Official Cincinnati Reds Thread

[jasontoddwhitt]

With yesterdays 10-0 drubbing of the Cleveland Indians to start off Cactus League play, I figured it would be as good a time as any to get the 2015 thread going.
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He may have been a polarizing figure while he was with the Cincinnati Reds, but this is a great article on the Kid.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ken-griffey-jr

[Jackdog]

Heading to Goodyear on Monday.

[CaseIH]

Quote: Originally Posted by jasontoddwhitt

With yesterdays 10-0 drubbing of the Cleveland Indians to start off Cactus League play, I figured it would be as good a time as any to get the 2015 thread going. ---- He may have been a polarizing figure while he was with the Cincinnati Reds, but this is a great article on the Kid. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ken-griffey-jr

That's a great article on Jr. I can still remember when the trade went down, I was so excited he was coming home where he belonged in Cincinnati. Things didn't go how any of us expected, but Im 1 of the few it seems who don't hold it against Jr for what happened. Injuries can derail the best of them, and there was no doubt for several years he was the best player on the planet and 1 of the greatest of all time. Plus unlike others Griffey did it the right way and didn't cheat the game by using PED's.

[jasontoddwhitt]

Price announced today that Cingrani is starting the season in the bullpen and that they will start stretching Iglesias out so that he can start.

Guess that means the #4 and #5 spots will go to Iglesias and DeSclafini with Marquis or Maholm filling in for Bailey till he gets to full strength.

Or will Iglesias be the fill in for Bailey, and then they'll send him to the minors to continue working on being a starter?

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And Pete Rose has officially applied for reinstatement again. Come on Manfred, do the right thing and reinstate him.

[redsrule]

Marquis? What a dumpster fire Reds. We'll be lucky to win 70 games this year. Should have traded Cueto while he still had value this offseason. Same goes for Chapman.

[CaseIH]

Quote: Originally Posted by jasontoddwhitt

Price announced today that Cingrani is starting the season in the bullpen and that they will start stretching Iglesias out so that he can start. Guess that means the #4 and #5 spots will go to Iglesias and DeSclafini with Marquis or Maholm filling in for Bailey till he gets to full strength. Or will Iglesias be the fill in for Bailey, and then they'll send him to the minors to continue working on being a starter? ---- And Pete Rose has officially applied for reinstatement again. Come on Manfred, do the right thing and reinstate him.

My guess is we start the season with both Marquis and Maholm in the rotation, and either Desclafani or Iglesias for Homer until he is back. Since the young guys have options and the 2 old guys don't, it makes sencse to do that, even though Im not too excited about Marquis and even less with Maholm,lol. Both have had their good moments and maybe we catch lighting in a bottle with 1 or both. So far both have looked good in Spring Training, for what that's worth, but better than stinking I guess,lol. Im sure they will have short leashes and if they stink for long they will be out and replaced with 1 of the young guys.


You figure Lorenzen and Iglesias and for that matter probably Desclafani all have innings limits, so its not like they could start every game in their rotation spot.


I wont be surprised to see Lorenzen or Iglesias in the pen at some point, possibly both even, if they aren't in the rotation.

[slickdtc]

This season is going to a major bummer... hopefully we start off hot or something so there can be some excitement. We're just stuck in purgatory between having some really good players, but not enough to contend in what is a really strong (and still improving) division. We might be able to win the East, but in the Central 4th place seems like our best bet.

I miss Houston in our division.

[jasontoddwhitt]

Homer Bailey, Sean Marshall, and Jason Bourgeois to the DL.

Kinda shocking that Sam LeCure got outrighted to Louisville (he did accept the assignment), but his velocity is still down and as he showed last year, he can't keep hitters off balance like he used to.