and hopefully he's not too bad out there in left.

[LucianoJJ]

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No matter how long this lasts, it's great to be in first place. According to the Enquirer, the Reds haven't been atop the division since Day 14 of the 2007 season. Hallelujah!
My concerns are: bullpen depth, outfield depth, a lineup with not enough lefty batters, and the age/durability of Rolen and Cabrera. Clutch hitting, improved defense, and a young "troika" in the rotation of Cueto, Bailey, and Leake gives us hope. Bruce and Stubbs need to continue to improve at the plate, Phillips needs to focus, Arroyo and Harang need to lend some consistency. Votto is THE rising star.

[lonewolf371]

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I agree that Cabrera isn't the best choice for leadoff because he doesn't walk a whole lot, but looking at the numbers I don't see how Stubbs was better when he was at the leadoff position. Unless the guy took only a part of Stubbs time at the leadoff spot, he only hit .145 out of it(scroll down towards bottom and you'll see his #'s by batting order). Now, I would agree Stubbs is a much better candidate to lead off because he walks and steals bases, but if he can't hit then I don't see why he should be there. Now he has started to hit though, and if he could carry that production over to leadoff I'd much rather he lead off.

Good to see about Alonso though, and hopefully he's not too bad out there in left.

I'd like to see Dusty leave things as is for a little bit because Stubbs is looking pretty comfortable in the 7-hole at the moment and there's probably not enough sample size right now to determine if Cabrera is a poor leadoff man. I think 2-3-4-5 looks really solid for now.

No matter how long this lasts, it's great to be in first place. According to the Enquirer, the Reds haven't been atop the division since Day 14 of the 2007 season. Hallelujah!
My concerns are: bullpen depth, outfield depth, a lineup with not enough lefty batters, and the age/durability of Rolen and Cabrera. Clutch hitting, improved defense, and a young "troika" in the rotation of Cueto, Bailey, and Leake gives us hope. Bruce and Stubbs need to continue to improve at the plate, Phillips needs to focus, Arroyo and Harang need to lend some consistency. Votto is THE rising star.

Bruce has probably been great at the plate the whole year. The only problem in April is I think he got really unlucky with his BABIP, but he was still making contact at a pretty good pace. Bruce really looks like he's ready to turn the corner this year and have a great season rather than a great month.

One other thing is I'm a little excited if/when Volquez and Chapman have opportunities to play. Right now with everyone playing well I'm not sure if they'll get a shot. I have to believe Volquez automatically has a spot, but Chapman may sit in the minors even longer. It looks like if the Reds want to get some of those guys playing they may have to make a trade, but I don't know if they'll want to trade if the team has a winning record. Some interesting decisions to be made.

[SlimKibbles]

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Throwing this out there to see how much interest there is. I know we talked about it last season but it kind of fell through. Who all wants to do an OS outing at GABP? I was interested last year. If so, any thoughts on a series to target? I have class on Monday and Wednesday nights and have softball on Thursday's. Tuesday's, Friday's, and Saturday's would work best. Taking that into account, next month the Reds play SF (6/7-6/10), KC (6/11-6/13), and LA (6/15-6/17) where that criteria would be met. The Philly series (6/28-6/30) would work any day because that will be the one week I have off in-between summer classes. We could always go another month too. Any thoughts?

[jake44np]

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I agree that Cabrera isn't the best choice for leadoff because he doesn't walk a whole lot, but looking at the numbers I don't see how Stubbs was better when he was at the leadoff position. Unless the guy took only a part of Stubbs time at the leadoff spot, he only hit .145 out of it(scroll down towards bottom and you'll see his #'s by batting order). Now, I would agree Stubbs is a much better candidate to lead off because he walks and steals bases, but if he can't hit then I don't see why he should be there. Now he has started to hit though, and if he could carry that production over to leadoff I'd much rather he lead off.

Good to see about Alonso though, and hopefully he's not too bad out there in left.

No way I change anything with the way the are playing now.
With that being said Cabrera is no lead off hitter either, take a look at the stats you posted. Cabrera has walked a total of one time since batting first, Stubbs walked 11 times while he was batting first. Also Stubbs did bat .275 last year batting first in a much larger amount of at bats. I really dont think he will quit hitting if he moves back to first.
Again I wouldnt change nothing right now, they are playing too good.