NOT PLAYING NAQUIN ????

[Murdock2420]

(04-15-2021, 11:18 PM)kevin Wrote: Nonsense.  The way Naquin was hitting, few teams would have benched him for Winker, who is no Willie Mays.  Not only was Naquin leading MLB with 5 homers at the time, but Reds had started beating Cardinals and Pirates and were Winning. Take the back of your baseball cards and rip them up, because Reds should have played the Hot Bat of Naquin.  Plus, the back of a Winker card is not that impressive.

You realize he was a first round pick of the Indians and they gave him plenty of chances to make it. Five seasons and he just couldn't be consistent after his 1st season. 

I get that he was hot and going well but you do realize that Winker is hitting .391 right?

So who do you bench? They guy hitting .265 with 5 HRs or the guy hitting .391 who is getting on base in front of Moose, Castellanos, and Suarez.

It isn't like they benched him for a guy who also isn't hitting, Winker isn't hitting for power, but we have plenty of power in the line-up. Need some guys that can hit for average.

If Naquin could play CF it'd be easy... bench Senzel who isn't hitting well.